Charters & Resolutions
International agreements and resolutions; manifestos, declarations and recommendations for labour and human rights
Listing last updated: July 22, 2006
Sex Workers' Declarations and Manifestos
- European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration (PDF: BRUSSELS-RIGHTS.PDF) October 15-17, 2005, Brussels, Belgium. Includes the Sex Workers in Europe Manifesto, Declaration of Sex Workers' Rights in Europe and recommendations from the conference (English edited version).
The International Committee for the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE) brought together 120 sex workers and 80 allies from 30 countries who endorsed these three key documents detailing rights for sex workers. For more information, visit: www.sexworkeurope.org.
- Sex Workers' Rights Statement from the International Seminar of Sex Workers in Asia and Pacific Bangkok, Thailand, November 15-19, 2000.
- Taipei Declaration of Sex Workers' Human Rights Taipei, 1998.
- Sex Workers' Manifesto First National Conference of Sex Workers in India, Calcutta, November 1997.
- World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights Written at the first World Whores Congress the in Amsterdam, February 1985, organized by the defunct International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights (ICPR).
Rights of the Child
Rights for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
- See United Nations International Guidelines on HIV and Human Rights OHCHR and UNAIDS published the International Guidelines in 1998 as a tool for States in designing, co-ordinating and implementing effective natinoal HIV/AIDS policies and strategies. (Off site)
- United Kingdom Declaration of the Rights of People with HIV & AIDS (PDF:UK-HIVRIGHTS.PDF) This Declaration is made by people with HIV and AIDS and by organisations dedicated to their welfare. The Declaration lists rights which all citizens of the United Kingdom, including people with HIV and AIDS, enjoy under international law.
- Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Based in Montréal, Canada, the Network works exclusively in the area of policy and legal issues raised by HIV/AIDS. 250 members across Canada and internationally. (Off site)
- Aidslaw Project Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Researches the difficult social, legal and human rights issues around AIDS to develop law, policies and "best practice" recommendations on questions such as AIDS and employment, AIDS and pregnancy, AIDS and development, AIDS and women. (Off site)
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