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Human Rights

Legal Instruments
The enforcement of international humanitarian law is critical not only for the protection of civilians living under occupation, but also in preserving prospects for peace and security.


International bill of rights
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
  • Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (1974)


    International humanitarian law
  • Backgrounder, ICRC
  • Geneva Conventions
  • Treaties and customary law
  • Protected persons and property
  • International criminal jurisdiction
  • International Humanitarian Law
    Research Initiative

  • Crimes of War Project


    Legal instruments against apartheid
  • Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (1960)
  • International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973)
  • Declaration on Fundamental Principles concerning the Contribution of the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding, to the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and Incitement to War (1978)


    Legal instruments against racism and discrimination
  • United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (1963)
  • International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)
  • Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief
  • Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960)
  • Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice (1978)
  • Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992)
  • Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who Are Not Nationals of the Country In Which They Live (1985)

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