ITPPG

Some Useful Reference Materials

UN Charter
Statute of the International Court of Justice
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An Agenda for Peace: Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
Supplement to an Agenda for Peace
The Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Sustainable Development in Africa
Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (Brahimi Report)
No Exit Without Strategy: Security Council Decision Making and the Closure or Transition of United Nations Peace Operations , Report of the Secretary General, 20 April 2001 , S/2001/394
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Prevention of Armed Conflict: View of Organs, Organisations and Bodies of the United Nations System , Report of the Secretary General, 5 November 2002 , A/57/1588 and S/2002/1269
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights , 1948
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , 1966, entered into force 1976
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights , 1966, entered into force 1976
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide , 1948 entered into force 1951
Durban Declaration , World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenofobia and Related Intolerance, 2001
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners , 1955
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Declaration on the Rights of the Child , 1959
Convention on the Rights of the Child , 1989, entered into force 1990
Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict , 2000, entered into force 2002
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees
Charter of the Organisation of African Unity
Constitutive Act of the African Union
AU.Protocol on the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council
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Kampala Document Towards a Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Co-operation in Africa (CSSDCA), 1991
Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
ECOWAS, Protocol Relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peace Keeping and Security
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Protocols of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern African Development Community Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation

 

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