PART I : UNIVERSAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENTS = 1
A. UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS = 3
CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN PERSONS AND OF THE EXPLOITATION OF THE PROSTITUTION OF OTHERS = 5
CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN = 14
CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN = 17
CONVENTION ON CONSENT TO MARRIAGE, MINIMUM AGE FOR MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES = 22
RECOMMENDATION ON CONSENT TO MARRIAGE, MINIMUM AGE FOR MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES = 26
DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN = 29
DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN EMERGENCY AND ARMED CONFLICT = 34
CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN = 37
DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN = 51
B. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION = 59
RECOMMENDATION (Nº4) CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AGAINST LEAD POISONING = 61
RECOMMENDATION ( Nº13) CONCERNING NIGHT WORK OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE = 63
CONVENTION (Nº45) CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN ON UNDERGROUND WORK IN MINES OF ALL KINDS = 64
ILO NIGHT WORK (WOMEN) CONVENTION, REVISED 1948 = 67
PROTOCOL OF 1990 TO THE NIGHT WORK (WOMEN) CONVENTION (REVISED), 1948 = 74
ILO EQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTION (1951) = 78
RECOMMENDATION (Nº90) CONCERNING EQUAL REMUNERATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE = 83
MATERNITY PROTECTION CONVENTION, REVISED (1952) = 86
RECOMMENDATION (Nº95) CONCERNING MATERNITY PROTECTION = 95
ILO WORKERS WITH FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES CONVENTION (1981) = 99
RECOMMENDATION (Nº165) CONCERNING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS : WORKERS WITH FAMILY RESPONSABILITIES = 106
C. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) = 115
CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION = 117
PROTOCOL INSTITUTING A CONCILIATION AND GOOD OFFICES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY DISPUTES WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRMINATION IN EDUCATION = 125
PART II : REGIONAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENTS = 135
A. COUNCIL OF EUROPE = 137
1. TEXTS OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS = 139
RECOMMENDATION NºR (79) 10 CONCERNING WOMEN MIGRANTS = 139
RECOMMENDATION NºR (84) 17 ON EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THE MEDIA = 143
RECOMMENDATION NºR (85) 2 ON LEGAL PROTECTION AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION = 146
DECLARATION ON EQUALITY OF WOMEN AND MEN = 150
RECOMMENDATION NºR (90) 4 ON THE ELIMINATION OF SEXISM FROM LANGUAGE = 153
DECLARATION ON THE RAPE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YOUGOSLAVIA = 155
2. TEXTS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY = 157
RECOMMENDATION 741 (1974) ON THE LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN = 157
RECOMMENDATION 1146 (1991) ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR WOMEN AND MEN ON THE LABOUR-MARKET = 160
RECOMMENDATION Nº1229 (1994) ON EQUALITY OF RIGHTS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN = 163
RECOMMENDATION Nº1261 (1995) ON THE SITUATION OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN EUROPE = 165
RECOMMENDATION Nº1269 (1995) ON ACHIEVING REAL PROGRESS IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS AS FROM 1995 = 168
RECOMENDATION Nº1271 (1995) ON DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CHOICE OF A SURNAMME AND IN THE PASSING ON OF PARENT'S SURNAMES TO CHILDREN = 170
RECOMMENDATION Nº1321 (1997) ON IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN RURAL SOCIETY = 172
RECOMMENDATION Nº1325 (1997) ON TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND FORCED PROSTITUTION IN COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES (NEW) = 177
B. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES = 181
CONVENTION OF THE NATIONALITY OF WOMEN = 183
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE GRANTING OF POLITICAL RIGHTS TO WOMEN = 186
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE GRANTING OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO WOMEN = 188
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT AND ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN "CONVENTION OF BELEM DO PARA" = 190
PART III : SELECTION OF DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN = 199
A. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONCERNING THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR (MEXICO, 19 JUNE-2 JULY 1975) = 201
RESOLUTION 35/20. WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR = 201
B. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONCERNING THE WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN : EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT, PEACE (COPENHAGEN, 14-30 JULY 1980) = 208
RESOLUTION 35/136. WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN = 208
C. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONCERNING THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ADOPTED BY THE WORLD CONFERENCE CHARGED TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE THE RESULTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN : EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE (NAIROBI, 15-16 JULY 1985) = 213
RESOLUTION 40/108. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN = 213
D. FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (BEIJING, 4-15 SEPTEMBER 1995) = 221
RESOLUTION 50/42 FOURTH WORLD ON WOMEN = 221
RESOLUTION 50/203 ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS : FOLLOW-UP TO THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING DECLARATION AND THE PLATFORM OF ACTION = 222
UNESCO'S STATEMENT ON WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO A CULTURE OF PEACE = 230
DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION ADOPTED AT THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (BEIJING, 4-15 SEPTEMBER 1995) = 233
PART IV : STATES OF RATIFICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL AND REGIONAL CONVENTIONS PRESENTED IN THIS PUBLICATION = 409
A. UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS = 3
CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN PERSONS AND OF THE EXPLOITATION OF THE PROSTITUTION OF OTHERS = 5
CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN = 14
CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN = 17
CONVENTION ON CONSENT TO MARRIAGE, MINIMUM AGE FOR MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES = 22
RECOMMENDATION ON CONSENT TO MARRIAGE, MINIMUM AGE FOR MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES = 26
DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN = 29
DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN EMERGENCY AND ARMED CONFLICT = 34
CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN = 37
DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN = 51
B. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION = 59
RECOMMENDATION (Nº4) CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AGAINST LEAD POISONING = 61
RECOMMENDATION ( Nº13) CONCERNING NIGHT WORK OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE = 63
CONVENTION (Nº45) CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN ON UNDERGROUND WORK IN MINES OF ALL KINDS = 64
ILO NIGHT WORK (WOMEN) CONVENTION, REVISED 1948 = 67
PROTOCOL OF 1990 TO THE NIGHT WORK (WOMEN) CONVENTION (REVISED), 1948 = 74
ILO EQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTION (1951) = 78
RECOMMENDATION (Nº90) CONCERNING EQUAL REMUNERATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE = 83
MATERNITY PROTECTION CONVENTION, REVISED (1952) = 86
RECOMMENDATION (Nº95) CONCERNING MATERNITY PROTECTION = 95
ILO WORKERS WITH FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES CONVENTION (1981) = 99
RECOMMENDATION (Nº165) CONCERNING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS : WORKERS WITH FAMILY RESPONSABILITIES = 106
C. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) = 115
CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION = 117
PROTOCOL INSTITUTING A CONCILIATION AND GOOD OFFICES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY DISPUTES WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRMINATION IN EDUCATION = 125
PART II : REGIONAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENTS = 135
A. COUNCIL OF EUROPE = 137
1. TEXTS OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS = 139
RECOMMENDATION NºR (79) 10 CONCERNING WOMEN MIGRANTS = 139
RECOMMENDATION NºR (84) 17 ON EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THE MEDIA = 143
RECOMMENDATION NºR (85) 2 ON LEGAL PROTECTION AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION = 146
DECLARATION ON EQUALITY OF WOMEN AND MEN = 150
RECOMMENDATION NºR (90) 4 ON THE ELIMINATION OF SEXISM FROM LANGUAGE = 153
DECLARATION ON THE RAPE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YOUGOSLAVIA = 155
2. TEXTS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY = 157
RECOMMENDATION 741 (1974) ON THE LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN = 157
RECOMMENDATION 1146 (1991) ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR WOMEN AND MEN ON THE LABOUR-MARKET = 160
RECOMMENDATION Nº1229 (1994) ON EQUALITY OF RIGHTS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN = 163
RECOMMENDATION Nº1261 (1995) ON THE SITUATION OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN EUROPE = 165
RECOMMENDATION Nº1269 (1995) ON ACHIEVING REAL PROGRESS IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS AS FROM 1995 = 168
RECOMENDATION Nº1271 (1995) ON DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CHOICE OF A SURNAMME AND IN THE PASSING ON OF PARENT'S SURNAMES TO CHILDREN = 170
RECOMMENDATION Nº1321 (1997) ON IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN RURAL SOCIETY = 172
RECOMMENDATION Nº1325 (1997) ON TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND FORCED PROSTITUTION IN COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES (NEW) = 177
B. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES = 181
CONVENTION OF THE NATIONALITY OF WOMEN = 183
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE GRANTING OF POLITICAL RIGHTS TO WOMEN = 186
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE GRANTING OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO WOMEN = 188
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT AND ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN "CONVENTION OF BELEM DO PARA" = 190
PART III : SELECTION OF DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN = 199
A. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONCERNING THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR (MEXICO, 19 JUNE-2 JULY 1975) = 201
RESOLUTION 35/20. WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR = 201
B. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONCERNING THE WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN : EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT, PEACE (COPENHAGEN, 14-30 JULY 1980) = 208
RESOLUTION 35/136. WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN = 208
C. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONCERNING THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ADOPTED BY THE WORLD CONFERENCE CHARGED TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE THE RESULTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN : EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE (NAIROBI, 15-16 JULY 1985) = 213
RESOLUTION 40/108. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN = 213
D. FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (BEIJING, 4-15 SEPTEMBER 1995) = 221
RESOLUTION 50/42 FOURTH WORLD ON WOMEN = 221
RESOLUTION 50/203 ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS : FOLLOW-UP TO THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING DECLARATION AND THE PLATFORM OF ACTION = 222
UNESCO'S STATEMENT ON WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO A CULTURE OF PEACE = 230
DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION ADOPTED AT THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN (BEIJING, 4-15 SEPTEMBER 1995) = 233
PART IV : STATES OF RATIFICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL AND REGIONAL CONVENTIONS PRESENTED IN THIS PUBLICATION = 409