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Health & Human Rights - Key Readings

International treaties and conventions (in chronological order) relevant to health and human rights

 

 

International declarations, norms and standards (in chronological order) relevant to health and human rights

 

 

Regional instruments (in chronological order) in relation to health and human rights

 

  • American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (1948);

  • European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) and its Eleven Protocols (1952 - 1994);

  • European Social Charter (1961), (revised 1996); 

  • American Convention on Human Rights (1969); 

  • African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981);

  • Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (1985);

  • Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - “Protocol of San Salvador” (1988);

  • Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (1990);

  • African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990);

  • Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women “Convention of Belem do Para.” (1994)

  • Arab Charter on Human Rights (1994);

  • European Convention on Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (1997).

  • Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities. (1999)

 

International conference documents and their follow-up (in chronological order) relevant to health and human rights

 

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