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===The [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]=== | ===The [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]=== | ||
Besides listing a wide range of freedoms and entitlements, the Declaration<ref>[http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2007/hrphotos/declaration%20_eng.pdf Universal Declaration of Human Rights]</ref> deals with implementation in the following terms "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law." | |||
==Human Rights Instruments== | ==Human Rights Instruments== | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 7 August 2012
Human Rights Declarations
The United States Declaration of Independence (extract)
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Besides listing a wide range of freedoms and entitlements, the Declaration[1] deals with implementation in the following terms "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law."
Human Rights Instruments
United Nations human rights treaties
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Diaabilities
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance