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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
├ UDHR Article 1: all people free and equal with reason and conscience
├ UDHR Article 2: non-discrimination
├ UDHR Article 3: right to life, liberty, security of person
├ UDHR Article 4: prohibition of slavery
├ UDHR Article 5: prohibition of torture
├ UDHR Article 6: recognition everywhere as a person before the law
├ UDHR Article 7: right to equal protection
├ UDHR Article 8: right to national tribunals for rights violations
├ UDHR Article 9: prohibition of arbitrary detention
├ UDHR Article 10: right to fair and public hearing
├ UDHR Article 11:
│├ UDHR Article 11(1): right to presumption of innocence
│└ UDHR Article 11(2): prohibition of ex post facto prosecution
├ UDHR Article 12: prohibition of arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence
├ UDHR Article 13:
│├ UDHR Article 13(1): freedom of movement within a state
│└ UDHR Article 13(2): freedom of movement internationally
├ UDHR Article 14:
│├ UDHR Article 14(1): right to seek and enjoy asylum
│└ UDHR Article 14(2): no right to asylum for non-political crimes
├ UDHR Article 15:
│├ UDHR Article 15(1): right to nationality
│└ UDHR Article 15(2): prohibition on arbitrary denial of nationality; right to change nationality
├ UDHR Article 18: freedom of thought, conscience and religion
├ UDHR Article 19: freedom of opinion and expression
├ UDHR Article 20: freedom of association
├ UDHR Article 21:
│├ UDHR Article 21(1): right to participation in government
│├ UDHR Article 21(2): right to equal access to public service
│└ UDHR Article 21(3): requirement of periodic and genuine elections
├ UDHR Article 26: education to promote human rights, freedoms
├ UDHR Article 27: right to participate in culture
└ UDHR Article 28: everyone entitled to rights in Declaration
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
├ ICCPR Article 2: No discrimination; effective remedies for all
├ ICCPR Article 3: equal rights of men and women
├ ICCPR Article 4: derogation of ICCPR in time of public emergency
├ ICCPR Article 6: right to life; death penalty
├ ICCPR Article 7: prohibition of torture
├ ICCPR Article 8:
│├ ICCPR Article 8(1): prohibition of slavery and the slave-trade
│├ ICCPR Article 8(2): prohibition of servitude
│└ ICCPR Article 8(3): prohibition of forced labor
├ ICCPR Article 9:
│├ ICCPR Article 9(1): right to due process
│├ ICCPR Article 9(2): right to prompt notification of charges
│├ ICCPR Article 9(3): right to trial within reasonable time
│├ ICCPR Article 9(4): right to contest lawfulness of detention
│└ ICCPR Article 9(5): right to compensation for unlawful detention
├ ICCPR Article 10:
│├ ICCPR Article 10(1): right to be treated with humanity; respect for dignity
│├ ICCPR Article 10(2):
││├ ICCPR Article 10(2)(a): right of accused to be segregated from convicted persons
││└ ICCPR Article 10(2)(b): right of accused juveniles to be segregated from adults; speedy adjudication
│└ ICCPR Article 10(3): reformation and social rehabilitation; separation of juveniles from adults
├ ICCPR Article 11: prohibition of imprisonment for failure to meet contractual obligation
├ ICCPR Article 12: freedom of movement
├ ICCPR Article 13: expulsion of aliens
├ ICCPR Article 14:
│├ ICCPR Article 14(1): right to fair and public hearing
│├ ICCPR Article 14(2): right to presumption of innocence
│├ ICCPR Article 14(3): procedural rights of accused
││├ ICCPR Article 14(3)(a): prompt notification of charges
││├ ICCPR Article 14(3)(b): time to prepare defense/right to counsel
││├ ICCPR Article 14(3)(c): trial without delay
││├ ICCPR Article 14(3)(d): self-representation
││├ ICCPR Article 14(3)(e): call witnesses and cross-examine
││├ ICCPR Article 14(3)(f): interpreter
││└ ICCPR Article 14(3)(g): no self-incrimination
│├ ICCPR Article 14(4): right to have juvenile status taken into account
│├ ICCPR Article 14(5): right to appeal
│├ ICCPR Article 14(6): right to compensation for miscarriage of justice
│└ ICCPR Article 14(7): prohibition of double jeopardy
├ ICCPR Article 15: prohibition of ex post facto prosecution
├ ICCPR Article 16: right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
├ ICCPR Article 17: prohibition of arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence
├ ICCPR Article 18: freedom of thought, conscience and religion
├ ICCPR Article 19: right to hold opinions and freedom of expression
├ ICCPR Article 20: prohibition on war propaganda and advocacy of hatred or incitement
├ ICCPR Article 21: right to peaceful assembly
├ ICCPR Article 22: freedom of association; right to form and join trade unions
├ ICCPR Article 24: child’s right to non-discrimination
├ ICCPR Article 25:
│├ ICCPR Article 25(a): right to participation in conduct of public affairs
│├ ICCPR Article 25(b): right to vote and be elected
│└ ICCPR Article 25(c): right to public service
├ ICCPR Article 26: right to equal protection
└ ICCPR Article 27: protection of minority culture
The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (“The Beijing Rules”)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
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