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Women's Human Rights in United Nations and
Regional Treaties and UN Conference Documents

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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Convention on the Political Rights of Women
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Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
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Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
French || Ratification information

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages

Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
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Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
French || Japanese || Russian || Spanish

Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action
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Further Actions and Initiatives to Implement the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action

Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and Full Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime
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Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women
Spanish

Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women
Spanish

Convention on the Nationality of Women
Spanish

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women ("Convention of Belem do Para")
Spanish
Ratification information

Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines on International Protection: Gender-Related Persecution within the Context of Article 1a(2) of the 1951 Convention and Its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (just adopted, 2008)
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Convention against Torture
Convention on the Rights of the Child
(2 optional protocols)
Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families