Instruments of the United Nations

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Instruments of the United Nations

Conventions and Covenants:

Convention on the Political Rights of Women (entered into force July 7, 1954)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (entered into force Jan. 3, 1976)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (entered into force Mar. 23, 1976)
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (entered into force Sep. 3, 1981)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (entered into force Sep. 2 1990)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (1990))

Declarations:

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Dec. 10, 1948)

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