Women's Rights Network

International human rights laws and documents

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/e1cedaw.htm

CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/recomm.htm

CEDAW Optional Protocol
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/protocol/adopted.htm

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR):
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR):
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR):
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD):
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_icerd.htm

International Conference on Population & Development Programme of Action (Cairo Programme):
http://www.undp.org/popin/icpd/conference/offeng/poa.html

Platform for Action 12 Critical Areas of Concern:
http://www.igc.org/beijing/issues.html

Convention on the Rights of the Child:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm

U.N. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women:
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/e4devw.htm

Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm