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1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Short Title / Abbreviations

UDHR

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text UN Doc. A/RES/3/217A, UN Doc. A/810 at 71 (1948)
Date of Adoption 10/12/1948
Place of Adoption Paris, France, 3rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

United Nations General Assembly

Depository

Secretary-General of the United Nations

Entry Into Force Status Not Applicable
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Related Instruments
Related Instruments

1953 Convention on the Political Rights of Women 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education

1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

1966 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees 1978 Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1989 Second Optional Protocol to the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 1992 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 2000 United Nations Millennium Declaration 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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