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Human Rights Standards

Selected documents on Human Rights activities in the Commonwealth

  • Principle Human Rights TreatiesPrinciple Human Rights Treaties

  • Status of Ratification of Principal International Human Rights Treaties - October 2006Status of Ratification of Principal International Human Rights Treaties - October 2006

  • Excerpts from the CHOGM Report 2002Excerpts from the CHOGM Report 2002

 

Documents

  • 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma
  • Kampala Communiqué of the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
  • 'We need a World Court of Human Rights' – UN expert tells Commonwealth
  • Lusaka Declaration: Commonwealth committed to eradicating racism

Contacts

For enquiries on our human rights work please contact:

Beatrice Morgan
+44(0)207 747 6423
b.morgan@commonwealth.int

For media enquiries please contact:

Geraldine Goh
+44(0)20 7747 6535
g.goh@commonwealth.int


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