6. Treaty Establishing the European Community

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. Section One: International Instruments and Resources
7. A. TREATIES
8. 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5
9. 2. Convention on the Rights of the Child 15
10. 3. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 35
11. 4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 47
12. 5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 59
13. 6. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 77
14. 7. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 89
15. 8. ILO Convention No. 29 Concerning Forced Labour 122
16. 9. ILO Convention No. 105 Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour 131
17. 10. ILO Convention No. 111 Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation 132
18. 11. ILO Convention No. 117 Concerning Basic Aims and Standards of Social Policy 134
19. 12. ILO Convention No. 122 Concerning Employment Policy 140
20. 13. ILO Convention No. 154 Concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining 142
21. 14. ILO Convention No. 168 Concerning Employment, Promotion, and Protection Against Unemployment 145
22. 15. ILO Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries 156
23. 16. Convention Against Discrimination in Education 167
24. 17. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 171
25. 18. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 174
26. 19. Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 177
27. 20. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 191
28. 21. Geneva Protocol 1 Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed ConXicts 214
29. 22. Geneva Protocol 2 Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed ConXicts 227
30. B. Declarations
31. 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 235
32. 2. Declaration on Social Progress and Development 241
33. 3. Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice 253
34. 4. Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities 260
35. 5. Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition 264
36. 6. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons 269
37. 7. Declaration on the Right to Development 272
38. C. Supplementary UN Standards and Resources
39. 1. CESCR General Comment No. 1 (1989) on Reporting by States Parties 279
40. 2. CESCR General Comment No. 2 (1990) on International Technical Assistance Measures (Article 22 of the Covenant) 282
41. 3. CESCR General Comment No. 3 (1990) on the Nature of States Parties Obligations (Article 2(1) of the Covenant) 286
42. 4. CESCR General Comment No. 4 (1991) on the Right to Adequate Housing (Article 11(1) of the Covenant) 291
43. 5. CESCR General Comment No. 5 (1994) on Persons with Disabilities 297
44. 6. CESCR General Comment No. 6 (1995) on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Older Persons 307
45. 7. CESCR General Comment No. 7 (1997) on Forced Evictions (Article 11(1), The Right to Adequate Housing) 316
46. 8. CESCR General Comment No. 8 (1997) on the Relationship Between Economic Sanctions and Respect for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 322
47. 9. CESCR General Comment No. 9 (1998) on the Domestic Application of the Covenant 326
48. 10. CESCR General Comment No. 10 (1998) on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 331
49. 11. CESCR General Comment No. 11 (1999) on Plans of Action for Primary Education (Article 14 of the Covenant) 333
50. 12. CESCR General Comment No. 12 (1999) on the Right to Adequate Food (Article 11 of the Covenant) 336
51. 13. CESCR General Comment No. 13 (1999) on the Right to Education (Article 13 of the Covenant) 345
52. 14. CESCR General Comment No. 14 (2000) on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Article 12) 359
53. 15. Revised General Guidelines Regarding the Form and Contents of Reports to be Submitted by States Parties Under Articles 16 and 17 of the ICESCR (1991) 377
54. 16. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 13 (1989) on Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value 396
55. 17. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 16 (1991) on Unpaid Women Workers in Rural and Urban Family Enterprises 397
56. 18. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 18 (1991) on Disabled Women 398
57. 19. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24 (1999) on Women and Health 399
58. D. World Conferences
59. 1. Vienna Declaration and Plan of Action (excerpts) 409
60. 2. Beijing Declaration: Fourth World Conference on Women 417
61. 3. Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development 421
62. 4. Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements 444
63. E. Interpretive Texts
64. 1. Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 451
65. 2. Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 464
66. 3. Bangalore Declaration and Plan of Action Regarding Economic, Cultural and Social Rights and the Role of Lawyers 473
67. 4. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacemen 481
68. 5. Comprehensive Human Rights Guidelines on Development-Based Displacement 491
69. F. UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs
70. 1. The Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 501
71. 2. The Right to Adequate Housing 512
72. 3. The Relationship Between the Enjoyment of Human Rights, in Particular Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Income Distribution 534
73. 4. The Question of the Impunity of Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations 541
74. 5. The Right to Adequate Food and to be Free from Hunger 554
75. 6. Violence Against Women 569
76. 7. The Right to Education (excerpts) 584
77. 8. Effects of Structural Adjustment Policies on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights 596
78. 9. Human Rights and Extreme Poverty 606
79. Section Two: Regional Instruments and Resources
80. 1. European Social Charter 619
81. 2. European Social Charter Collective Complaints Procedure 647
82. 3. European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms–Protocol One 652
83. 4. European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers 654
84. 5. European Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights for Workers 666
85. 6. Treaty Establishing the European Community 674
86. 7. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man 682
87. 8. American Convention on Human Rights 689
88. 9. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“Protocol of San Salvador”) 701
89. 10. Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women 711
90. 11. African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 713
91. 12. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 720
92. Index 733