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Time-line 9

Preface 13

A. Universal protection of human rights 15

Ⅰ. Texts prepared within the International Labour Organization 17

1930 Forced Labour Convention (No. 29) 17

1948 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention (No. 87) 28

1949 Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (No. 98) 34

1951 Equal Remuneration Convention (No. 100) 39

1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No. 105) 43

1958 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111) 46

1973 Minimum Age Convention (No. 138) 50

1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (No. 169) 58

1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 71

1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (No. 182) 76

Ⅱ. Texts prepared within the United Nations 81

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 81

1953 Convention on the Political Rights of Women 87

1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 90

1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 102

1966 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 120

1989 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 124

1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 127

1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 137

1999 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 149

1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 156

1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child 169

1992 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities 188

1998 Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Declaration on Human Rights Defenders) 192

Ⅲ. Text prepared at the World Conference on Human Rights 199

1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action on Human Rights 199

B. Regional protection of human rights 227

Ⅰ. Texts prepared within the Council of Europe 229

1949 Statute of the Council of Europe (ETS No. 1) (extracts) 229

1950 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ETS No. 5) (European Convention on Human Rights, as amended by Protocol No. 11, with Protocols Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7 and 12) 231

1961 European Social Charter (ETS No. 35) 256

1988 Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter (ETS No. 128) 274

1991 Protocol Amending the European Social Charter (ETS No. 142) 282

1995 Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints (ETS No. 158) 286

1996 Revised European Social Charter (ETS No. 163) 291

1981 Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No. 108) 319

1987 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 126) 329

1993 Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 151) 336

1993 Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 152) 339

1992 Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (ETS No. 144) 341

1992 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ETS No. 148) 347

1995 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ETS No. 157) 362

1996 European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights (ETS No. 160) 371

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 (ETS No. 164) 380

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 (ETS No. 168) 391

1997 European Convention on Nationality (ETS No. 166) 394

Ⅱ. Texts prepared within the Organization of African Unity 407

1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 407

1999 Draft Additional Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 422

1990 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 429

Ⅲ. Texts prepared within the Organization of American States 445

1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man 445

1998 Resolution on the 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man 452

1969 American Convention on Human Rights 453

1988 Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 476

1990 Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty 485

1985 Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture 487

Ⅳ. Texts prepared within the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (formerly CSCE) 493

1975 Final Act of the Helsinki Summit of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (extracts) 493

1990 Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE (extracts) 521