Include: Human Rights Law

Human Rights Law

What exactly is a right? To what rights refer our values and attitudes in democracy-related education and training? In this box we collected some of the Human Rights' foundational texts in order to help you and your learners to learn more about them:

European Union

• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

United Nations

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (more)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• and several conventions (read more: The international Human Rights system after 1948)

Council of Europe

• European Convention on Human Rights
• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
• The European Social Charter
• Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
• Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities