The International Bill of Human Rights

The International Bill of Human Rights consist of the universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights and two Optional Protocols annexed thereto and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Protocol. It has been referred to by the United Nations as «the ethical and legal basis for all the human rights work of the United Nations. the foundation upon which the international system for the protection and promotion of human rights has been developed”. The International Bill of Human Rights was originally to be drafted by three working groups - one general declaration of international human rights standards, one on more specific elaboration of the rights and the third on the implementation mechanism.