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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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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1948 | ||
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 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In order to advance political, economic and social governance, State Parties shall commit themselves to: Harnessing the democratic values of the traditional institutions; and | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In order to advance political, economic and social governance, State Parties shall commit themselves to: Undertaking regular reforms of the legal and justice systems; | 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 ensure that citizens enjoy fundamental freedoms and human rights taking into account their universality, interdependence and indivisibility. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To this end the Parties undertake to ensure that a worker who considers that his employment has been terminated without a valid reason shall have the right to appeal to an impartial body. | 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 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. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. No one shall be deprived of his physical liberty except for the reasons and under the conditions established beforehand by the constitution of the State Party concerned or by a law established pursuant thereto. | 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 subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1950 | ||
ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. No one shall be subjected to enforced disappearance. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. The sentence shall be pronounced in public and, wherever possible, in the presence of the accused. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 6. The Court shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge but may take judicial notice of them. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The summons shall be served on the person. | United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court | International treaty |
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| 1998 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an enforceable right to compensation. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 6. Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment by any State Party to the present Covenant. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 2b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article, a person may be deprived of the nationality of a Contracting State: (b) Where the nationality has been obtained by misrepresentation or fraud. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1961 | ||
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. Hearings shall be in public unless the Court in exceptional circumstances decides otherwise. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 1950 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the inherent right of all peoples to enjoy and utilize fully and freely their natural wealth and resources. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 5. Everyone convicted of a crime shall have the right to his conviction and sentence being reviewed by a higher tribunal according to law. | United Nations General Assembly | International treaty |
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| 1966 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In order to advance political, economic and social governance, State Parties shall commit themselves to: Development and utilisation of information and communication technologies; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Each State Party shall guarantee conditions of security, free access to information, non-interference, freedom of movement and full cooperation with the electoral observer mission. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. The Court, at the request of a member state of the Organization, may provide that state with opinions regarding the compatibility of any of its domestic laws with the aforesaid international instruments. | Organization of American States | Regional treaty |
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| 1969 | ||
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The members of the Commission shall be elected by secret ballot by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, from a list of persons nominated by the State Parties to the present Charter. | Organization of African Unity | Regional treaty |
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| 1981 | ||
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 |