WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

1776          Virginia Declaration of Rights (USA)
1776          Declaration of Independence (USA)
1789          Declaration of the Rights of Man (France - 26.8.1779)
1945          Charter of the United Nations (26.6.45)
1945          United Nations official comes into being (24.10.45)
1948          Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10.12.48)
1980          Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (25.10.80)
1990          Convention on the Rights of Children ratified by the UN
1991          Committee on the Rights of Child established by UN (27.2.91)
1993          Bankog Declaration by Asian nations attempting to subvert Human Rights (2.4.93)
1993          World Conference on Human Rights (25.6.93)
1993          Vienna Declaration and Program of Action (25.6.93)
1993          United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights post established (20.12.93)

VANUATU'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
1973          Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (Vanuatu 23.5.73)
1981          Vanuatu joined the United Nations (15.9.81)
1986          Matrimonial Causes Act (15.9.86)
1993          Convention on the Rights of the Child Act (Vanuatu 7.7.93)
1995          Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (8.9.95)
2007          Convention on the Rights of the Child - Sale, Prostitution, Pornography (17.5.07)
2007          Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women  - Optional Protocol (17.5.07)
2007          Convention on the Rights of the Child - Armed Conflict Protocol (26.9.07)
2008          Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (23.10.08)
2008          International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (21.11.08)
2009          United Nations Human Rights Periodic Review (15.05.09)
2009          Family Protection Act (2.3.09)
2011          Convention against Torture and Other Degrading Punishment (12.07.11)

(Dates of commencement in Vanuatu after ratification in brackets)