Important milestones in the development of human rights

1215	Magna Charta
1628	Petition of Rights (England)
1679	Habeas Corpus Act (England)
1776	Virginia Bill of Rights (USA)
	American Declaration of Independence
1789	Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen during the French Revolution
26 June 1945	United Nations Charta
10 December 1948	Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4 November 1950	European Human Rights Convention
19 December 1966	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
22 November 1969	American Convention on Human Rights
01 August 1975	CSCE - Helsinki Final Act
27 June 1981	African (Banjul) Charta on Human and People's Rights
19 September 1981	Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights
14 June 1992	The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
June 1993	World conference on Human Rights (Vienna): Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action