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Core International Human Rights Instruments
Resource date: 2004
Author: UNFPA
There are seven core international human rights treaties. Each of these treaties has established a committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns.
| Treaty | Date |
|---|---|
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) | 1965 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | 1966 |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) | 1966 |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) | 1979 |
| Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) | 1984 |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | 1989 |
| International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICMRW) | 1990 |
Treaty bodies
There are seven human rights treaty bodies that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties :
- Human Rights Committee (HRC)
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Committee Against Torture (CAT)
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
Other International Conference Documents and Meetings Relevant to UNFPA's work
| Consensus Document/Meeting | DATE |
|---|---|
| Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women | 1993 |
| World Conference on Human Rights, Declaration and Programme of Action (‘Vienna Declaration') | 1993 |
| International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD or Cairo Consensus) | 1994 |
| Fourth World Conference on Women (Also, FWCW or ‘Beijing'), Declaration and Platform for Action | 1995 |
| Glen Cove Meeting: Human rights approaches to women's health with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights | 1996 |
|
United Nations Programme for Reform
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1997 |
| International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights (last revised 2002) | 1998 |
| Millennium Declaration and Development Goals | 2000 |
| UN World Conference Against Racism | 2001 |
| An Agenda for Further Change (Followup to the 1997 UN Programme for Reform) | 2001 |
| Glen Cove + 5: Application of Human Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health | 2001 |
| The Second Interagency Workshop on Implementing a Human Rights-based Approach in the Context of UN Reform | 2003 |
