International Bill of Human Rights

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The International Bill of Human Rights is the collective name for the core United Nations human rights instruments that together set out the fundamental civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights framework
human rights instrument collection
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
aimsToProtect civil rights
cultural rights
economic rights
political rights
social rights
alsoKnownAs International Bill of Human Rights
surface form: International Bill of Rights
appliesTo all human beings
basedOn Charter of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Charter
composedOf International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
containsInstrumentWithStatus ICCPR as legally binding treaty
ICESCR as legally binding treaty
Universal Declaration of Human Rights as non-binding declaration
developedBy United Nations
hasCoreComponent International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
hasLegalStatus partly legally binding
partly non-binding declaration
hasNormativeBasisIn principle of equality
principle of human dignity
principle of non-discrimination
hasSubject human rights
international law
influenced international human rights law
national constitutions
regional human rights instruments
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
providesFrameworkFor monitoring of state human rights obligations
relatedTo Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Human Rights Committee
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
setsOut minimum standards of human rights protection
timePeriod post-World War II era
usedAsReferenceIn human rights education
international human rights advocacy
usedBy Member States of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations member states

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International Bill of Human Rights alsoKnownAs International Bill of Human Rights
this entity surface form: International Bill of Rights
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees category International Bill of Human Rights
this entity surface form: United Nations human rights treaties
Article XVII classifiedUnder International Bill of Human Rights
subject surface form: Article XVII (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: United Nations human rights instruments
Universal Declaration of Human Rights formsPartOf International Bill of Human Rights
this entity surface form: international bill of rights for women
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights partOf International Bill of Human Rights
United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) partOf International Bill of Human Rights