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International Human Rights Instruments

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A flashcard deck covering major international human rights instruments, their categories, and specific conventions.

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What are international human rights instruments?

Institutions and mechanisms used to promote and protect human rights, or international documents containing agreements to uphold the rights of various groups.

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Definition
What are international human rights instruments?
Institutions and mechanisms used to promote and protect human rights, or international documents containing agreements to uphold the rights of various...
What is the International Bill of Rights?
A document comprising the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Coven...
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A charter-based human rights instrument derived from the UN Charter, adopted in 1948 in response to gross human rights violations during World War II.
What are the two main themes of UDHR articles?
Civil and political rights, and economic, social, and cultural rights.
What is the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
A treaty-based human rights instrument that expanded on civil and political rights from the UDHR.
What is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights?
A treaty-based human rights instrument that focuses on rights dependent on resources for their realization.

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International Human Rights Instruments
TermDefinition
What are international human rights instruments?
Institutions and mechanisms used to promote and protect human rights, or international documents containing agreements to uphold the rights of various groups.
What is the International Bill of Rights?
A document comprising the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A charter-based human rights instrument derived from the UN Charter, adopted in 1948 in response to gross human rights violations during World War II.
What are the two main themes of UDHR articles?
Civil and political rights, and economic, social, and cultural rights.
What is the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
A treaty-based human rights instrument that expanded on civil and political rights from the UDHR.
What is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights?
A treaty-based human rights instrument that focuses on rights dependent on resources for their realization.
What is the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination?
A specialized international human rights instrument that draws attention to racial discrimination and condemns segregation and apartheid.
What is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women?
A specialized international human rights instrument that establishes legal protection of women's rights on an equal basis with men.
What is the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment?
A specialized international human rights instrument that aims to totally forbid torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
A specialized international human rights instrument that focuses on the rights and protection of children.
What is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families?
A specialized international human rights instrument that protects the rights of people working in a country which is not theirs.
What is the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
An optional protocol allowing individuals to complain to the United Nations Human Rights Commission on issues of human rights violations.
What is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women's Optional Protocol?
An optional protocol adopted in 1999 that allows the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to receive and hear cases of violations of women's rights.
What is the United Nations Convention Against Corruption?
A convention adopted by the UN General Assembly in October 2003 to totally forbid corruption and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
What is the African Peer Review Mechanism?
A mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the member state of the African Union to foster the adoption of policies, values, codes and standards and practices of political and economic governance.
What is the New Partnership for Africa's Development?
An initiative by African countries to promote economic development and reduce poverty within a new paradigm.