BASIC DOCUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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1 BASIC DOCUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOURTH EDITION Edited by IAN BROWNLIE, CBE, QC and GUY S. GOODWIN-GILL OXTORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

2 CONTENTS Préface to the Fourth Edition Table of Ratifications and Sources Selected Abbreviations xi xiii xx PART ONE STANDARD-SETTING BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 1. Relevant Provisions of the United Nations Charter, Procédure in the Commission on Human Rights of the Economie and Social Council Universal Déclaration of Human Rights, Déclaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, i Déclaration on the Protection of Ail Persons from Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Déclaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, Déclaration on the Elimination of Ail Forms of Intolérance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, Déclaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which they Live, Body of Principles for the Protection of Ail Persons under Any Form of Détention or Imprisonment, Basic Principles for the Treatment ofprisoners, Déclaration on the Protection of Ail Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Déclaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnie, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, Déclaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, Appointment of a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Draft United Nations Déclaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Guiding Principles on Internai Displacement, Déclaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Déclaration of Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States,

3 VI CONTENTS PART TWO IMPLEMENTATION AND STANDARD-SETTING IN CONVENTIONS SPONSORED BY THE UNITED NATIONS 19. Convention on the Prévention and Punishment of the Crime of Génocide, Convention relatingto the Status ofrefugees, Convention on the Political Rights ofwomen, Slavery Convention, 1926, amended by Protocol, Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, Convention on the Réduction of Statelessness, International Convention on the Elimination of Ail Forms of Racial Discrimination, International Covenant on Economie, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ,. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, Convention on the Elimination of Ail Forms of Discrimination against Women, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Ail Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,

4 CONTENTS vii PART THREE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION 39. Déclaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization, Forced Labour Convention, Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining convention, Equal Rémunération Convention, Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, Minimum Age Convention, Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, Déclaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, PART FOUR CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 52. Convention Against Discrimination in Education, i Déclaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation, PART FIVE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND CONVENTIONS 54. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950, together with its Protocols, as amended by Protocol No

5 Vlll CONTENTS 55. Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, on a General Prohibition of Discrimination, European Social Charter, Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter, Protocol amending the European Social Charter, Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a System of Collective Complaints, European Social Charter (Revised), European Convention on the Légal Status of Migrant Workers, European Convention for the Prévention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prévention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prévention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, European Charter for Régional or Minority Languages, European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights, European Convention on Nationality, European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, Final Act ofthe Helsinki Conférence, Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the CSCE Conférence, Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Second Conférence on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, The Charter of Paris for a New Europe, Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Third Conférence on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, Document of the CSCE Helsinki Summit Meeting, Document of the CSCE Budapest Summit Meeting, Document of die OSCE Iisbon Summit Meeting, PART SIX LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS 78. American Déclaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, American Convention on Human Rights, Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economie, Social, and Cultural Rights,

6 CONTENTS IX 81. Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, Inter-American Convention on the Prévention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, PART SEVEN DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRIGA 85. OAU Convention on the Spécifie Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, PART EIGHT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD 89. Cairo Déclaration on Human Rights in Islam, Déclaration on the Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Arab World, Arab Charter on Human Rights, PART NINE THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY 92. Dissenting Opinion ofjudge Tanaka, South West African Cases (Second Phase),

7 X CONTENTS PART TEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN GENOME 93. Universal Déclaration on the Human Génome and Human Rights, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine), Additional Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, PART ELEVEN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 96. Some Economie Foundations of Human Rights: A Study Prepared byjosé Figueres, Déclaration on the Right to Development, An Agenda for Development: Report and Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General, Copenhagen Déclaration on Social Development, INDEX 891