Declarations and covenants of the United Nations system that set universal human rights standards, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the two 1966 covenants and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. A document belongs here when its cited article says the United Nations adopted it. The group sits under the Declarations and Foundational Rights Instruments subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the scope of each instrument and the body that adopted it. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Wikipedia)
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Drafted by a United Nations (UN) committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was accepted by the General Assembly as Resolution 217 during its third session on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Wikipedia)
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The United Nations General Assembly adopted it by Resolution 2200A (XXI) on 16 December 1966, and it entered into force on 23 March 1976 after its thirty-fifth ratification or accession.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Wikipedia)
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The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (GA) on 16 December 1966 through GA. Resolution 2200A (XXI), and came into force on 3 January 1976.
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (Wikipedia)
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The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) is a human rights declaration adopted by consensus at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 in Vienna, Austria.
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