right to life

right to life

Keywords

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) : right to life [Keywords]

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) : right to life [Keywords]

recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (1989) : right to life [Keywords]

no one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the protocol shall be executed

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) : right to life [Keywords]

any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973) : right to life [Keywords]

apartheid is a crime against humanity; racial segregation and discrimination are crimes constituting a serious threat to international peace and security; declare criminal those organizations, institutions and individuals committing the crime of apartheid.

Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992) : right to life [Keywords]

persons are arrested, detained or abducted against their will or otherwise deprived of their liberty by officials or by groups and individuals acting on behalf of government followed by a refusal to disclose their fate which places such persons outside the protection of the law

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) : right to life [Keywords]

a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, maturity is attained earlier

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) : right to life [Keywords]

all migrant workers and members of their families without distinction of any kind such as sex, race, colour, language, religion or conviction, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, nationality, age, economic position, property, marital status, birth or other status