EUROPEAN BAR HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 (entry into force : 3 January 1976).

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 (entry into force : 23 March 1976).

Others international Human Rights Instruments

Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers Adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990

Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

General Assembly resolution 53/144 - 85th plenary meeting - 9 December 1998

Constitution of the UNESCO

Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (20 December 1996).

THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS PROTOCOLS

Complete list of the Council of Europe's treaties

RIGHTS OF PRISONERS :

Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolution 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977.

Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990

Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. Adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988

LABOUR RIGHTS :

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

Declaration of Philadelphia, on the aims and purposes of the International Labour Organization (1944).

Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work , adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization during its Eighty-sixth Session held at Geneva and declared closed the 18 June 1998

Commentaires

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD :

Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959

Convention on the Rights of the Child. Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 (entry into force : 2 September 1990)

Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. (1^st june 1999)

Recommendation concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour. (1^st june 1999)