BASIC DOCUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS THIRD EDITION Edited by IAN BROWNLIE, Q.C. Chichele Professor of Public International Law, Oxford CLARENDON PRESS OXFORD
CONTENTS PART ONE STANDARD-SETTING BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION I. Relevant Provisions of the United Nations Charter 3 II. Procedurc in the Commission on Human Rights of the Economic and Social Council 15 III. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 21 IV. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960 28 V. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 31 VI. Declaration on Protection from Torture, 1975 35 VII. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 38 VIII. Slavery Convention, 1926, amended by Protocol, 1953 52 IX. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956 58 X. Convention Relating to the Status ofrefugees, 1951 64 XI. Convention Relating to the Status ofstateless Persons, 1954 82 XII. Convention on the Reduction ofstatelessness, 1961 98 XIII. Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953 106 XIV. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 1981 109 PART TWO IMPLEMENTATION AND STANDARD-SETTING IN CONVENTIONS SPONSORED BY THE UNITED NATIONS I. International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1966 114 II. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 125 III. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 144
vi CONTENTS IV. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 148 V. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 162 VI. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 l^9 VII. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 182 VIII. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families, 1990 203 PART THREE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION I. Declaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization, 1944 2 43 II. Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, 1930 246 III. Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957 257 IV. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 26 V. Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 266 VI. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 271 VII. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 275 VIII. Equality oftreatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 283 IX. Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 290 X. Employment Policy Convention, 1964 2 99 XI. Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, 1989 3 3 PART FOUR CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Convention Against Discrimination in Education, i960
CONTENTS PART FIVE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND CONVENTIONS I. The European Convention on Human Rights and its Five Protocols o 2 6 Protocol i. Enforcement of certain Rights and Freedoms not included in Section I of the Convention 341 Protocol 2. Conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give Advisory Opinions 343 Protocol 3. Amending Articles 29, 30, and 94 of the Convention 345 Protocol 4. Securing certain Rights and Freedoms other than those included in the Convention and in Protocol No. 1 346 Protocol 5. Amending Articles 22 and 40 of the Convention 348 Protocol 6. Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty 350 Protocol 7. Concerning Various Matters 352 Protocol 8. Concerning Various Matters 355 Protocol 9. Concerning access to the Court by Individuais 359 Protocol 10. Concerning Various Matters (Provisional text) 361 II. European Social Charter, 1961 363 III. The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 383 IV. Final Act of The Helsinki Conference, 1975 391 V. Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the CSCE Conference, 1989 450 VI. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1990 454 VII. The Charter of Paris for a New Europe, 1990 474 PART SIX LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS I. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948 488 II. American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 495
VÜI CONTENTS III. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1988 521 IV. The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, 1985 53' PART SEVEN DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICA I. First Conference oflndependent African States, 1958 540 II. Second Conference oflndependent African States, i960 544 III. Resolutions of the First Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, 1964 548 IV. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 55 l PART EIGHT THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY Dsssenting Opinion of Judge Tanaka, South West Africa Cascs (Second Phase), 1966 568 PART NINE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT I. Some Economic Foundations of Human Rights: A Study Prepared by Jose Figueres 600 II. Towards a New Trade Policy for Development: Report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1964 618 INDEX 629