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- Type
- Regional treaty
- Body
- Regional bodies: African Union
- Legal status
- Legally binding
- Year
- 2003
Document
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)
- Type
- Regional treaty
- Body
- Regional bodies: African Union
- Legal status
- Legally binding
- Year
- 2009
Document
African Youth Charter
- Type
- Regional treaty
- Body
- Regional bodies: African Union
- Legal status
- Legally binding
- Year
- 2006
Document
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
- Type
- Regional treaty
- Body
- Regional bodies: African Union
- Legal status
- Legally binding
- Year
- 2007
Document
Implementation of article 2 by States parties
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CAT - Committee against Torture
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2008
- Document code
- CAT/C/GC/2
Document
Implementation of article 14 by States parties
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CAT - Committee against Torture
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2012
- Document code
- CAT/C/GC/3
Document
General comment No. 4 (2017) on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CAT - Committee against Torture
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2018
- Document code
- CAT/C/GC/4
Document
Non-discrimination
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1989
Document
Article 23: Protection of the Family, the Right to Marriage and Equality of the Spouses
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1990
Document
Article 18: The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1993
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/REV.1/ADD.4
Document
Article 27: The rights of minorities
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1994
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/REV.1/ADD.5
Document
Article 12: Freedom of movement
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1999
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.9
Document
Article 25: The right to participate in public affairs, voting rights and the right of equal access to public service
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1996
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.7
Document
Article 9: Liberty and security of person
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2014
- Document code
- CCPR/C/GC/35
Document
Article 6: The right to life
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1982
Document
Article 6: The right to life
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1985
Document
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
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1994
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.6
Document
Article 10: Humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1982
Document
Article 14: Administration of justice
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1984
Document
The position of aliens under the Covenant
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1986
Document
Article 4: States of Emergency
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2001
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.11
Document
Article 20: Prohibition of propaganda for war and inciting national, racial or religious hatred
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1983
Document
Article 7: Prohibition of torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - replaces GC No. 7
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1992
Document
Article 10: Humane treatment of persons deprived of their liberty - replaces general comment 9 (Annex VI, B)
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1993
Document
Article 3: The equality of rights between men and women - replaces GC No. 4
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2000
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.10
Document
Nature of the General Legal Obligation Imposed on States Parties to the Covenant - replaces GC No. 3
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2004
- Document code
- CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.13
Document
Article 14: Right to Equality before Courts and Tribunals and to Fair Trial - replaces GC No. 13
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2007
- Document code
- CCPR/C/GC/32
Document
The obligations of States parties under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 2009
- Document code
- CCPR/C/GC/33
Document
Article 4: Derogations
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1981
Document
Reporting Obligation - replaced by GC No. 30
- Type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CCPR - Human Rights Committee
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Year
- 1981
Document