International conventions on protection of humanity and environment
The forty-eight documents specifically selected for this volume from the many international treaties in existence share a number of common features. They are multilateral international treaties open to universal adoption. They are primarily intended to safeguard certain human interests - basic human rights, humanitarian needs in armed conflicts, and the human environment - rather than to regulate the relations between subjects of international law, usually nation states. The concept of human protection is the unifying theme of the material presented
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A. Protection of Human Rights. 1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; December 19, 1966; BGB1 1973 II, 1534 (999 U.N.T.S. 171). a. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; December 19, 1966; 999 U.N.T.S. 302. b. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty; December 15, 1989; BGB1 1992 II, 391 (A/Res/44/128). 2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; December 19, 1966; BGB1 1973 II, 1570 (999 U.N.T.S. 3). 3. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; December 9, 1948; BGB1 1954 II, 730 (78 U.N.T.S. 278). 4. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; March 7, 1966; BGB1 1969 II, 962 (660 U.N.T.S. 212). 5. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid; November 30, 1973; 1015 U.N.T.S. 244