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1966 International Covenant Presentation On December 16th 1966, the United Nations General Assembly adopted two covenants in its resolution 2200 A (XXI) : the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). These covenants are reinforcements concerning the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948
In December of that year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone that would profoundly influence the development of international human rights law. In December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted two international treaties that would further shape international human rights ...
al human rights treaties systematically and put their provisions into opera-tion (universal and effective ratification); and, second, the treaty bodies 1 It has become accepted to describe the committees established under the treaties as the human rights “treaty bodies”, even though the provisions of each treaty refer exclusively to its “com-
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. [3]
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May 1, 2006 · This publication includes the original nine core international human rights treaties in pocket-size format. Each of these treaties established a committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties included in this compilation are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns.
The core system of human rights promotion and protection under the United Nations has a dual basis: the UN Charter, adopted in 1945, and a network of treaties subsequently adopted by UN members.
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Accordingly, on 16 December 1966, the two Covenants were adopted by the General Assembly by consensus, without any abstentions (resolution 2200 (XXI)). Since that time, the two comprehensive human rights instruments of the United Nations have sailed on different courses.
