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Ecuador

Statistics on Youth:
Human Rights Instruments


Of 15 major international legal instruments adopted by intergovernmental bodies to the United Nations system relating to the human rights of youth, the Government of Ecuador has ratified or acceded to the following ten: Medical Examination of Young Persons: Industry (ILO/1946); Medical Examination of Young Persons: Non-Industrial Occupations (ILO/1946); Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (UN/1949); Maternity Protection (ILO/1952); Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (UN/1956); Discrimination in Education (UNESCO/1960); Medical Examination of Young Persons: Underground Work (ILO/1965); Civil and Political Rights (UN/1966); Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN/1966); and Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training: Human Resources Development (ILO/1975).


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Sources:
Human Rights Instruments: Charts of Ratification of International Instruments (ILO, UNESCO, UN, 1990)

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