Key Human Rights Conventions and Agreements

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  • Key Human Rights Conventions and Agreements
  • 1948 – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 1948 – Genocide Convention
  • 1949 – The Geneva Conventions
  • 1950 – European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
  • 1951 – Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
  • 1965 – Conventions for the Elimination of Racism
  • 1966 – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • 1966 – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • 1979 – Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
  • 1984 – The UN Convention Against Torture
  • 1989 – Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • 1990 – Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers
  • 1998 – Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
  • 1998 – Human Rights Act (UK)
  • 2006 – International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
  • 2007 – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities