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	International Conventions Summary The United Nations has formulated and ratified various treaties and international conventions to protect the civil, political, economic, and social rights of people. In this section you can familiarize yourself with details of the major international conventions and human rights treaties. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Second Optional Protocol to the Int'l Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Int'l Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights International Conference on Population and Development				Website on Amnesty International's 2008 research report entitled "State of the World's Human Rights" Buy the 2008 "State of the World's Human Rights" NOTE: The above is NOT our year in review or financial annual report, which can be found here: Amnesty International USA 2008 Audited Financial Report Form 990 of Amnesty International USA (PDF) Amnesty International USA 2007 Annual Year-in-Review Report (2MB in PDF) Amnesty International USA 2007 Year-in-Review brochure (PDF)