The women’s rights Convention is the fundamental bill of rights for women. It is unique among the existing human rights instruments in that it is exclusively concerned with promoting and ...

a Government that ratifies the Convention agrees to promote and ensure the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities, without discrimination ...

(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy A UN Convention on the rights of older people is crucial if we want to ensure that as we grow older ...

It’s best not to confront questions like this at all, since the lack of existing rules could mean that decisions would be ...

The prime minister has been asked to clarify comments implying that he will be proposing changes to the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Convention. “This is a very serious declaration by ...

The Nationalist Party says the Prime Minister must ‘immediately clarify’ what he means when speaking of reforming the ...

The 1951 Convention provides the internationally recognized definition of a refugee and outlines the legal protection, rights and assistance a refugee is entitled to receive. UNHCR serves as the ...

The industry plans to move forward during this transition of government. Senator Ed Markey was at the convention, advocating for the union worker’s rights during the new administration. Markey said he ...

30, No. 2, 2014 The 1951 Refugee Convention’s Contingent... The 1951 Refugee Convention’s Contingent Rights Framework and Article 26 of the ICCPR: A Fundamental Incompatibility? This is the metadata ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela justified reforming the European Convention of Human Rights after he caught his own government off-guard by suggesting the move last week ...