THE RUSSIAN PUBLIC ORGANIZATION« THE UNION OF SOCIAL EDUCATORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS »MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERSTHE ETHICAL GUIDELINEOF SOCIAL EDUCATOR AND SOCIAL WORKER

MOSCOW - 2003

The Ethical Guideline of Social worker and Social Educator – the members of
the Russian public organization «the Union of social educators and social workers»,
Moscow, 2003.

The present Guideline is developed on the basis of recommendations of theInternational Federation of social workers and it represents the document in which thebasic, base principles and values of social and social - pedagogical work connectedwith realization of the professional duties by experts of social sphere are stated.
The overall objective of «the Ethical Guideline of social worker and social
educator» is to define and determine ethical principles and moral positions of theperson (client), the expert (social worker and social educator) and the society (various
institutes of the society) during their interaction in satisfying the client’s social needs.
Commission of experts from the Union of social educators and social workers
participated in compiling of the given Ethical Guideline of members the Union ofsocial educators and social workers. The commission was headed by the vice-presidentof the Union of social educators and social workers, the academician of the Russian
Academy of Natural Sciences, doctor of philosophy, professor Lipsky I.A., and
N.B.Shmeleva, the professor, the doctor of philosophy, the dean of humanitarianfaculty of the Ulyanovsk state university, and also work group of the Union of social
educators and social workers headed by A.N.Dashkina, the candidate of pedagogicalsciences, the President the Union of social educators and social workers which
included the representatives of Kostroma, Kemerovo as well as Leningrad, Moscow,
Orenburg regions, Republics Tyva and Moscow.
The project of the Guideline has been distributed in all regions of the RussianFederation for wide discussion on places and in the regional centers, at seminars andconferences. The delegates of Congress of social workers in Saratov at the end of
November, 2002 have been acquainted with it.
Suggestions and remarks of regional branches the Union of social educators andsocial workers have been taken into account during the work on the Guideline.
Domestic and international materials developed by known experts for workers ofsocial sphere, including Medvedeva G.P., Jarskaya-Smirnova _. and Ethical
Guidelines of Associations of social workers of Australia, Great Britain, Denmark,Lithuania, Poland, the USA and Finland were also used.
The editor: N.A.Kasasa

CONTENTS

Section 1: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………4
Section 2: DEFINITION OF SOCIAL WORK………………………………………………………....5
Section 3: VALUES OF SOCIAL WORK……………………………………………………………...6
Section 4: PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK………………………………………………………..10
Section 5:STANDARDS OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR………………………………………………15
Section 6: DEFINITION OF SOCIAL WORK AND COMMENTS OF INTERNATIONALFEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS…………………………………………………………….17
Section 7:INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON WHICH PRINCIPLES AND ETHICALSTANDARDS OF SOCIAL WORK ARE BASED………………………………………………..…19

There is a huge professional space, where everyone can show his best sincere
qualities.

Section 1:
INTRODUCTION
1.1.

The tasks of the Guideline include the characteristic of the basic ethicalstandards and rules by which social workers and social educators are guided in
the practical activities. This document is the manifest proclaiming values andprinciples, promoting maintenance of the high standard of professional work ofeach worker in social sphere irrespective of his position and membership in theUnion of social educators and social workers.

1.2.

The Guideline contains instructions for workers of social sphere, members of
the Union of social educators and social workers. The Guideline can be used byother people to define professional standards of experts in social sphere andstudents of social high schools. The given Guideline can be included in the text ofhiring contracts, concluded with social workers and social educators by theemployers.

1.3.

Further on, the Union of social educators and social workers will aspire torecognition of the Guideline by the rest of experts, organizations and institutes
related to the given professional environment (the social environment).

1.4.

Items of the Guideline orient the members of the Union of social educatorsand social workers to arrange practical activities according to the client’s
interests, involving him on equal rights basis in all stages of the process ofrendering him social service.

1.5.

The Guideline demands that practicing workers should fulfill their duties
professionally according to ethical and moral principles.

1.6.

The Guideline does not give anybody the right to subject a person todiscrimination in any purposes.

1.7.

The consent with the Ethical Guideline as well as professional and personal

1.8.

Additions, revision and updating of the Guideline is a direct duty of the Boardof the Union of social educators and social workers and the commission ofexperts authorized by the Board.

1.9.

On questions concerning interpretation or applications of the Guideline you
should address the first instance – the Board of the Union of social educators andsocial workers.

