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Thematic Human Rights Documents

last updated 25 April 2007

Some human rights violations, such as trafficking in human beings, labor rights abuses and the use of rape as a war crime, disproportionately affect women. The United Nations treaties, conventions and other instruments drafted by specialized agencies address such abuses of human rights.

ILO C29 Forced Labor Convention
International Labour Organization (1930)

ILO C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
International Labour Organization (1958)

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
United Nations (1962)

Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1991)

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
United Nations (2000)

Resolution 1325
United Nations (2000)

UN Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002)

Related Subjects
Women's Convention
General Recommendation 19
DEVAW
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Basic Human Rights Documents
Conference Documents