Human Rights of -

Minorities

• Introduction

• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 13)

• Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• Introduction to Inter-Agency Cooperation

• Working Group on Minorities

• Members of the Working Group

• Documents Minority Rights (Fact Sheet #18/Rev.1) 

• Study on the Rights of Persons Belonging to Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities Study Series #5

Indigenous People

• Introduction
• Fact Sheet N°.9 (Rev.1), The Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

• Open-ended inter-sessional Working Group
• Text of the draft declaration

UN Decades and Days

• International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
• International Day of the World's Indigenous People: (Geneva, 27 July 2000 / New York, 9-10 August 2000)

Voluntary Funds for Indigenous people

• the Decade of the World's Indigenous People
• Indigenous Populations

RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

General Information

• World Conference against Racism
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism
• Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003)
• Trust Fund for the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Seminar on the role of Internet with regard to the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Model National Legislation for the Guidance of Governments in the Enactment of Further Legislation against Racial Discrimination

Children

Documents on -

• The Rights of the Child
  (Fact Sheet #10/Rev.1) 

• more on women on the SDI site .....

Other relevant links

• Conventions and declarations

• Committee on the Rights of the Child

• Sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

• Children and armed conflict

• Child labour

• The World Summit for Children (29-30 September 1990, New York, USA) .

• Protection of the juveniles under detention

Women

Documents on -

• Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, (Fact Sheet #23)

• Women's Rights, the Responsibility of All (Basic information kit #2)

• Publication 2000: "Women's Rights are Human Rights", also in Pdf format

• more on women on the SDI site .....

Other relevant links

• Conventions and Declarations

• Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

• Violence against women, its causes and consequences

• Global Campaign to end Violence against Women

• OHCHR's contribution to Beijing +5

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Civil and Political Rights

relevant links

• International Instruments

• Torture and Inhuman Treatment

• Enforced or involuntary disappearances

• Extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions

• Freedom of opinion and expression

• Freedom of association

Documents on -

• Documents on Civil society News Room

• Documents on Democracy and human rights News Room

• Documents on Free and fair elections News Room

• Documents on Massacres News Room

• Documents on Privacy News Room

• Documents on State of emergency News Room

• Documents on Terrorism News Room

source: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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