Human Rights Conventions, Declarations and other documents

Human Rights Documents to which the Panel can make reference in its work

• The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948)
• The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR, 1950)
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD, 1965)
• The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR, 1966)
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR, 1966)
• The Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, 1979)
• The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT, 1984)
• The International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 1989)
  

 

Other Human Rights Documents to which the Panel is not mandated to make reference to in its work

• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, 2006) and its Optional Protocol (2006)