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Human Rights Law: Major Texts

A relevant selection of documents on human rights law

Major Texts

The International Bill of Human Rights
(Center for Human Rights, United Nations, 2004)
342.7(050) HEIA 20210/2/2004 (Eng)
342.7(050) HEIA 6561/2/2004 (Fre)
Contains the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
The text of the declaration in more than 400 languages.

Research Guide of the Geneva United Nations Library on the UDHR

Drafting of the UDHR - A Research Guide by the United Nations Library in New York

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
999 UNTS 171

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
993 UNTS 3

Human Rights: a Compilation of International Instruments / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
(New York; Geneva: UN, 2002 (6e éd.))
342.7(094.2) HEIA 28743 (eng)
342.7(094.2) HEIA 30291 (fre)
342.7(094.2) HEIA 30978 (spa)
HEICD 109

OHCHR - International Human Rights Law
Haut-Commissariat aux Droits de l'Homme - Droit international relatif aux droits de l'homme
Access to all the main international human rights texts, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and many others.

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