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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1a
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- [1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone:] (a) To take part in cultural life;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to social security, including social insurance.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2
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- 2. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. a
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- [Irrespective of the notifications made under article 26, paragraph 5, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in paragraph I of the same article of the following particulars:] (a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 26;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2
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- 2. Amendments shall come into force when they have been approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties to the present Covenant in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1
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- 1. The present Covenant shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- 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.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- The States Parties to the present Covenant and the specialized agencies concerned may submit comments to the Economic and Social Council on any general recommendation under article 19 or reference to such general recommendation in any report of the Commission on Human Rights or any documentation referred to therein.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1
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- 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to submit in conformity with this part of the Covenant reports on the measures which they have adopted and the progress made in achieving the observance of the rights recognized herein.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 4
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- 4. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the benefits to be derived from the encouragement and development of international contacts and co-operation in the scientific and cultural fields.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2
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- 2. The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this right shall include those necessary for the conservation, the development and the diffusion of science and culture.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1c
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- [1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone:] (c) To benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1b
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- [1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone:] (b) To enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2
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- 2. No restriction upon or derogation from any of the fundamental human rights recognized or existing in any country in virtue of law, conventions, regulations or custom shall be admitted on the pretext that the present Covenant does not recognize such rights or that it recognizes them to a lesser extent.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the present Covenant.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 3
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- 3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 1
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- 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. e
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- Realizing that the individual, having duties to other individuals and to the community to which he belongs, is under a responsibility to strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 3
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- 3. Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965, para. i
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- Alarmed by manifestations of racial discrimination still in evidence in some areas of the world and by governmental policies based on racial superiority or hatred, such as policies of apartheid, segregation or separation,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1965
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 1
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- 1. If the law of a Contracting State entails loss of nationality as a consequence of any change in the personal status of a person such as marriage, termination of marriage, legitimation, recognition or adoption, such loss shall be conditional upon possession or acquisition of another nationality.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1961
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. c
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- States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in other areas of economic and social life in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, the same rights, in particular: (c) The right to participate in recreational activities, sports and all aspects of cultural life.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1979
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- The Economic and Social Council may transmit to the Commission on Human Rights for study and general recommendation or, as appropriate, for information the reports concerning human rights submitted by States in accordance with articles 16 and 17, and those concerning human rights submitted by the specialized agencies in accordance with article 18.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 1
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- 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, para. 3
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- 3. The Contracting States shall extend to refugees the benefits of agreements concluded between them, or which may be concluded between them in the future, concerning the maintenance of acquired rights and rights in the process of acquisition in regard to social security, subject only to the conditions which apply to nationals of the States signatory to the agreements in question.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1951
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. a
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- States Parties shall take all appropriate measures: (a) To modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1979
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. g
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- Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, social, economic and cultural life of their countries, hampers the growth of the prosperity of society and the family and makes more difficult the full development of the potentialities of women in the service of their countries and of humanity,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1979
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. undefined
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- Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the constitutions of the specialized agencies which define the respective responsibilities of the various organs of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies in regard to the matters dealt with in the present Covenant.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, para. 2b
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- 2. (b) The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall also transmit to the specialized agencies copies of the reports, or any relevant parts therefrom, from States Parties to the present Covenant which are also members of these specialized agencies in so far as these reports, or parts therefrom, relate to any matters which fall within the responsibilities of the said agencies in accordance with their constitutional instruments.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1966
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph