HUMAN RIGHTS PORTAL

IDHBB supports
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
BASIC TEXTS

The Virginia Declaration of Rights of June 12, 1776.

The Declaration of Independence of the thirteen united States of America, July 4, 1776.

French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen - 1789

Charter of the United Nations

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Biographies of René Cassin and Eleanor Roosevelt

The Eleanor Roosevelt Conference Paris, September 1948 : Sound archives by INA with 3 different formats for each sequence: Quicktime3, SunAudio ou Wave
<FONT COLOR="#fbca30">Biographies de René Cassin et d'Eleanor Roosevelt The UNITED NATIONS COVENANTS :

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 (entry into force : 3 January 1976).

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 (entry into force : 23 March 1976).
Others international Human Rights Instruments

Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers Adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990
Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
General Assembly resolution 53/144 - 85th plenary meeting (9 December 1998).

Constitution of the UNESCO

Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (20 December 1996).

THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS PROTOCOLS

The European Social Charter

The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
RIGHTS OF PRISONERS :
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolution 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977.
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990
Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. Adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988

Commentaires

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD :
Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959

Convention on the Rights of the Child. Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 (entry into force : 2 September 1990)
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. (1^st june 1999)

Recommendation concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour. (1^st june 1999)