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A foundational text in the history of human and civil rights, the Declaration consists of 30 articles detailing an individual's "basic rights and fundamental freedoms" and affirming their universal character as inherent, inalienable, and applicable to all human beings. [1] Adopted as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations", the UDHR commits nations to recognize all ...
Accordingly, the Committee transmitted to the Commission on Human Rights draft articles of an international declaration and an international convention on human rights. At its second session, in December 1947, the Commission decided to apply the term "International Bill of Human Rights" to the series of documents in preparation and established three working groups: one on the declaration, one ...
The European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, [1] the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953. All Council of Europe member states are party to the ...
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. [3] It was adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2200A (XXI ...
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.
Human rights are moral principles, or norms, [1] for certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as substantive rights in substantive law, municipal and international law. [2] They are commonly understood as inalienable, [3] fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" [4] and which are "inherent in all human ...
Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression and information. A fundamental aspect of this right is the freedom to hold opinions and receive and impart information and ideas, even if the receiver of such information does not share the same opinions or views as the provider.
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women ( CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly . Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. [1] Over fifty countries that have ratified the convention have done so subject to certain ...