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Home About us CEDAW UN Treaties Q and A Reporting to UN Bodies Resources Publications Contact us The Beijing Platform for Action and International Human Rights Obligations under all Conventions except CEDAW Companion Chart to: Platform for Action and CEDAW Convention
Human Rights Treaty Obligations Declaration and Mission Statement:
Commitment to equal rights as enshrined in the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, CEDAW Convention, Convention on the Rights of the Child
Recognize women’s human rights as universal, indivisible, inalienable
Take all necessary meassures to eliminate discrimination against women and girls
Art. 2 condemnation of racial discrimination
Art. 4, GR 15 prohibition of all propaganda and organization based on ideology of superiority of one race CCPR/ CESCR
Art. 1, 2 Right to self-determination for all individuals without discrimination
Art. 3 equal enjoyment of political and civil rights for men and women
General Comment 4 (Art 3) requires information about actions being taken in this regard beyond legislation
Art. 3 equal enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights for men and women
General Comment 3 (Art. 2) obligations of conduct and obligations of result of the States parties
Art. 1 definition of torture
Art. 2 effective meassures to prevent acts of torture
Art. 2 respect and ensure rights of each child without discrimination of any kind
Art. 3 best interest of the child shall be primary consideration, taking into account the rights and duties of parents
Art. 4 take all appropriate meassures
Art. 9 right to social security
Art. 11 and General comment 12 (Art.11) right for every person without discrimination to adequate standard of living, including food, clothing and housing: right to be free from hunger CRC
Art. 26 right of the child to benefit from social security
Art. 27 right of the child to standard of living that allows physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development
Art . 7 combating prejudices which lead to racial discrimination
Art. 13 right of everyone to education, (mentioning primary, secondary, higher education and vocational training)
Art. 14 compulsory primary education should be ensured by States parties
General comment 13 (Art. 13) education should be directed to the full development of human personality and the sense of its dignity, with special regard to the situation of women and girls
Art. 10 education of civil or military personnel about prohibition against torture (may fit better in violence against women) CRC
Art. 13 right of the child to freedom of expression and to seek and receive information Art .18 recognition of responsibility of both parents in upbringing of the child
Art. 20 state should give special protection and assistance to a child deprived by family environment
Art. 28: right of the child to education C. Health
Art. 7 Prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment, particularly medical or scientific experimentation on a person without consent
Art. 12 right to highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (women not mentioned)
Art. 23 mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy full and decent life
Art. 24 child should have access to high standard health care services, including pre- and post-natal health care for mothers
Art. 33 protection of the child from use of illicit drugs D. Violence against Women
Art. 3 no State Party shall expel a person to another state where this person is likely to be tortured
Art. 4 acts of torture should be offences under criminal law
Art. 13 right to complain for every person subjected to torture before impartial jurisdiction
Art. 11 illicit transfer of children abroad
Art. 19 protection of the child from all forms of physical or mental violence
Art. 34 protection of the child of sexual exploitation and abuse
Art. 37 no child shall be subjected to torture
Art. 6 every human being has the right to life under all circumstances (genocide explicitly condemned)
Art. 22 appropriate protection for a child who is seeking refugee status; efforts for family reunification
Art. 38 persons under age of fifteen should not take part in hostilities; civilian population should be protected
F. Employment, Economic Structures
Art. 8 prohibition of slavery and forced labour
Art. 6 right to work and to freely choose kind of work
Art. 7 right to just and favourable conditions of work, including equal remuneration and promotion of men and women
Art. 10(2) special protection to mothers before and after childbirth
Art. 32: protection of the child from economic exploitation
G. Power and Decisionmaking
Art. 25 and General comment 25 (Art. 25) right to take part in public affairs, to vote and to be elected, to have access to public service, without any discrimination
Art. 8 right to form trade unions and to strike
Art 15 child has the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly
H. Mechanisms
various articles, among others:General comment 25 for Art. 25 (contains meassures how to ensure public participation)
various articles, among others:
General comment 12 for Art. 11 (meassures how to ensure right to adequate food)
Art. 5 guarantee of political, civil, economic and social rights to every person, among others: right to security of person; right to marriage and choice of spouse; right to own property and to inherit; right to equal pay for equal work; right to education and training
Art. 3 it should be ensured that men and women enjoy the equal political and civil rights
Art. 4 derogations of obligations in times of public emergency must not involve discrimination of any kind
Art. 10 and General Comment 21 (Art. 10) Human treatment of persons deprived of their liberty, with special regard of vulnerable groups, shall be guaranteed
Art. 12(1,2) and General Comment 27 (Art.12) freedom of movement, especially for women, within the country and border crossing
Art. 17 protection of privacy, family and personal honour
Art. 19 right to freedom of expression Art. 23 and General Comment 19 (Art.23) protection of the family, right of consentful marriage and equality of rights of spouses during marriage and at its dissolution
Art. 26 equality before the law without any discrimination
J. Mass Media
Art. 17 child shall have access to information from diversity of sources; mass media shall be encouraged to disseminate material of social and cultural benefit to the child
General comment 12 (Art. 11) right to sustainability of food availability and access
Art. 29: education of the child should be directed to development of personality, responsible life, respect for human rights and the environment, (environment: 1(e))
L. Girl Child
Art. 24 and General Comment 17 (Art. 24) protection of the child without any discrimination CESCR
Art. 10(3) protection of children from economic and social exploitation
CRC whole convention
*Key to abbreviations and ratifications as of May 2000
CERD: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CAT: Convention Against Torture CCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights