 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 1966. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment No. 20 (2009) file:///D:/downloads/G0943405.pdf ICESCR: Article 2: […] 2. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the present Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status […].  International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), 1965. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx ICERD: Article 5 In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights: […](c) Political rights, in particular the right to participate in elections-to vote and to stand for election-on the basis of universal and equal suffrage, to take part in the Government as well as in the conduct of public affairs at any level and to have equal access to public service; […]  Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960) http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.phpURL_ID=12949&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html