To aid the democracy dialogue, the Institute presents this easily accessible library of basic documents upon which democracy programs are based.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [4]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women [5]
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa [13]
African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation (ARUSHA 1990 [16])
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [17]
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities [19]
Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters (Venice Commission) [21]
Links:
[1] http://www.ndi.org/content/key-democracy-documents
[2] http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
[3] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm
[4] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_icerd.htm
[5] http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm
[6] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/22.htm
[7] http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/convention_corruption/signing/Convention-e.pdf
[8] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm
[9] http://www.ndi.org/DoP
[10] http://www.ndi.org/DoGP
[11] http://www.transparency.org/content/download/45306/725785/file/TI_Plain_Language_Guide_280709.pdf
[12] http://www.hrcr.org/docs/Banjul/afrhr.html
[13] http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/women_en.html
[14] http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Documents/Treaties/text/Charter%20on%20Democracy.pdf
[15] http://www.achpr.org/english/declarations/declaration_freedom_exp_en.html
[16] http://www.iss.co.za/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/POPULARPPARTCHARTER.PDF?link_id=4057&slink_id=5559&link_type=12&slink_type=13&tmpl_id=3
[17] http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=005&CL=ENG
[18] http://www.hri.org/docs/ECHR50.html#Protocols
[19] http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=157&CL=ENG
[20] http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=122&CL=ENG
[21] http://aceproject.org/ero-en/topics/election-integrity/CDL-AD%282002%29023-e.pdf/at_download/file
[22] https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=778189
[23] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf=
[24] http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/1990/06/13992_en.pdf
[25] http://www.hrcr.org/docs/American_Convention/oashr.html
[26] http://www.hrcr.org/docs/OAS_Declaration/oasrights.html
[27] http://www.oas.org/charter/docs/resolution1_en_p4.htm
[28] http://www.oas.org/CIM/english/Conventions%20Polit.%20Rights.htm
[29] http://www.iachr.org/declaration.htm
[30] http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
[31] http://www2.ohchr.org/english/library/resources.htm