List of conventions and declarations concerning the organization and the arrangement of the election
1. Charter
of the United Nations
Signed at San Francisco on 26
June 1945
Entry into force 24 October 1945, in accordance with Article 110
2. Universal declaration of Human Rights
Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948
3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Adopted opened for signature, ratification and accession by the General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966
Entry into force 23 March 1976 in accordance with Article 49
4. Vienna Declaration of Programme and Action
Adopted by the General Assembly on 25 June 1993
World Conference on Human Rights
6. Declaration on Race and racial prejudice
Adopted and proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its 20th session on 27 November 1978
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981
8. International Convention on the elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination
Adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX) of 21
December 1965
Entry into force: on 4 January1969 in accordance with Article 19
9. Convention on the elimination of all forms of Discrimination against women
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 (34/180), in accordance with article 27 (1)
Entry into force: on 3 September 1981
10. Convention on the Political Rights of Women
Opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 640 (VII) of the United Nations of 20 December 1952
Entry into force: on 7 July 1954 in accordance with Article VI
11. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975
12. International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members
of Their Families
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990 (not in
force)
13. Statute of the Council of Europe
Adopted on 5 May 1949 (ETS 001)
14. Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Adopted in Paris on 20 March 1952 (ETS 9)
15. European Charter of Local Self-Government
Strasbourg, on 15 October 1985 (ETS 122)
16. Follow-up Meeting 1986-1989; Concluding Document
Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)
Vienna, 4 November 1986 to 19 January 1989
17. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference of the Human Dimension of the CSCE
Second
Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE
Copenhagen,
5 June- 29 July 1990
18. Declaration on criteria of the free and fair elections
Adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union
On 26 March 1994
19. Charter of Paris for a new Europe
Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)
1990 Summit, Paris, 19 - 21 November 1990
20. Document of the Moscow meeting of the conference on the Human dimension of the CSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)
Third conference on the Human dimension of the CSCE, 10 September-15 October 1991
Moszkva, on 3 October 1991
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)
2-3 December 1996
22. Convention on the Local Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level
Strasbourg, on 5 February 1992 (ETS 144)
23. Electoral, civil and social rights of prisoners
Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation 195
On 1 February 1962
Sources:
http://www.unhchr.ch
(1-12)
http://www.conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/cadreprincipal.htm
(13-15,21)
http://www.osce.org/docs (16,17,19,20,21)