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American Declaration of
                    the Rights and Duties of Man (1948);
 
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European Convention for
                    the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
                    (1950) and its Eleven Protocols (1952 - 1994);
 
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European Social Charter
                    (1961), (revised 1996); 
 
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American Convention on
                    Human Rights (1969); 
 
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African Charter on Human
                    and Peoples’ Rights (1981);
 
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Inter-American Convention
                    to Prevent and Punish Torture (1985);
 
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Additional Protocol to
                    the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of
                    Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - “Protocol of San
                    Salvador” (1988);
 
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Protocol to the American
                    Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
                    (1990);
 
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African Charter on the
                    Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990);
 
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Convention on the
                    Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against
                    Women “Convention of Belem do Para.” (1994)
 
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Arab Charter on Human
                    Rights (1994);
 
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European Convention on
                    Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to
                    the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human
                    Rights and Biomedicine (1997).
 
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Inter-American Convention
                    on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
                    Persons With Disabilities. (1999)