The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, (1981). 79 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 660 U.N.T.S. 195, entered into force Jan. 4 ...

of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field." By accepting the Convention, States commit themselves to undertake a series of ...

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), ratified by Libya in 1969 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...

Article 16 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the political activities of aliens. A right to religion is contained also in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol are the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. With 149 State parties to either or both, they define the term ‘refugee’ and outline ...

Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, and the ...

The mental health watchdog, established to uphold the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reports that decades after ...