Translation of "world conference on human rights " (English → French) :

Secretary General of the World Conference on Human Rights

World Directory of Human Rights Research and Training Institutions

World Conference on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

172. Recognises that economic, social and cultural rights should be given equal importance to civil and political rights, bearing in mind the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and inter-relatedness of all human rights, as confirmed by the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna; urges countries around the world to sign up to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR), which was opened for signature on 24 September 2009;

having regard to the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights and more especially women’s rights, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the other UN instruments relating to violence against women, such as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights, and UN General Assembly resolutions 48/104 of 20 December 1993 on the elimination of violence against women, 58/147 of 19 February 2004 on the elimination of domestic violence against women, 57/179 of 30 January 2003 on working towards the elimination of crimes against wome ...[+++]n committed in the name of honour, and 52/86 of 2 February 1998 on crime prevention and criminal justice measures to eliminate violence against women,

Considers that the right to democracy — understood as the right of every citizen to take part in the exercise of the sovereignty of the people within the framework of institutions subject to the rule of law — is an historically acquired universal human right explicitly recognised by the ECHR, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 1993 Vienna Declaration of the World Conference on Human Rights and the United Nations Millennium Declaration; considers that this right to democracy carries with it the duty for international community institutions, the European Union and all the Member States to work towards removing o ...[+++]bstacles in the way of their full enjoyment throughout the world; considers that, in order to achieve this, a new additional step should be taken, namely the setting-up of a genuine network of democracies around the world by transforming and strengthening existing organisations;

8. Considers that the right to democracy – understood as the right of every citizen to take part in the exercise of the sovereignty of the people within the framework of institutions subject to the rule of law – is an historically acquired universal human right explicitly recognised by the ECHR, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 1993 Vienna Declaration of the World Conference on Human Rights and the United Nations Millennium Declaration; considers that this right to democracy carries with it the duty for international community institutions, the European Union and all the Member States to work towards removin ...[+++]g obstacles in the way of their full enjoyment throughout the world; considers that, in order to achieve this, a new additional step should be taken, namely the setting-up of a genuine network of democracies around the world by transforming and strengthening existing organisations;