Civil and Political Rights

Title: 
Civil and Political Rights
Document Type: 
Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
Reference: 
WHRNet March 2003
Annotation: 
Women's Human Rights advocates are critical of the dichotomy between civil and political rights on the one hand and economic and social rights on the other because it goes against the principle of the indivisibility of all rights. The division of rights into two categories affects women all the more. This document outlines the tendency to separate rights, and provides information and links on the major human rights mechanisms and key facts and figures. Finally, a list of links are provided to other useful women's rights resources.