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Universal Values and Muslim Democracy
The article below is a reprint from the Journal of Democracy (Volume 17, Number 3 July 2006) published by the National Endowment for Democracy and the Johns Hopkins University Press. ...Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenAdopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 entry into force 3 September 1981, in accordance with article 27(1) The present Convention,Noting that the Charter of the United Nations reaffirms faith in ...Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Adopted by General Assembly resolution A/54/4 on 6 October 1999 and opened for signature on 10 December 1999, Human Rights Day entry into force 22 December 2000 The States Parties to the present Protocol,Noting that the Charter of the United Nations reaffirms faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and ...Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 entry into force 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1) The States Parties to this Convention, Considering that, ...Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Adopted on 28 July 1951 by the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons convened under General Assembly resolution 429 (V) of 14 December 1950 entry into force 22 April 1954, in accordance with article 43 status ...1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 606 U.N.T.S. 267, entered into force Oct. 4, 1967. The Protocol was taken note of with approval by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 1186 (XLI) of 18 November 1966 and was taken note of by the General Assembly in resolution 2198 ...The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam Adopted and Issued at the Nineteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Cairo on 5 August 1990. The Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Reaffirming the civilizing and historical role of the Islamic Ummah which God made the best nation ...European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Strasbourg, 26.XI.1987Text amended according to the provisions of Protocols No. 1 (ETS No. 151) and No. 2 (ETS No. 152), which entered into force on 1 March 2002. The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,Having regard to the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights ...Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GenocideApproved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession byGeneral Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948Entry into force 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII The Contracting Parties,Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of ...Second Optional Protocol Aiming on the Death Penalty
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, G.A. res. 44/128, annex, 44 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 207, U.N. Doc. A/44/49 (1989), entered into force July 11, 1991. The States Parties to the present Protocol,Believing that abolition ...Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981 The General Assembly,Considering that one of the basic principles of the Charter of the United Nations is that of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings, and that all Member States have pledged themselves to take joint and separate ...Universal Declaration of Human Rights
PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and ...International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Adopted and opened for signature and ratification byGeneral Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965entry into force 4 January 1969, in accordance with Article 19 The States Parties to this Convention,Considering that the Charter of the United Nations is based on the principles of the dignity and equality inherent in ...International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assemblyresolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966entry into force 3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27 PreambleThe States Parties to the present Covenant,Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the ...International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by the General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 49 PreambleThe States Parties to the present Covenant,Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, ...Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsAdopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession byGeneral Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 9 The States Parties to the present Protocol, Considering that in order further to achieve the ...Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of the Child Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49 Preamble The States Parties to the present Convention, Considering ...
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