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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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African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall institutionalize good economic and corporate governance through, inter alia: Enabling legislative and regulatory framework for private sector development; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall institutionalize good economic and corporate governance through, inter alia: Equitable allocation of the nation’s wealth and natural resources; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to a fair remuneration, the Parties undertake:
4. to recognise the right of all workers to a reasonable period of notice for termination of employment; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. For the purposes of this article, the following do not constitute forced or compulsory labor:
c. service exacted in time of danger or calamity that threatens the existence or the well-being of the community; or | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The free disposal of wealth and natural resources shall be exercised without prejudice to the obligation of promoting international economic cooperation based on mutual respect, equitable exchange and the principles of international law. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1981 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall institutionalize good economic and corporate governance through, inter alia: An efficient and effective tax system premised upon transparency and accountability. | 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 adopt and implement policies, strategies and programmes required to generate productive employment, mitigate the impact of diseases and alleviate poverty and eradicate extreme poverty and illiteracy. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall institutionalize good economic and corporate governance through, inter alia: Elaborating and implementing economic development strategies including private-public sector partnerships; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. Each Party shall adopt the rules under which victims lawfully resident within its territory shall be authorised to have access to the labour market, to vocational training and education. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2005 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Every young person shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State, and the international community. Youth shall have the duty to: f) Contribute to the promotion of the economic development of States Parties and Africa by placing their physical and intellectual abilities at its service; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: j) Offer equal access to young women to employment and promote their participation in all sectors of employment; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties recognise that the shift towards a knowledge-based economy is dependent on information and communication technology which in turn has contributed towards a dynamic youth culture and global consciousness. In this regard, they shall: b) Encourage the local production of and access to information and communication technology content; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: j) Adopt pedagogy that incorporates the benefits of and trains young people in the use of modern information and communication technology such that youth are better prepared for the world of work; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: e) Revitalise vocational education and training relevant to current and prospective employment opportunities and expand access by developing centres in rural and remote areas; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 1b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Without prejudice to the methods of implementation foreseen in these articles the relevant provisions of Articles 1 to 31 of Part II of this Charter shall be implemented by:
b. agreements between employers or employers' organisations and workers' organisations; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the exercise of the right to equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers with family responsibilities and between such workers and other workers, the Parties undertake:
3. to ensure that family responsibilities shall not, as such, constitute a valid reason for termination of employment. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 1b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the exercise of the right to equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers with family responsibilities and between such workers and other workers, the Parties undertake:
1. to take appropriate measures:
b. to take account of their needs in terms of conditions of employment and social security; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of all workers to protection of their dignity at work, the Parties undertake, in consultation with employers' and workers' organisations:
1. to promote awareness, information and prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace or in relation to work and to take all appropriate measures to protect workers from such conduct; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of workers to protection in cases of termination of employment, the Parties undertake to recognise:
b. the right of workers whose employment is terminated without a valid reason to adequate compensation or other appropriate relief. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance in the territory of any other Party, the Parties undertake:
10. to extend the protection and assistance provided for in this article to self-employed migrants insofar as such measures apply; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance in the territory of any other Party, the Parties undertake:
9. to permit, within legal limits, the transfer of such parts of the earnings and savings of such workers as they may desire; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of employed women to the protection of maternity, the Parties undertake:
4. to regulate the employment in night work of pregnant women, women who have recently given birth and women nursing their infants; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of employed women to the protection of maternity, the Parties undertake:
3. to provide that mothers who are nursing their infants shall be entitled to sufficient time off for this purpose; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of employed women to the protection of maternity, the Parties undertake:
1. to provide either by paid leave, by adequate social security benefits or by benefits from public funds for employed women to take leave before and after childbirth up to a total of at least fourteen weeks; | 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 of children and young persons to protection, the Parties undertake:
2. to provide that the minimum age of admission to employment shall be 18 years with respect to prescribed occupations regarded as dangerous or unhealthy; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to a fair remuneration, the Parties undertake:
5. to permit deductions from wages only under conditions and to the extent prescribed by national laws or regulations or fixed by collective agreements or arbitration awards. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 26 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:
26. All workers have the right to dignity at work. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:
25. All workers have the right to protection of their claims in the event of the insolvency of their employer. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 24 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:
24. All workers have the right to protection in cases of termination of employment. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1996 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:
20. All workers have the right to equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation without discrimination on the grounds of sex. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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