Section 2:
DEFINITION OF SOCIAL WORKThe constant need for methodical recommendations and social workers staff of a
new formation has appeared in connection with the formation of basically new systemof social protection and service of the population in Russia, corresponding to the newconditions of development of the Russian society, The adequate material base andprofessional training system of social work was created in the beginning of the 1990-s
in Russia. The specialty « social work » was formed in April 1991 and in the same year
« the Qualifying directory of posts of heads, experts and employees » was added to thequalifying characteristic « the expert on social work ». The following definition ofsocial work was accepted after careful discussion in professional environment by
Russian experts:
Social work is a set of different kinds of activity (professional and nonprofessional,
service and voluntary) on satisfaction of the person’s social needs. A person who hasturned for the help to the social worker, or to whom such help is offered, is defined as aclient (a visitor, a customer) of social and social - pedagogical work. The client canrepresent an individual, a family, any group or community.

Section 3:
VALUES OF SOCIAL WORK
3.1. Human dignity and toleranceSocial worker and social educator recognize value of each person and his right torealize his abilities, to have worthy life conditions and wealth, his right for free choiceof life position so that the rights of one person do not interfere with realization ofinterests and the rights of other people or groups.
Social workers and social educators:a) respect the fundamental rights of the person specified in the General
Declaration of the United Nations on human rights and in other international
agreements, based on this Declaration;b) show respect and benevolent attitude to all people and respect the clients’convictions, their values, culture, purposes, needs, preferences, mutual relations andcommunications with other people;c) protect and support their dignity, take into account individuality, client’s
interests and social needs on the basis of tolerant relations with them;d) promote personal wealth and independence of clients, form and support theirrespect of the rights and freedom of other people;e) respect the client’s rights in decision-making process; guarantee the client’s
direct participation in decision-making process, providing full information concerning
the client in a concrete situation;f) guarantee protection to the clients with an object of their safety, and safety of
their social environment.
3.2. Social justice and humanism
Social justice and humanism are values of social and social - pedagogical work.
They include:•

fair and equal distribution of resources for satisfaction of the person’s basicsocial needs;•creation and observance of guaranteed equal opportunities of using thepotential of the state and public social services, organizations, associations;•maintenance of equal rights and opportunities of their realization at thereference and protection according to the law.
Social workers and social educators:a) reveal and adequately react to social conditions which result in social

contradictions, difficulties and sufferings of people, or prevent their simplification;
influence the formation of the social policy promoting fair satisfaction of social needs ofpeople according to their opportunities and the level of professional activity;b)observe social justice and distribute social resources on equal rights

basis and carry out social pedagogical work. The purpose of this work is expansion of
choice and opportunities for all clients, including, deprived, socially vulnerable oroppressed, or for those people who require specific help;c) conduct active work improving the activity of social institutes, politicalstructures, certain political leaders and local heads with the purpose of elimination of
infringements of civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights;d) convince each client that their actions are not dictated by biases against
somebody (a person or any group), including background, ethnic and cultural
belonging, class, status, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical condition, beliefs;e) conduct the practical work directed on development of client’s
opportunities, help certain persons, families, groups, communities in their aspiration tosolve social problems by their own, promote their positive self-fulfillment,
independence of their choice and improvement of social welfare;f) develop first of all volunteers’ participation among young people in
improving social and social - pedagogical work, social processes and social services,support the activity of public organizations and associations of social orientation, as
well as by means of personal participation in them.

3.3. Competence
Competence (professionalism) is a value of social work and social - pedagogicalactivity which provides qualitative decision of social problems of the person who hasturned for help, his society, social environment as a whole and•provides the belonging of the social educator and the social worker to theirprofessional group;•

determines opportunity for their fast professional growth and recruit for thesolving of more complex client’s tasks;•

induces constant increase of professional level, gaining new knowledge,
development of skills and habits in practical activity, deep understandingof values of social work and studying methods of scientific research ofprocesses in social environment.

Social workers and social educators:a) study, use, spread and apply knowledge, skills in the practice of social andsocial - pedagogical work;b) constantly raise the level of their professionalism, support and expand theircompetence with a view of service quality improvement, thus carrying out search and an
estimation of new approaches and practical methods (techniques, technologies) in theactivity;c) participate in the scientific search of the reasons of infringement of social
interests of concrete people and social groups as a whole, determine their character anddefine the ways to prevent and overcome them;d) take part in educational process together with the colleagues, students andprobationers, publish the results of solving client’s concrete social problems orsituations on the basis of observing the principle of confidentiality;e) realize the frameworks of their competence and do not go far in the situations
where higher level of problem solving is required; bring management’s attention to thequestion on necessity of the further professionalism.
Social worker and social educator have no right to use their professional

purposes. They should avoid communication and relations which can do harm theirclients; never and under no circumstances should have sexual relations with them.

