International Bill of Human Rights

The International Bill of Human Rights consists of:


The UDHR and the Covenants can be read in their entirety at www.ohchr.org/english/law.  Below you will find the headings of the articles in the Covenants (excluding articles concerned with procedural or organizational matters).
 

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)


Article 1: The right to self-determination for peoples
 
Article 2: Non-discrimination in relation to all rights
 
Article 6: The right to work, including the right to vocational guidance and training
 
Article 7: The right to a minimum wage and equal pay, to safe and healthy working conditions,and to rest, leisure and holidays with pay
 
Article 8: The right to form trade unions and join a trade union, and the right to strike
 
Article 9: The right to social security, including social insurance
 
Article 10: The right to a family life, to maternity leave and prohibition of exploitative child labor
 
Article 11: The right to adequate food, clothing, housing and fair distribution of food 

Article 12: The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
 
Article 13-14: The right to education

Article 15: The right to participate in cultural life and the technological development and the right to protection of moral and materiel interests resulting from one’s inventions
 

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Article 1: The right to self-determination for peoples

Article 2: Non-discrimination in relation to all rights
 
Article 6: The right to life 
 
Article 7: Prohibition against torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment and against medical or scientific experimentation without free consent 
 
Article 8:Prohibition against slavery, forced or other compulsory labour

Article 9 - 10: The right to freedom and personal safety (arrest and detention)

Article 11: Prohibition against imprisonment for non-fulfillment of a contractual obligation
 
Article 12: The right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose residence 
 
Article 13: The right to seek asylum 
 
Article 14-15: The right to a fair trial and prohibition against retroactive punishment

Article 16: The right to recognition as a person before the law

Article 17: The right to privacy

Article 18: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
 


The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact

The Global Compact’s ten principles are derived from: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development; and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.

 
The Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption:
 
HUMAN RIGHTS
 
1   Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally 
     proclaimed human rights, and
2   make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
 
LABOUR
 
3   Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective 
     recognition of the right to collective bargaining,
4   the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour,
5   the effective abolition of child labour, and
6  the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
 
ENVIRONMENT
 
7   Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental 
     challenges,     
8   undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility, and
9   encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly 
     technologies.
 
ANTI-CORRUPTION
 
10  Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including  
      extortion and bribery.