Countries, which are members of the Council of Europe agreed on certain points written in a document to ensure human rights written in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These points became the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. In its shorter form it is European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The convention also established the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and the sentence of this Court has a force legal power by its Article 46.
The ECHR was written on 4 November 1950.
The ECHR has made many protocols, for example: protocol 2nd for right to education, 12th against all discrimination also by public authority and 13th for complete abolition of the death penalty. Protocols are set of rules. All member countries must follow these rules.
The ECtHR can give decisions on complaints or cases which come to it. If a person thinks that a European country has abused his or her human rights, that person may take the matter to the judges of ECtHR. The judges will listen to the complaint and give their decisions. These decisions must be followed by the governments of the countries.
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International human rights instruments |
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Declarations, manifestos, and resolutions |
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- Brazilian Resolution
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
- Declaration of Montreal
- Declaration of the Rights of the Child
- Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (DEDAW)
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW)
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
- Declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity
- American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
- Paris Principles
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA)
- Yogyakarta Principles
- Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)
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- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
- Convention against Torture
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention on the Political Rights of Women
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Regional law |
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- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)
- European
- Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- Convention for the Prevention of Torture
- European Convention on Nationality
- Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- Social Charter
- Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Inter-American Convention
- to Prevent and Punish Torture
- on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
- on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (Belém do Pará Convention)
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