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UN Treaties and Women’s Rights
There are three main instruments of international human rights law:1. The Charter of the United Nations
2. The International Bill of Rights
3. Treaties and their monitoring bodies
Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26th June 1945 in San Francisco and came into force on 24th October 1945. It was the first global treaty which recognised eqaulity between women and men.International Bill of Rights
International Bill of Rights include: Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966
- Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
Treaties
There are nine core international human rights treaties, one of which has not yet entered into force (on enforced disappearance). Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, all UN Member States have ratified at least one core international human rights treaty, and 80 percent have ratified four or more.Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns.
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Learn more about the UN Treaties which deal with issues of gender and equality(193 KB)
UN Treaties and Women's Rights