Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Convention on the Rights of the Child

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

European Convention on Human Rights

European Social Charter

Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity

The Strasbourg Declaration on Roma

Recommendation No. R (91) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the right to short reporting on major events where exclusive rights for their television broadcast have been acquired in a transfrontier context

Recommendation No. R (94) 13 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to promote media transparency

Recommendation No. R (95) 1 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures against sound and audiovisual piracy

Recommendation No. R (96) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the protection of journalists in situations of conflict and tension

Recommendation No. R (96) 10 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the guarantee of the independence of public service broadcasting

Recommendation No. R (97) 19 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the portrayal of violence in the electronic media

Recommendation No. R (97) 20 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on “hate speech”

Recommendation No. R (97) 21 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the media and the promotion of a culture of tolerance

Recommendation No. R (99) 15 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures concerning media coverage of election campaigns

Recommendation No. R (2000) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the right of journalists not to disclose their sources of information

Recommendation No. R (2000) 23 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the independence and functions of regulatory authorities for the broadcasting sector

Recommendation R (2002) 2 of the Committee of Ministers and explanatory memorandum

Commissioner for Human Rights, The potential of equality bodies in times of economic crisis

List of key initiatives

Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin

Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation

The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion: A European framework for social and territorial cohesion

Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015

Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training

Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services

Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)