Article 12 - Equal recognition as a person before the law
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International human rights conventions and other legal instruments
Article 12
Related to para. 1
ICCPR, Article 16: Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
CEDAW, Article 15 (1): States Parties shall accord to women equality with
men before the law.
CMW, Article 24: Every migrant worker and every member of his or her family
shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.