Human rights
In 1950, the United Nations General Assembly declared that the enjoyment of civil and political rights and the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights are interrelated and interdependent. Following the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights it wanted to establish a Bill of Human Rights which would be binding.
Therefore it adopted two complementary texts : the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Including the Universal Declaration, these texts make up the International Bill of Human Rights. These joint documents lay down the fundamental rights that should be enjoyed by all persons and that are the foundation for all other United Nations Instruments as regards human rights.
Subsequently, the United Nations General Assembly also adopted Conventions on specific groups of persons : the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and more specifically, as far as we are concerned, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). These Conventions do not create any new rights, but they reaffirm these rights specifically for the groups of persons concerned.
- UNCRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- SDGs - Sustainable Development Goals
- UPR - Universal Periodic Review
- ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UNCRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child
- CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Istanbul Convention - Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence
- Beijing Declaration - Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- ESC - European Social Charter