4. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction IX
4. A. Protection of Human Rights
5. 1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 3
6. 1 a. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 17
7. 1 b. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty 21
8. 2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 24
9. 3. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 32
10. 4. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 35
11. 5. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 45
12. 6. Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour 50
13. 7. Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour 58
14. 8. Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 61
15. 9. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children 71
16. 10. Convention on the Political Rights of Women 74
17. 11. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 76
18. 12. Convention on the Rights of the Child 86
19. 13. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 101
20. 13 a. Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 111
21. B. Protection of Humanity in Armed Conflicts
22. 1. Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare 117
23. 2. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Conditi 120
24. 3. Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 139
25. 4. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 193
26. 5. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 212
27. 6. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12.8.1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) 265
28. 7. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12.8.1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) 311
29. 8. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects 320
30. 9. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 332
31. C. Protection of Environment
32. 1. Convention on Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 367
33. 1 a. Amendments to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter concerning Settlement of Disputes 375
34. 2. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 378
35. 2 a. Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 387
36. 3. International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualities 390
37. 4. Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances Other than Oil 399
38. 5. International Convention on Oil Pollution, Preparedness, Response and Cooperation 402
39. 6. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 414
40. 7. Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 422
41. 8. Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals 433
42. 9. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna 440
43. 10. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 453
44. 11. International Plant Protection Convention (Revised Text) 464
45. 12. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 471
46. 13. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 492
47. 14. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 505
48. 14 a. Adjustments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 514
49. 14 b. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 516
50. 15. Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Incident or Radiological Emergency 526
51. 16. Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Incident 530
52. 17. Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 533
53. 18. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 584
54. 19. Convention on Biological Diversity 608