Jose Rizal University

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Human Rights
Monday – 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.

Prepared by Atty. Cyrus Victor T. Sualog, LI.M.

WEEK 4 (Numbers 1 to 5) & WEEK 5 (Numbers 6 to 9)

III. Core International Human Rights Instruments

1. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)

December 21,1965 (25 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/cerd.aspx

2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) December 16, 1966 (53
Articles)
Reference: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx

3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) December 16,
1966 (31 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx

4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

December 18, 1979 (30 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CEDAW.aspx

5. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or

Punishment (CAT) December 10, 1984 (33 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CAT.aspx

6. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) November 20, 1989 (54 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx

7. International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members
of Their Families (ICMW) December 18, 1990 (93 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CMW.aspx

8. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
2006 (CPED) December 20, 2006 (45 Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CED/Pages/ConventionCED.aspx
 9. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) December 13, 2006 (50
Articles) Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/ConventionRightsPersonsWithDisabili
ties.aspx
In addition to reading the content of these instruments and understanding them by heart,
you need to consider the following:

1. Know their respective history (including their adoption internationally and in the
Philippines), purpose, and the entity that monitors their compliance.

2. Look for the Philippine Laws that implement them and COMPARE THEM.