The standards and principles used by
UN Observer.org include:
The International Bill of Rights
includes:
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
and its two Optional Protocols (on the Human Rights Committee
I
and Abolition of the Death Penalty II)
- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural
Rights (ICESCR)
Major UN conventions include:
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide
(CPPG)
- Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW)
and its Optional Protocol I
- Convention Against Torture (CAT)
and its Optional Protocol I
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
and its two Optional Protocols (Armed Conflicts I
and Prostitution/Pornography II)
Key ILO Conventions include:
- ILO
029 on Forced or Compulsory Labor of 1930
- ILO
087 on the Freedom of Association
- ILO
098 on the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining
- ILO
105 on the Abolition of Forced Labor of 1957
- ILO
111 on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
- ILO
122 on Employment Policies
- ILO 138
on Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
- ILO
182 on Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Office of Internal
Oversight Services (OIOS): the United Nations office
in charge of monitoring and investigating deficiencies and
violations. Its mandate is to help UN bodies in bringing about
"responsible administration of resources" within "a culture
of accountability and transparency and improved program performance".
It produced a short pamphlet
about its functions and activities.
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