BASIC DOCUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOURTH EDITION Edited by IAN BROWNLIE, CBE, QC and GUY S. GOODWIN-GILL OXTORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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, 1945 2 2. Procédure in the Commission on Human Rights of the Economie and Social Council 13 3. Universal Déclaration of Human Rights, 1948 18 4. Déclaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, i960 24 5. Déclaration on the Protection of Ail Persons from Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1975 27 6. Déclaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975 30 7. Déclaration on the Elimination of Ail Forms of Intolérance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 1981 33 8. Déclaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which they Live, 1985 37 9. Body of Principles for the Protection of Ail Persons under Any Form of Détention or Imprisonment, 1988 41 10. Basic Principles for the Treatment ofprisoners, 1990 50 11. Déclaration on the Protection of Ail Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 1992 52 12. Déclaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnie, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, 1992 59 13. Déclaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 1993 63 14. Appointment of a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1993 68 15. Draft United Nations Déclaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 1994 72 16. Guiding Principles on Internai Displacement, 1997 82 17. Déclaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1998 91 18. Déclaration of Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States, 2000 98
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, 1948 108 20. Convention relatingto the Status ofrefugees, 1951 112 21. Convention on the Political Rights ofwomen, 1953 128 22. Slavery Convention, 1926, amended by Protocol, 1953 131 23. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956 136 24. Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954 142 25. Convention on the Réduction of Statelessness, 1961 153 26. International Convention on the Elimination of Ail Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 160 27. International Covenant on Economie, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 172 28. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 182 29,. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 199 30. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1990 203 31. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 206 32. Convention on the Elimination of Ail Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 212 33. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999 22 4 34. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 229 35. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 241 36. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, 2000 2 59 37. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2000 264 38. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Ail Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990 2 7 2
CONTENTS vii PART THREE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION 39. Déclaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization, 1944 307 40. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 310 41. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 320 42. Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining convention, 1949 326 43. Equal Rémunération Convention, 1951 330 44. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 334 45. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 337 46. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 341 47. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 345 48. Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 352 49. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 364 50. Déclaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998 377 51. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 382 PART FOUR CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 52. Convention Against Discrimination in Education, i960 388 53. Déclaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation, 1966 394 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. 11 398
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, 2000 420 56. European Social Charter, 1961 423 57. Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter, 1988 439 58. Protocol amending the European Social Charter, 1991 447 59. Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a System of Collective Complaints, 1995 451 60. European Social Charter (Revised), 1996 455 61. European Convention on the Légal Status of Migrant Workers, 1977 480 62. European Convention for the Prévention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 493 63. Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prévention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1993 500 64. Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prévention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1993 502 65. European Charter for Régional or Minority Languages, 1992 504 66. European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1995 518 67. European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights, 1996 526 68. European Convention on Nationality, 1997 535 69. European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, 2000 547 70. Final Act ofthe Helsinki Conférence, 1975 557 71. Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the CSCE Conférence, 1989 585 72. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Second Conférence on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1990 588 73. The Charter of Paris for a New Europe, 1990 604 74. Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Third Conférence on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1991 615 75. Document of the CSCE Helsinki Summit Meeting, 1992 631 76. Document of the CSCE Budapest Summit Meeting, 1994 646 77. Document of die OSCE Iisbon Summit Meeting, 1996 657 PART SIX LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS 78. American Déclaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948 665 79. American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 671 80. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economie, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1988 693
CONTENTS IX 81. Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, 1990 701 82. Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, 1985 703 83. Inter-American Convention on the Prévention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, 1994 708 84. Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, 1994 715 PART SEVEN DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRIGA 85. OAU Convention on the Spécifie Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 1969 722 86. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1981 728 87. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1998 741 88. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990 748 PART EIGHT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD 89. Cairo Déclaration on Human Rights in Islam, 1990 764 90. Déclaration on the Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Arab World, 1992 770 91. Arab Charter on Human Rights, 1994 774 PART NINE THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY 92. Dissenting Opinion ofjudge Tanaka, South West African Cases (Second Phase), 1966 782
X CONTENTS PART TEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN GENOME 93. Universal Déclaration on the Human Génome and Human Rights, 1997 810 94. 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), 1997 817 95. 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, 1998 828 PART ELEVEN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 96. Some Economie Foundations of Human Rights: A Study Prepared byjosé Figueres, 1968 832 97. Déclaration on the Right to Development, 1986 848 98. An Agenda for Development: Report and Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General, 1994 852 99. Copenhagen Déclaration on Social Development, 1995 869 INDEX 891