International and Regional Agreements and Conventions

Major International Forums, Agreements and Declarations Related to UNFPA’s Work

Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW or Beijing)

Beijing +5, 2000

International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), 1994

ICPD +5, 1999

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 1981

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

World Summit for Social Development (WSSD), 1995

WSSD +5, 2000

Agenda 21 and Other Agreements from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 1992

UNCED +5, 1997

Other International Instruments Relevant to Gender Issues

Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000

Women and Peace and Security, Security Council Resolution, 2000

Violence Against Women Migrant Workers, General Assembly Resolution, 2000

Women in Development, General Assembly Resolution, 2000

Improvement of the Situation of Women in rural Areas, General Assembly Resolution, 2000

Traditional or Customary Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Girls, General Assembly Resolution, 1999

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Measures to Eliminate Violence Against Women, General Assembly Resolution, 1998

Integration of Older Women in Development, General Assembly Resolution, 1994

Regional Agreements and Conventions

Africa

Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (ECA)

African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, adopted June 27, 1981, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 (1982), entered into force Oct. 21, 1986: [excerpts]

Declaration on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic at the XI International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa, 1999

Women’s Declaration and Agenda for a Culture of Peace in Africa Adopted at the Close of a Pan African Conference in Zanzibar, 1999

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

Gender and Development - A Declaration by Heads of State or Government of the Southern African Development Community, 1997

Resolution on the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Sixty-Fourth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, 1996

Arab States and Europe

Economic Commission for Europe - 10-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (ECE)

Beirut Declaration. Arab Women Ten Years After Beijing: Call for Peace

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Beirut Declaration, Recommendations of the First Arab Conference on Justice, 1999

The First International Conference of the Arab Human Rights Movement: Prospects for the Future, 1999

Treaty on Establishing the European Community - incorporating the changes made by the Treaty of Amsterdam, Articles 2,3,13 and 141 relevant to gender equality.

Council of the League of Arab States, Arab Charter on Human Rights, September 15, 1994, reprinted in 18 Hum. Rts. L.J. 151 (1997).

Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Commision for Asia and the Pacific - 10-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (ESCAP)

Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Ninth Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Adoption and Implementation of the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality (Resolution adopted at the first plenary session, held on June 5, 2000)

Declaration on Equal Rights and Opportunity for Women and Men and Gender Equity in Inter-American Legal  Instruments. Declaration adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women. "Convention of Belem Do Para" Adopted at: Belem Do Para, Brazil, 06/09/94