3.4. Social activity, mobility and flexibility
Social activity, mobility and flexibility are values of social work and they assume
interconnected activity of social educator and social worker with the person who hasturned for their help. At the same time, social worker and social educator act not only
when they are asked. In those cases when they get to know about negative situations in
the life of the client (an individual, family, group of people), they tactfully andcautiously contact him, offering their help in the joint solving of these problem
situations. Besides studying the society, they predict possible negative situations andaspire to prevent them happening.
Social workers and social educators.
a) assist people in critical situations, with the purpose to jointly solve their social
problems, restore their vital forces and social status, to transfer them in social stablegroups of population, to warn repeated critical situations;b) work with each person of their social environment (territory of the professional
responsibility) and his family with the purpose to provide them help preventing crisis
situations, assisting to mobilize vital forces, transforming in socially perspective groupsof the population;c) help and support people, their families relating to client’s perspective groups of
population, preserve their social status and full realization of client’s opportunities;d) provide unity and interrelation of cognitive activity (studying of clients,society, their social processes, research work aimed to find the reasons of social
conflicts) converting activity (assisting to all people in need, families and other groups)
and educational activity (preparation of students, exchange of experience withcolleagues, training of clients, etc.).

Section 4:
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK
4.1. Acceptance of the person as he is
A client of social work can be a separate person or group of people (for example
family), which have individual and group features. Each client has legal and moral rightto be listened to by any social worker irrespective of his departmental belonging or
occupied position. Each client has the right to receive help in improving his social
situation, thus social educator and social worker provide him personal safety observing
the principle "do not do much harm".
While solving problems of vital client’s situation, social educator and social
worker are guided by reasonable character of client’s requirements, taking into account,that a measure is the degree of harmonization of relations between the client and thesociety in their interaction. The main task in practically any situation becomes offering
assistance to the client for his prompt independent actions intending to solve his
problems.
Neither negative personal qualities, physical defects, mental deviations nor creed,sexual orientation or racial belonging, neither social impracticality nor prejudices andbiases can form the basis for social educator and social worker to refuse helping theperson, the reason for any form of client’s discrimination. All specific client’s features
should be taken into account at decision-making on offering him social help.
4.2. Respect of client’s right to accept independent decision at any stage ofjoint actions.
The respect of client’s right for decision-making shows respect and observance of
his rights. The person, who has turned for help to social educator and social worker, has
the same rights, as all other people. Social educator and social worker cannot assist theperson (or group of people) without his consent with their plan of action. The client has
the right to refuse the suggested variant of actions; to continue already started work if
his opinion or the situation has changed for some reason or another. He has the right tochange his views, opinion, position and beliefs.

Irrespective to the degree of rationality (irrationality) of client’s acts social
educator and social worker cannot force him (morally or financially, psychologically or
physically) to follow their professional logic. Only reasons and arguments, logic ofargument, ethical values of the state and a society, norms of the current legislation,
opportunities of system of social protection of the population and other social institutes,
professional experience of social worker and social educator are tools of their influenceon the client.
The client has the right to refuse the interaction at any level of joint work being
confident that all information about him will be confidentially preserved.

4.3. Confidentiality of cooperation of social worker and social educator withthe client
Confidential (not subjected to disclosure) information is everything, concerning
life conditions of the client, his personal qualities and problems, and also everythingelse that will be determined by the client in interaction with social worker and social
teacher. They should guarantee him this confidentiality and take all measures tomaintain it.
Social worker and social educator should inform the client that this or that
information should be given to other workers of the given social institute (social
service), their management in order to accept optimum decision on the social help
required by the client at higher administrative level. They are also obliged to inform theclient about necessity to involve other organizations and juridical persons, client’s
nearest and dearest, representatives of social organizations and to give them thenecessary information. In any case such information can be given only from the
sanction of the client only to those who are involved in solving his problems.
At the client’s consent to give part of coordinated information to other persons ororganizations the social worker (the social educator) should warn them about conditionsof confidentiality: confidentiality has no prescription.
Infringement of confidentiality is possible only in conditions of direct danger toconfidentiality should be accompanied by the preliminary notice of the client about
compelling conditions, and about duties and responsibility of social worker and thesocial educator.

