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Historical Human Rights Documents

UN UDHR - 1948: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in response to the atrocious rights abuses of Nazism and other genocidal programs during the 1930s and '40s.

CEDAW: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women has decisively progressed the cause of equality based on sex.

CRC: The Convention on the Rights of the Child

ICCPR: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Genocide

Other Important Conventions & Protocals