Jose Rizal University Law School

No. 80 Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City

Human Rights
Monday – 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
Prepared by Atty. Cyrus Victor T. Sualog, LI.M.
WEEK 5

INSTRUCTIONS

A. This will be your offline activity on February 15, 2021.

B. Choose ten (10) Articles for each seven Core Human Rights Instruments below and look for their
corresponding provisions in our Philippine Statutes (not the Constitution). Hence, 1 Article, 1
corresponding statutory provision.

C. Specifications: Paper Size – Letter; Font Style – Arial; Font Size – 12; Spacing – Single

D. Submit your assignment to Mr. Olis on or before February 21, 2021.

E. Mr. Olis, please compile the submitted assignment and submit it to me afterwards.

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. 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.

3. 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.

4. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) November 20, 1989 (54 Articles)

Reference: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) December 13, 2006 (50 Articles)
Reference:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/ConventionRightsPersonsWithDisabilities.aspx