4.4. Complete informing the person about actions undertaken in his interests
Observing the principle of protection of client’s rights causes the duty of social
educator and social worker to inform the person who has turned for their social help
about all actions undertaken by them to solve his problems.
Social worker and social educator are responsible for completeness, quality andtime of giving all necessary information to the client.
Informing the client is necessary in order to create favorable conditions for theactivization of his personal potential.
Besides, lack of the information can negatively affect quality of the decision
accepted by the client. Not knowing all circumstances and facts, he can make wrong
decision that will lead to the result opposite to the purpose of social work and his
personal interests. Taking into account, that questions solved in social and social pedagogical work are connected with person’s fate, with harmonization of his relations
with the society, with improvement of his life conditions, the client has the full right toknow about all actions which are supposed to be undertaken with his participation or
without it.
Taking into account, that interaction between the person (client), the expert(social worker and social educator) and the society is formed on the basis of partner
relations, each of them, including, the client, should possess the status of the full subjectof this interaction, so he must have the right for initiative, respect of dignity andcomplete information.
Social workers and social educators should prevent situations of the conflict ofinterests, which can influence their professional tact, success in solving social problemsof the person who has turned for help.
If such conflict arises, they should declare it and take necessary measures,educators should help a person, families, groups and communities to find ways for themutually acceptable decision of arising problems or for coordination and balancing of
their conflicting or competing needs and interests.

4.5. The responsibility of social worker and social educator for the results of
their activity
Social worker and social educator, being engaged in solving client’s problems,bear personal responsibility for the results of their activity, for quality and efficiency,
time and effectiveness of the social help and for its consequences.
Social worker (social educator) bears the responsibility before the society for the
results of their activity. He is called not only to harmonize client’s relations with social
environment, but also to restore, to raise person’s social status decreased because ofobjective and subjective reasons, to help to restore his active personal and social life.
Social worker (social educator) bears the responsibility before himself and his
family. His constant participation in solving client’s problems, living trough the client’s
troubles, needs, tragedies, misfortunes objectively results in professional "burning out",
decrease his emotional perception, empathy and develop cynicism.
Each social worker is obliged to be able to protect himself in his own interests,
and in his client’s interests.
Social educators and social workers bear the responsibility for their trade, raising
its prestige, the social status in the society, importance in interpersonal and group
communication in various kinds and types of society, providing its attractiveness foryouth and integration of young experts into trades of social worker and social educator.
Thus it is important to take into account, that in conditions of interaction between
the society, the client and the social worker (the social educator) the responsibility forthe results of such interaction cannot be assigned only to the worker of social sphere. It
is inexpedient to expect that social worker and social educator should be personallyresponsible for distant results of actions concerted with the client and for theirconsequences: when the problem is solved, communication with the client can be lost;his problems independently; the result depends from the type of these problems andmoral aspect of the client and it can be various.

4.6. Decency of social worker and social teacher in interaction with the client
Decency of social educator and social worker is rather important principle
concerning the necessity to provide balance of interests, both personal, and client’s
interests and his social environment; professional community of social workers andsocial educators, the society as a whole. Somebody’s interests cannot prevail theinterests of others; they cannot be realized with detriment to somebody.
Personal decency of social educator and social worker includes maintenance of
reasonable balance, harmonization of interests of all interested sides, the skill to preventthe establishment of someone’s priority above others, including the priority of thesociety above the client’s interests and on the contrary, the personal interests above theclient’s interests and interests of the society.
The important condition of social work is unselfishness of social worker andsocial educator. Social workers and social educators do everything for the client, thatthey consider being necessary in order to solve the problem.
Social workers and social educators, being representatives for the state social
institutes, public nongovernmental organizations and associations, operate ininterests of the person who has turned for help. They often do for the person much
more than the duty regulations require.
Social worker and social educator should not be influenced or pressed during
their professional work. They must impartially carry out their professional duties.
Goodwill is present at all stages of interaction of social worker and social
educator with the client. It provides true tone at teamwork with the person who hasturned for help, causes his frankness and interaction. Wishing good to the person who
has turned for help, social worker and social educator carry out necessary managementof his actions, tactfully specify mistakes and drawbacks, help to solve difficult problems
or they take complete care of the client.

