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Convention concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining

Posted Sat 03-01-2009

(ILO No. 154), 1331 U.N.T.S. 267, entered into force Aug. 11, 1983.

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its sixty-seventh session on 3 June 1981,

Migration for Employment

Posted Sat 03-01-2009

(Revised) (ILO No. 97), 120 U.N.T.S. 70, entered into force January 22, 1952.

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Thirty-second Session on 8 June 1949,

and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Migration for Employment Convention, 1939, adopted by the Conference at its Twenty-fifth Session, which is included in the eleventh item on the agenda of the session, and

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

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189 U.N.T.S. 150, entered into force April 22, 1954.

PREAMBLE
The High Contracting Parties,
Considering that the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approved on 10 December 1948 by the General Assembly have affirmed the principle that human beings shall enjoy fundamental rights and freedoms without discrimination,

Considering that the United Nations has, on various occasions, manifested its profound concern for refugees and endeavoured to assure refugees the widest possible exercise of these fundamental rights and freedoms,

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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G.A. res. 428 (V), annex, 5 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 20) at 46, U.N. Doc. A/1775 (1950).

CHAPTER I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, acting under the authority of the General Assembly, shall assume the function of providing international protection, under the auspices of the United Nations,

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

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606 U.N.T.S. 267, entered into force Oct. 4, 1967.

The Protocol was taken note of with approval by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 1186 (XLI) of 18 November 1966 and was taken note of by the General Assembly in resolution 2198 (XXI) of 16 December 1966. In the same resolution the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the Protocol to the Stares mentioned in article 5 thereof, with a view to enabling them to accede to the Protocol
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 4 October 1967, in accordance with

article 8

Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power

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G.A. 40/34, annex, 40 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 53) at 214, U.N. Doc. A/40/53 (1985).

A. VICTIMS OF CRIME
1. "Victims" means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights,

through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, including those laws proscribing criminal abuse of power.

Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty

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E.S.C. res. 1984/50, annex, 1984 U.N. ESCOR Supp. (No. 1) at 33, U.N. Doc. E/1984/84 (1984).
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1. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, capital punishment may be imposed only for the most serious crimes, it being understood that their scope should not go beyond intentional crimes with lethal or other extremely grave consequences.

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

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G.A. res. 45/113, annex, 45 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49A) at 205, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (1990).

I. FUNDAMENTAL PERSPECTIVES
1. The juvenile justice system should uphold the rights and safety and promote the physical and mental well-being of juveniles. Imprisonment should be used as a last resort.

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

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G.A. res. 1514 (XV), 15 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16) at 66, U.N. Doc. A/4684 (1961).

The General Assembly,
Mindful of the determination proclaimed by the peoples of the world in the Charter of the United Nations to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources

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G.A. res. 1803 (XVII), 17 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No.17) at 15, U.N. Doc. A/5217 (1962).

The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 523 (VI) of 12 January 1952 and 626 (VII) of 21 December 1952,

Bearing in mind its resolution 1314(XIII) of 12 December 1958, by which it established the Commission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources and instructed it to conduct a full survey of the status of permanent sovereignty over natural wealth and resources as a basic constituent of the right to self-determination,