Blackstone's international human rights documents / edited by P.R. Ghandhi.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Editor's Preface to the 4th Edition (p. xvi)
• Editor's Preface to the 3rd Edition (p. xvii)
• Editor's Preface to the 2nd Edition (p. xviii)
• Editor's Preface to the 1st Edition (p. xix)
• Useful weblinks (p. xx)
• Part I International Instruments (p. 1)
• 1919 Human Rights Provisions of the Covenant of the League of Nations (p. 1)
• 1926 Slavery Convention (p. 2)
• 1953 Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention (p. 5)
• Annex to the Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 (p. 6)
• 1930 Convention Concerning Forced Labour (p. 7)
• 1945 Human Rights Clauses of the Charter of the United Nations (p. 14)
• 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (p. 19)
• 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (p. 22)
• 1949 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (p. 25)
• 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (p. 31)
• 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (p. 41)
• 1952 Convention on the Political Rights of Women (p. 43)
• 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (p. 45)
• 1957 Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (p. 49)
• 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child (p. 51)
• 1963 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (p. 52)
• 1966 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (p. 55)
• 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (p. 64)
• 1966 (First) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (p. 77)
• 1990 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty (p. 79)
• 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (p. 81)
• 1967 Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (p. 88)
• 1973 International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (p. 91)
• 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (p. 95)
• 1999 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (p. 104)
• 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (p. 107)
• 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (p. 110)
• 2002 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (p. 119)
• 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development (p. 128)
• 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (p. 131)
• 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts (p. 145)
• 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (p. 149)
• 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (p. 154)
• 1992 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (p. 180)
• 1993 Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (p. 182)
• 1994 Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda (p. 191)
• 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (p. 200)
• 1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (p. 252)
• 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (p. 255)
• Part II United Nations Procedure for Handling Human Rights Complaints (p. 262)
• 1959 Resolution 728 F (XXVIII) of the Economic and Social Council (p. 262)
• 1967 Resolution 1235 (XLII) of the Economic and Social Council (p. 263)
• 1970 Resolution 1503 (XLVIII) of the Economic and Social Council (p. 264)
• 1971 Resolution 1 (XXIV) of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (p. 266)
• 2000 Resolution 2000/3 of the Economic and Social Council (p. 267)
• Part III Regional Instruments (p. 271)
• Europe (p. 271)
• 1950 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (as amended by Protocols Nos. 3, 5, 8 and 11) (p. 271)
• 1952 First Protocol (p. 281)
• 1963 Fourth Protocol (p. 282)
• 1983 Sixth Protocol (p. 283)
• 1984 Seventh Protocol (p. 285)
• 2000 Twelfth Protocol (p. 287)
• 2002 Thirteenth Protocol (p. 288)
• 1987 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (p. 290)
• 1993 First Protocol (p. 295)
• 1993 Second Protocol (p. 296)
• 1992 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (p. 296)
• 1995 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (p. 307)
• 1996 European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights (p. 313)
• 1997 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (p. 320)
• 1998 Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings (p. 328)
• 2000 Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin (p. 329)
• 1961 European Social Charter (p. 335)
• 1988 Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter (p. 348)
• 1991 Protocol Amending the European Social Charter (p. 353)
• 1995 Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints (p. 356)
• 1996 European Social Charter (Revised) (p. 359)
• European Union (p. 378)
• 2000 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (p. 378)
• America (p. 386)
• 1969 American Convention on Human Rights (p. 386)
• 1988 Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (p. 402)
• 1990 Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (p. 409)
• 1985 Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (p. 410)
• 1994 Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (p. 413)
• 1994 Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (p. 417)
• Africa (p. 422)
• 1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (p. 422)
• 1998 Protocol on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (p. 433)
• 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (p. 438)
• 1990 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (p. 442)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (p. 454)
• 1995 Commonwealth of Independent States Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (p. 454)
• 1993 Regulations on the Human Rights Commission of the Commonwealth of Independent States (p. 462)
• Arab States (p. 464)
• 1994 Arab Charter on Human Rights (p. 464)
• Part IV United Nations World Conferences on Human Rights Instruments (p. 470)
• 1968 Proclamation of Teheran (p. 470)
• 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (p. 472)
• Part V Domestic Legislation (p. 494)

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