International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• Text of Covenant;

• Human Rights Committee;

• General Comment No. 34 on Article 19 (Freedom of opinion and expression), July 2011

• CCPR Draft General Comment No. 34 (Upon completion of the first reading by the Human Rights Committee), October 2010;

• CCPR General Comment No. 10: Freedom of expression (Art. 19), 29 June 1983;

• CCPR General Comment No. 11: Prohibition of propaganda for war and inciting national, racial or religious hatred (Art. 20), 29 July 1983;

• Conference Background Paper.

Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Text of Convention;

• Committee on the Rights of the Child;

• CRC General Comment No. 12 (2009): The right of the child to be heard;

• General Discussion Day on the right of the child to be heard (2006);

• General Discussion Day on the child and the media (1996);

• Conference Background Paper.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Text of Convention;

• Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

• Text of Convention;

• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;

• Overview of CERD’s General Recommendations;

• Conference Background Paper.

UNESCO

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

• Text of Convention;

• Homepage of Convention;

• Overview of UNESCO’s standard-setting instruments;

• Communication and Information portal site;

• Freedom of expression portal site;

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

• http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/opinion/index.htm

Miscellaneous

• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS);

• Overview of Annual Joint Declarations of the UN, OAS, OSCE and ACHPR special mechanisms on freedom of expression/the media.