Personal decency of social educator and social worker guarantees quality
and efficiency of their professional activity and make them follow the requirementsof the international and national Ethical Guideline of social worker and social
educator.

Section 5:
STANDARDS OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR
Standards of ethical behaviour of social educator and social worker determine thenorms of their professional activity according to ethical values, principles and rules ofsocial work. These standards do not have exhaustive character.
5.1. Ethical behaviour in relation to the trade of social educator and social
workerSocial worker and social educatora) observe the ethical Guideline, assert values and rules, principles and standardsof ethical behaviour, protect, improve and popularize them;b) raise quality and efficiency of social services given to people, develop
professionalism of social work, inviting nonprofessionals to assist social educators andsocial workers in solving feasible problems;c) raise the status of social and social - pedagogical work, protect it fromunreasonable criticism and strengthen the belief in its necessity among people ofvarious social groups ;d) take part and encourage others for creative search of new approaches,
technologies, methods and techniques of social work and social - pedagogical activity;e) critically estimate the results achieved in personal practical work, do not
exaggerate their professional and personal opportunities;f) explain in intelligible form the aim, the objects and tasks of professional socialand social - pedagogical work to other people, both as the representative of these trades,
and as representatives of the Union of social educators and social workers of RussianFederation.

5.2. Ethical behaviour in relation to people which use social services
Social worker and social educator:_) observe principles of social work concerning the clients: accept the person as
he is; involve him in active teamwork; provide confidentiality of cooperation,
information and access to it; bear the responsibility for the results of the work with theclient; show personal decency in relation to him;b) appreciate and respect personal aspirations, individual features, initiative andthe client’s creative approach to the joint actions in solving his problems; assist clientsin order to restore and develop their own potential opportunities observing equal rights
of other people and social groups;c) give a priority to support client’s basic interests, but thus respect and take into
account interests of other people; in case there is a conflict of various client’s interestsor the conflict of the client’s interests and the legislation operating in Russia, warn theclient that his interests and requests can be rejected;d) minimize the use of legal, psychological, economic or other kinds ofcompulsion; in cases when such compulsion is inevitable, it should be ethically,
professionallyandlegally

justified;e) reject any forms of the discrimination based on nationality, sexual relations,age, creed, marital status, political orientation, intellectual or physical defects,
privileges, personal characteristics.

5.3. Ethical behaviour in relation to colleagues
Social worker and social educator:a) treat the colleagues with respect in spite of their speciality and specialization,
professional level and work experience, providing them assistance to achieve highefficiency of their work in the field of social and social - pedagogical activity;b) respect various opinions and approaches of colleagues and other experts,
taking up the responsibility for validity of their criticism, addressed them from various

c) protect their colleagues from any forms and kinds of pressure for the part ofclients, a management, state organizations or public associations in the cases when suchinfluence is unreasonable;c) follow advice and consultations of colleagues and instructors if they serve
common interests.

5.4. Ethical behaviour in relation to the cooperating organizations
Social worker and social educator:a) build mutual relations with other organizations on the basis of goodwill,orientation on interests of people who have turned for help, taking into account
opportunities and purpose of these organizations in accordance of activity of theseorganizations with Ethical Guideline of social worker and social educator;b) adhere to the obligations given to the cooperating organizations, and makethese organizations perform their own obligations using their resources for the needs,
these resources are intended for;d)develop command, inter-institutional and interdepartmental forms of socialand social - pedagogical work, preserve working atmosphere in collectives and teams,
supporting acceptable conditions for activity of each employee.

Section 6:
THE DEFINITION OF SOCIAL WORK AND COMMENTS OF
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Social worker and social educator are representatives of certain delicate andhumane profession. Their professional duty is coordination of personal and social
interests of clients, harmonization of these relations. They act as middlemen ininteraction between person, family and society, supporting this interaction by means ofsocial development of the client and transformation of the society. Their activity isarranged taking into account economic, political, legislative and social context and on
the basis of moral values, principles and rules.

Profession “Social work” serves to realize social changes in the society, to solve
problems of human relations and strengthen person’s freedom and his right for decent
life. Using theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work is involved in
the process of the stage when people interact with the environment. Principles ofobserving human rights and social justice are considered to be fundamental forsocial work. (Accepted at the meeting of International Federation of social workers in
Monreal, Canada, July, 2000).

