Research Catalog

Title

The core international human rights treaties.

Publication

New York : United Nations, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Description

v, 219 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

There are nine core international human rights treaties. Each of these treaties has established a committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns. This publication reproduces the core international human rights treaties.--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Human rights
• Treaties
• Human Rights

Note

• Based on the comprehensive compilation published by the UN: Human rights : a compilation of international instruments : universal instruments.
• At head of title: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• "ST/HR/3"--T.p. verso.
• "United Nations publication sales no. E.06.XIV.2"--T.p. verso.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- International Covenant on Economic, 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, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty -- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination -- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women -- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women -- Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography -- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict -- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

ISBN

9211541662

OCLC

86110551

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library