The core international human rights treaties
By: United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner
Publisher: United Nations; United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9789211542028
Subjects: Human rights; Treaties
Description: "There are ten core international human rights instruments. Each of these  instruments (9 human rights treaties and the Optional Protocol to the CAT) has established a committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns"--Publisher's website.
Notes: "ST/HR/3/Rev.1"--Title page verso.

"United Nations publication. Sales no. E.14.XIV.1"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; title: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; title: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; title: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; title: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; title: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; title: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; title: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; title: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; title: Convention on the Rights of the Child; title: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; title: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict; title: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure; title: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; title: Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; title: International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and members of Their families; title: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; title: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; title: International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.