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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1952, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The governments signatory hereto, being members of the Council of Europe, | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1952 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. No one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest or imprisonment. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. In no case shall capital punishment be inflicted for political offenses or related common crimes. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Every person has the right to be compensated in accordance with the law in the event he has been sentenced by a final judgment through a miscarriage of justice. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 6. Anyone who is deprived of his liberty shall be entitled to recourse to a competent court, in order that the court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his arrest or detention and order his release if the arrest or detention is unlawful. In States Parties whose laws provide that anyone who believes himself to be threatened with deprivation of his liberty is entitled to recourse to a competent court in order that it may decide on the lawfulness of such threat, this remedy may not be restricted or abolished. The interested party or another person in his behalf is entitled to seek these remedies. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 7. No one shall be detained for debt. This principle shall not limit the orders of a competent judicial authority issued for nonfulfillment of duties of support. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. No one shall be subject to restrictions that might impair his freedom to maintain or to change his religion or beliefs. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The correction or reply shall not in any case remit other legal liabilities that may have been incurred. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Everyone has the right to associate freely for ideological, religious, political, economic, labor, social, cultural, sports, or other purposes. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. The provisions of this article do not bar the imposition of legal restrictions, including even deprivation of the exercise of the right of association, on members of the armed forces and the police. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The States Parties undertake:
a. to ensure that any person claiming such remedy shall have his rights determined by the competent authority provided for by the legal system of the state; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming their intention to consolidate in this hemisphere, within the framework of democratic institutions, a system of personal liberty and social justice based on respect for the essential rights of man; | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Only the States Parties and the Commission shall have the right to submit a case to the Court. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The report shall be transmitted to the states concerned, which shall not be at liberty to publish it. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1984, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Have agreed as follows: | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1984 | ||
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1984, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | When a person has by a final decision been convicted of a criminal offence and when subsequently his conviction has been reversed, or he has been pardoned, on the ground that a new or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered punishment as a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to the law or the practice of the State concerned, unless it is proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly attributable to him. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1984 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Commission shall appear in all cases before the Court. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The States Parties to this Protocol agree that education should be directed towards the full development of the human personality and human dignity and should strengthen respect for human rights, ideological pluralism, fundamental freedoms, justice and peace. They further agree that education ought to enable everyone to participate effectively in a democratic and pluralistic society and achieve a decent existence and should foster understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups and promote activities for the maintenance of peace. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1988 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation without discrimination on the grounds of sex, the Parties undertake to recognise that right and to take appropriate measures to ensure or promote its application in the following fields:
c. terms of employment and working conditions, including remuneration; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to housing, the Parties undertake to take measures designed:
2. to prevent and reduce homelessness with a view to its gradual elimination; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005, para. j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind the European Union Council Framework Decision of 19 July 2002 on combating trafficking in human beings the European Union Council Framework Decision of 15 March 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings and the European Union Council Directive of 29 April 2004 on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2005 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall ensure that the process of amendment or revision of their constitution reposes on national consensus, obtained if need be, through referendum. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall protect the right to equality before the law and equal protection by the law as a fundamental precondition for a just and democratic society. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall commit themselves to promote democracy, the principle of the rule of law and human rights. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall establish public institutions that promote and support democracy and constitutional order. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall ensure that the independence or autonomy of the said institutions is guaranteed by the constitution. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall ensure that these institutions are accountable to competent national organs. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall promote citizen participation in the development process through appropriate structures. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Each Party shall provide in its internal law a recovery and reflection period of at least 30 days, when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person concerned is a victim. Such a period shall be sufficient for the person concerned to recover and escape the influence of traffickers and/or to take an informed decision on cooperating with the competent authorities. During this period it shall not be possible to enforce any expulsion order against him or her. This provision is without prejudice to the activities carried out by the competent authorities in all phases of the relevant national proceedings, and in particular when investigating and prosecuting the offences concerned. During this period, the Parties shall authorise the persons concerned to stay in their territory. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2005 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall strive to institutionalize good political governance through: Strengthening the functioning and effectiveness of parliaments; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 |