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Human rights at your fingertips
- Back to Contents
- 1 Foreword
- 2 Chart of Australian Treaty Ratifications as of May 2012
- 3 Chart of related rights and articles in human rights instruments
- 4 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 5 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 6 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- 7 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- 8 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- 9 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 10 Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 11 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 12 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 13 Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (Paris Principles)
- 14 Useful resources
14 Useful resources
| Resource | Use |
|---|---|
| Universal human rights index | The database contains information to country-specific human rights information arising from international human rights mechanisms in the United Nations system: the Treaty Bodies, the Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review. |
| United Nations Treaties database | The database contains information on the status of multilateral instruments, including human rights instruments. Information on the status of each instrument as states sign, ratify, accede or lodge declarations, as well as their reservations or objections is updated daily. |
| The Attorney-General Department website | This page of the Attorney-General鈥檚 Department offers information on human rights and Australia鈥檚 Human Rights Framework for public sector officials. f |
| The 黑料情报站 website | The Commission鈥檚 website provides information on human rights issues, submissions, publications and education resources. |
| Tell Me Something I Don鈥檛 Know website |
The Tell Me Something I Don鈥檛 Know website contains facts on human rights issues in Australia. /our-work/education/introduction-human-rights |
| Something In Common | The Something In Common website contains information, stories and actions on human rights issues in Australia. /our-work/childrens-rights/big-banter-get-involved |
| United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) website | The OHCHR website contains information on international human rights issues, research and education resources. |