The Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Core International Human Rights Instruments

Non exhaustive list of instruments relevant to the Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

The Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the core international human rights instruments

Universal Declaration on Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Universal human rights instruments

Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Declaration on Human Rights Defenders) (1998)
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)
UN Declaration onthe Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)

*For other universal human rights instruments, see: OHCHR website on universal human rights instruments

Regional human rights treaties

American Convention on Human Rights “Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica”
Organizations of American States, Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Areas of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (San Salvador Protocol) (1998)
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) (2009)

Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions

General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) (1962), Permanent sovereignty over natural resources
General Assembly resolution 66/222 (2011), International Year of Family Farming
General Assembly resolution 64/292 (2010), The human right to water and sanitation. Resolution adopted on 28 July 2010
Human Rights Council Resolution 16/27 (2011), The right to food

Other international treaties

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)

Standards developed by the UN human rights mechanisms

Treaty bodies

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 18 (non-discrimination) (1989)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 4 (The right to adequate housing) (1992)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 12 (The right to food) (1999)
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 24 (Women and health) (1999)
Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 15 (The right to water) (2002)
Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 20 (non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights) (2009)
Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 16 (on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights) (2013).

Sub-Commission on Human Rights

UN Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons (Pinheiro Principles): See OHCHR reference material Handbook on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the "Pinheiro Principles" (available in English, French and Spanish)

Special Procedures

UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (1998), (E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2)
Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-Based Evictions and Displacement (2007), (A/HRC/4/18)
A Set of Minimum Principles and Measures to Address the Human Rights Challenge (2009), (A/HRC/13/33/Add.2)

International Guidelines and outcome documents of international conferences

FAO:Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (2014)
FAO:Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (2012)
FAO:Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security (2004)
CBD: Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines for the Conduct of Cultural, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment regarding Developments Proposed to Take Place on, or which are Likely to Impact on, Sacred Sites and on Lands and Waters Traditionally Occupied or Used by Indigenous and Local Communities (2004).

ILO Conventions and Recommendations

ILO Convention No. 11 - Right of Association (Agriculture)
ILO Convention No. 29 and Protocol of 2014 - Forced Labour
ILO Convention No. 99 and Recommendation No. 89 - Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture)
ILO Convention No. 100 - Equal Remuneration Convention
ILO Convention No. 110, Recommendation No. 110 , and Protocol of 1982 to the Convention No. 110- Plantations
ILO Convention No. 129 - Labour Inspection (Agriculture)
ILO Convention No. 138 - Minimum Age
ILO Convention No. 141 and Recommendation No. 149 - Rural Workers’ Organisations
ILO Convention No. 169 and Recommendation No. 104 - Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
ILO Convention No. 182 - Worst Forms of Child Labour
ILO Convention No. 184 and Recommendation No. 192 - Safety and Health in Agriculture
ILO Convention No. 188 - Work in Fishing
ILO Recommendation No. 202 – Social Protection Floors

List of Reports and other documents relevant to the Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

Final Study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the advancement of the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, Nineteenth session, Human rights council, General Assembly, A/HRC/19/75
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Twelfth Session of the Human Rights Council, General Assembly, UN Doc. A/HRC/12/31
Report of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), “Investing in Smallholder Agriculture for Food Security” 2013.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, “Agribusiness and the Right to Food”, Thirteenth session, Human Rights Council, UN Doc. A/HRC/13/33
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Final report: The transformative potential of the right to food, Twenty-fifth session, Human Rights Council, General Assembly, UN Doc. A/HRC/25/57
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Sixteenth Session, Human Rights Council, General Assembly, UN Doc. A/HRC/16/49
Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, “Large-Scale Land Acquisitions Leases: A Set of Minimum Principles and Measures to Address the Human Rights Challenge”, Thirteen session, Human Rights Council, General Assembly, UN Doc. A/HRC/13/33/Add.2
Concept note for the General Recommendation on Article 14 of Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Enabling Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment, Accra (2011)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation 21, 27.
Commission on the Status of Women, fifty-sixth session, The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges, Chair’s summary, 2012.
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Fouth session Human Rights Council, 28 March 2007, UN Doc. A/HRC/4/37
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Nineteenth Session Human Rights Council, 21 December 2011, UN Doc. A/HRC/19/55
Report of the UN independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to the access to safe drinking water and sanitation, Twelfth session, Human Rights Council, General Assembly UN Doc. A/HRC/12/24.
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing as component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Fifty-seventh session, Economic and Social Council, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2001/51
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ECOSOC Substantive session of 2014 New York, 23 June-18 July 2014
Substantive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Twenty – second session, Committee on economic, social, and cultural rights, UN Doc. E/C.12/2000/4
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, UN Doc. A/67/278
Final study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the advancement of the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, Nineteenth session, Human rights bodies and mechanisms, General Assembly, UN Doc. A/HRC/19/75
FAO-ILO-IUF, Agricultural workers and their contribution to sustainable agriculture and rural development, Geneva, 2007
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, Agriculture at a Crossroads, Global Report, 2009

Instruments developed by CSOs, social movements, academics and experts

Declaration of the Forum for Food Sovereignty, Nyéléni (2007)
Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2011)