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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, 2011.
National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010)
Expanded Japanese Library
Law for the Promotion of the Ainu Culture and for the Dissemination and Advocacy for the Traditions of the Ainu and the Ainu Culture Japanese
Country reports of the Inter-American Commission
Special reports of the Inter-American Commission
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance in Africa
Opinions of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Ad Hoc Comm. on a Comprehensive and Integral Int'l Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Draft Report, Annex II: Draft Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Prevention of Human Rights Violations Committed with Small Arms and Light Weapons
International Human Rights Instruments by Subject in French
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Human Rights Council, Report to the General Assembly on the First Session of the Human Rights Council
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights Council, Report to the General Assembly on the First Session of the Human Rights Council
Hague Conventions
Resources for Researching Country Conditions
Leila Zerrougui et al., Situation of the Detainees at Guantánamo
Ms. Barbara Frey, Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons
Bibliography of Latin American Literature and Film Relating to Human Rights
Education, Curricula, and Teaching Materials Links - categorized list
The Cleveland Principles of International Law on the Detention and Treatment of Persons in Connection with the "Global War on Terror."
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
Alien Torts Claims Act (ATCA)
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee on Human Rights Concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
CCPR Concluding Observations in French
CCPR General Comments in French
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) 2001.
Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (2003)
Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research (2005)
Convention on contact concerning children (2003)
Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (2005)
Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (2005)
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (2005)
Resolution On The Human Rights Situation In Togo, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Resolution On The Human Rights Situation In Darfur, Sudan, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Council of the League of Arab States, Arab Charter on Human Rights
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Country Reports
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
The Need to Ensure a Healthy Environment for the Well-Being of Individuals
Convention concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries
Recommendation concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries
Convention concerning Basic Aims and Standards of Social Policy
Convention concerning the Protection of Wages
Procedural Decisions of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Procedural Decisions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Procedural Decisions of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Procedural Decisions of the Human Rights Committee
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe
Disaster Response
International Humanitarian Law
Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers
United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Trafficking
Organization of American States Convention on Territorial Asylum
Organization of American States Convention on Diplomatic Asylum
Over 4,000 Human Rights Links
War in Iraq links
War in Afghanistan Links
Human Rights Topic Guides in English and Russian
Inter-American Commission Jurisprudence in English
Inter-American Commission Jurisprudence in Spanish
Inter-American Court on Human Rights Documents in English
Inter-American Court on Human Rights Documents in Spanish
CCPR Jurisprudence in English
CCPR General Comments in English
CCPR Concluding Observations in English
CCPR Jurisprudence in Spanish
CCPR General Comments in Spanish
CCPR Concluding Observations in Spanish
CAT Jurisprudence in English
CAT Jurisprudence in French
CAT Jurisprudence in Spanish
CAT Concluding Observations in English
CAT Concluding Observations in French
CAT Concluding Observations in Spanish
CESC General Comments in English
CESC General Comments in French
CESC General Comments in Spanish
CESC Concluding Observations in English
CESC Concluding Observations in French
CESC Concluding Observations in Spanish
CEDAW General Recommendations in English
CEDAW Concluding Observations in English
CERD Jurisprudence in English
CERD General Recommendations in English
CERD Concluding Observations in English
CERD Concluding Observations in Spanish
CRC General Comments in English
CRC Concluding Observations in English
Human Rights Job Listings
Improved Human Rights Events Calendar
African Commission on Human and People's Rights Decisions in English
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Decisions in French
Database of Country reports by UN treaty bodies
Database of UN ratification information
Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Convention on Technical and Vocational Education
Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development
U.S. - State Human Rights Commissions
Declaration on the Decade of a Culture of the Rights of the Child in West Africa