Social work in its different aspects is addressed for many-sided necessary,complex interaction of people. Its mission is to give all people the opportunity to use
their potential, make their lives richer and prevent its damage. Professional social work
is concentrated on solving problems and making changes. Social workers are those whobring changes in the society, and in the life of an individual, family, and community.
Social work is an interrelated system of values, theory and practice.
Social work was formed on the ideas of humanism and democracy and thesevalues are basic in the respect of equality, importance and dignity of all people. From itsvery beginning 100 years ago social work has been concentrated on realization ofhuman needs and development of human potential. Values of social work are stated in
the Ethical Guidelines of professional international and national organizations.
Methodology of social work is based on systematic knowledge, which is based on
facts according to local specification and certain context. It accepts complexity ofinteraction between human being and his environment, ability of people to be
influenced by different factors, including biopsychology.
Social work faces barriers, inequality and injustice in the society. It gives answer
on crisis and extraordinary situations, as well as on every day personal and social
problems. Social work has at its disposal different skills, technologies, methods andacts according to integral approach to a person and his environment. Social work isdone on different levels, starting from getting into psychological social processes of aperson, finishing with social policy, planning and development. It means consultancy,

clinical social work, group work, social pedagogy, family therapy and help people toreceive social service and access recourses in the society.
Managing structures, local organizations, influencing the formation of social
policy and economic development are involved in this process. Integral approach insocial work is universal, so priorities of social work may change according to thecultural specification of the country, time and also cultural, historical and social
economic conditions.
There is no denying the fact that social work in the 21st century becomes
more dynamic and it develops intensively, so no definition can be completely
accepted.

Section 7:
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON WHICH PRINCIPLES ANDETHICAL STANDARDS OF SOCIAL WORK ARE BASED
Human rights and social justice serve as motivation and legal ground of social
work. In solidarity with those who is offended by destiny, people of this profession try
to overcome poverty, to help vulnerable and oppressed people, make for providing
social service to everyone in need.
7.1 International declaration of ethical principles of social work.
International ethical standards of social workers, 1994.
The International Federation of social workers postponed acceptance of these
documents as it was caused by distinctions in culture, religion, traditions and history ofdeveloping social work, and also with political system in the countries whose
representatives are members of the International Federation of social workers. Afterlong discussion and coordination on the general meeting the International Federation ofsocial workers in 1994 accepted the document « Ethics of social work: principles andstandards » which consists of two parts: « International declaration of ethical principles
of social work » and « International ethical standards of social workers ». For example,« the International ethical standards of social work » contain 5 groups of standards:

Mutual relations with clients
Mutual relations with agencies and the organizations
Mutual relations with colleagues
The attitude to a trade.
7.2 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
The declaration consists of 30 articles, which define fundamental rights (civil,
political, economic, social and cultural) and freedom of all people.
The declaration has no validity, but it represents a unit of moral norms that areincluded in internal legislations of the majority of the countries in the world.
7.3 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
The document fixes the following rights:
 for life, freedom and inviolability of a person;
 not to be exposed to tortures, and severe, brutal or humiliating the person’s
dignity treatment;
 prohibition of slavery;
 not to be exposed to arrest and detention;
 for the freedom of speech, religions, assemblies and associations, including
membership in trade unions;
 for the freedom of movement and choice of residence; to vote on the basis of system of general suffrage;
 for free proceeding; for protection of minority.
7.4 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, 1965
The convention guarantees full realization of the principle of equality andexception of discrimination for each person. The document is directed on liquidation of
racial discrimination in its forms and displays, prevention and eradication of racist
theories and practice of their realization and creation of the international community,
free from all forms of racial segregation and racial discrimination.

7.5 The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Descrimination
against Women, 1976
In the Convention discrimination against women is defined as:" Any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of sex which is directed on
elimination of recognition, using or realization of human rights by women and theirbasic freedom in political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other area ".
7.6 The Convention on the Rights of Children, 1989
The overall objective of the Convention is maximum protection of children’sinterests. According to the convention, the child is a person, aged up to 18 if only thenational legislation does not establish earlier age of maturity. The convention:
 calls the states ratifying the given convention, to create conditions at whichchildren can accept active and creative participation in sociopolitical life of
the countries;
 protects children from all forms of exploitation, considering the question
on children of representatives of national minorities and groups ofindigenous population;
 considers problems of abusing drugs and absence of child care; contains specific proposals directed on protection of the rights of children,
involved in criminal activity;
 recognizes a paramount role of family and parents in child care andprotection, and also the duty of the state to help parents to perform theirduties.