Right to Life
Right to Freedom
Right to Equality
Right to Security
Right not to be Enslaved
Right not to be Tortured
Right not to be treated in a cruel, inhuman, or degrading manner
Right to universal recognition of one’s rights
Right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law
Right to protection against any discrimination
Right to protection against any incitement to discrimination
Right to an effective judicial remedy in view of any violation of one’s rights
Right to not be arrested or detained arbitrarily
Right to a fair trial
Right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty
Right to only be charged with criminal offences which are specified as such in national or international law
Right to not be accused of a crime if, at the time when it was committed, there was no law against it
Right to not receive a harsher penalty than the one that was applicable at the time the offence was committed
Right to privacy
Right to family
Right to have a home
Right to free and private correspondence
Right to protection against attacks on one’s honour and reputation
Right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state
Right to freedom of movement between the borders of different states
Right to asylum
Right to a nationality
Right to change one’s nationality
Right to not be arbitrarily denied or deprived of nationality
Right to marry
Right to equal rights during the marriage and at its dissolution
Right to only marry freely and willingly
Right of the family to be protected by the state and the society
Right to one’s own property (alone or in association with others)
Right to not be arbitrarily deprived of one’s own property
Right to freedom of thought
Right to freedom of conscience
Right to freedom of religion
Right to change one’s beliefs
Right to manifest one’s beliefs in teaching, practice, worship and observance
Right to freedom of opinion
Right to freedom of speech and expression
Right to peaceful assembly and association
Right to participate in the government of one’s own country
Right to vote
Equal right of access to public service of one’s country
Right to social security
Right to economic, social, and cultural rights necessary for one’s personal development
Right to a free choice of employment
Right to protection against unemployment
Right to equal pay for equal work
Right to just and favourable remuneration
Right to form and join trade unions
Right to rest and leisure
Right to periodic holidays with pay
Right to adequate standard of living
Right to food
Right to clothing
Right to housing
Right to medical care
Right to social services
Right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other circumstances beyond one’s control.
Right to special care and assistance for motherhood and childhood
Equal social protection for all children
Right to education
Right to free elementary education (elementary education should be compulsory)
Right to equal access to higher education
Right to freely participate in cultural life
Right to the protection of interests resulting from one’s own scientific, literary and artistic production
Right to an international and social order allowing for the fulfilment of Human RightsReport of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism
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Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society
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Security Sector Reform and Gender Toolkit Practice Notes
These Practice Notes are an integral part of the Security Sector Reform and Gender Toolkit, see here. For individual Notes see here.
Security Sector Reform and Gender Toolkit
This Toolkit is an initial response to the need for information and analysis on gender and SSR. It is designed to provide policymakers and practitioners with a practical introduction to why gender issues are important in SSR and what can be done to int … read more
Handbook on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel
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This Resource Book builds on the assumption that an approach by human rights organizations that acknowledges the concerns and realities of the police and understands police language, will be more effective than an approach that sets itself apart and cr … read more
International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement: A Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police
This “pocket book” is designed to provide a readily accessible and portable reference for police committed to the lawful and humane performance of their vital functions in a democratic society. The pocket book contains hundreds of relevant standards, r … read more
Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Manual on Human Rights Training for the Police
This Trainer’s Guide is one component of a three-part package of materials for human rights training for police. The police-training package also includes a training manual and a pocketbook of human rights standards for police personnel. The three comp … read more
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This Trainer’s Guide is one component of a three-part package of materials for human rights training for police. The police-training package also includes a training manual and a pocketbook of human rights standards for police personnel. The three comp … read more
