Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

African Youth Charter

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)

African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

Implementation of article 2 by States parties

Implementation of article 14 by States parties

General comment No. 4 (2017) on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22

Article 3: Equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all civil and political rights - replaced by GC No. 28

Article 14: Right to Equality before Courts and Tribunals and to Fair Trial - replaces GC No. 13

Article 17: The right to respect of privacy, family, home and correspondence, and protection of honour and reputation

Nature of the General Legal Obligation Imposed on States Parties to the Covenant - replaces GC No. 3

Reporting Obligation - replaced by GC No. 30

Continuity of obligations

Article 25: The right to participate in public affairs, voting rights and the right of equal access to public service

Article 1: The right to self-determination of peoples

Article 40: Reporting Obligations of States parties

Article 19: Freedom of opinion and expression

Article 10: Humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty

Article 14: Administration of justice

The position of aliens under the Covenant

Non-discrimination

Article 23: Protection of the Family, the Right to Marriage and Equality of the Spouses

Article 18: The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion

The obligations of States parties under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Article 6: The right to life

Article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression

Article 20: Prohibition of propaganda for war and inciting national, racial or religious hatred

Article 7: Prohibition of torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - replaces GC No. 7

Article 10: Humane treatment of  persons deprived of their liberty - replaces general comment 9 (Annex VI, B)

Issues relating to reservations made upon ratification or accession to the Covenant or the Optional Protocols thereto, or in relation to declarations under article 41 of the Covenant

Article 27: The rights of minorities

Article 12: Freedom of movement

Article 4: States of Emergency

Article 3: The equality of rights between men and women - replaces GC No. 4

Article 9: Liberty and security of person

Article 4: Derogations

Article 2: Implementation at the national level - replaced by GC No. 31

Reporting guidelines - superseded by CCPR/C/66/GUI, 1999

Article 7: Torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - replaced by GC No. 20

Article 9: Right to liberty and security of persons

Article 24: Rights of the child

Article 6: The right to life

Article 6: right to life

General comment No. 37 (2020) on the right of peaceful assembly

General comment No. 1 (2023) on enforced disappearance in the context of migration

Effective national machinery and publicity

Women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations

Education and public information programme

Avoidance of discrimination against women in national strategies for the prevention and control of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Measurement and quantification of the unremunerated domestic activities of women and their recognition in the gross national product

Unpaid women workers in rural and urban family enterprises

Temporary special measures

Temporary special measures

Technical advisory services for reporting obligations

Equal remuneration for work of equal value

Reservations

Implementation of article 8 of the Convention

Disabled Women

Rights of rural women

Violence against women

Core obligations of States parties under article 2

Gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women

Older women and protection of their human rights

Vulnerabilities of children to sale, trafficking and other forms of exploitation in situations of conflict and humanitarian crisis

Tenth anniversary of the adoption of CEDAW

Economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution

Equality in marriage and family relations

Violence against women

Reservations to the Convention

Female circumcision

Amending article 20 of the Convention

Political and public life

Women’s access to justice

Women migrant workers

Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CRC)

Reporting by States parties

Reporting guidelines

Resources

Statistical data

Women and health

Gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19

General recommendation No. 39 (2022) on the rights of Indigenous women and girls

General recommendation No. 37 (2018) on the gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change

Joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2019) on harmful practices

General recommendation No. 38 (2020) on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration

General recommendation No. 36 (2017) on the right of girls and women to education

Discrimination against Roma

Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention (Descent)

Reporting by States parties (article 7 of the Convention)

Article 5 of the Convention on refugees and displaced persons

Article 4 of the Convention

Prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system

Follow-up to the Durban Review Conference

States parties’ obligations

Non-citizens

Successor States

Article 3 of the Convention

Article 1 of the Convention

Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention

Rights of indigenous peoples

Gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination

Training of law enforcement officials in the protection of human rights

Right to self-determination

The meaning and scope of special measures in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Racial Discrimination

Establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute crimes against humanity

Reporting by States parties

States parties’ obligations (article. 4 of the Convention)

Reporting by States parties (article 1 of the Convention)

Discrimination against non-citizens

Application of article 8, paragraph 1, of the Convention

Application of article 9 of the Convention

Implementation of article 4

Establishment of national institutions to facilitate the implementation of the Convention

Overdue reports

Technical assistance

Follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

Racial discrimination against people of African descent

Article 6 of the Convention

Interpretation and application of article 1, paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Convention

Article 5 of the Convention

Combatting racist hate speech

General recommendation No. 36 (2020) on preventing and combating racial profiling by law enforcement officials

The domestic application of the Covenant

The right to sexual and reproductive health (Art. 12)

The right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author (Art. 15, para. 1 (c))

The right to adequate food (Art. 11)

State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities

International technical assistance measures

The nature of States parties’ obligations

Reporting by States Parties

Persons with Disabilities

The role of national human rights institutions in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights

The right to water (Art. 11 and 12)

The right to social security (Art. 9)

The relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights

The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12)

The equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights

The right to just and favourable conditions of work (Art. 7)

The economic, social and cultural rights of older persons

Forced evictions

The right to work (Art. 6)

The right to adequate housing

Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (Art. 2, para. 2)

Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (Art. 15, para. 1(a))

Plans of action for primary education (Art. 14)

The right to education (Art. 13)

General comment No. 26 (2022) on land and economic, social and cultural rights

General comment No. 25 (2020) on science and economic, social and cultural rights (article 15 (1) (b), (2), (3) and (4) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)

Rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families

Migrant domestic workers

Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of c ...

Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights ...

The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals

Health, morbidity, mortality and development

Adolescents and youth

Assessment of the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development

Fertility, reproductive health and development

Resolution on Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth

Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Resolution on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development

New trends in migration: demographic aspects

Mainstreaming the human rights of women

Women in development

Elimination of violence against women

Declaration on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

Women's economic empowerment

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

Women and health

Violence against women migrant workers

Political Declaration on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities

Women and armed conflict

Women and legal literacy

Women in extreme poverty

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality

Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Education and training of women

Mainstreaming the human rights of women

Traffic in women and girls

Integration of displaced rural women into development processes

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

Violence against women

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters

Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work

Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls

Women's empowerment and the link to sustainable development

Integrating a gender perspective in post-disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

Mainstreaming gender equality and promoting empowerment of women in climate change policies and strategies

Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls

Violence against women migrant workers

Women in agriculture and rural development

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Women and mental health, with emphasis on special groups

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Ending female genital mutilation

Ending female genital mutilation

Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication

Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace

Women and the media

Declaration on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

Mainstreaming the human rights of women

Traffic in women and girls

Traffic in women and girls

Violence against women migrant workers

Human rights and land rights discrimination

Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Eradicating poverty, including through the empowerment of women throughout their life cycle, in a globalizing world

Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women

Enhanced participation of women in development: an enabling environment for achieving gender equality and the advancement of women, taking into account, inter alia, the fields of education, health and work

Economic advancement for women

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women

The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS

Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work