Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Adopted on 13 December 2006 during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly by resolution A/RES/61/106. Entered info force on 3 May 2008).

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 12 September 2007 during its sixty-first session).

The Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Maastricht, the Netherlands, 1986).

Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 48/96 of 20 December 1993).

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Adopted by General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/611 in 2006. Entered into force on 3 May 2008).

Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact (Proposed at the World Economic Forum, Davos, on 31 January 1999, by UN Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan).

United Nations Convention Against Corruption (Adopted by the General Assembly by resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003).

ILO Convention (No. 159) concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) (Adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation on 20 June 1983. Entered into force on 20 June 1985).

ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work (Adopted on 18 June 1998 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its 86th Session in Geneva).

Rome Declaration on World Food Security (Adopted at the World Food Summit in Rome on 13 November 1996 ).

Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition (Adopted on 16 November 1974 by the World Food Conference convened under General Assembly resolution 3180 (XXVIII) of 17 December 1973; and endorsed by General Assembly resolution 3348 (XXIX) of 17 December 1974).

World Declaration and Plan of Action on Nutrition (Adopted by the International Conference on Nutrition at Rome, Italy, December 1992 ).

Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding (Adopted by the WHO/UNICEF policymakers' meeting on Breastfeeding in the 1990s: A Global Initiative at Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy on 30 July-1 August 1990).

General Comment No. 15, The right to water (arts. 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 29th Session, 2002, U.N. Doc. E/C.12/2002/11).

General Comment 12, Right to adequate food (Art. 11, Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 20th Session, 1999, U.N. Doc. E/C.12/1999/5).

Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment (Adopted on 16 June 1972 at United Nations Conference on the Human Environment).

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (Proclaimed at United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992).

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990. Entered into force on 1 July 2003 in accordance with article 76).

Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2856 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971).

Declaration on the Right to Development (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986).

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