Handout 11.1
Selected international legal instruments for the protection of the economic, social and cultural rights of women and girls
l The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
l The Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1988
l The European Social Charter, 1961
l The European Social Charter (Revised), 1996
l The ILO Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
l The ILO Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
l The ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
l The ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
l The ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
l The ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
l The ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
l The ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
l The ILO Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183)
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