A/HRC/4/37 page 9 19. The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna on 25 June 1993, which the community of States reaffirmed, inter alia, that “(a)ll human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated”. 20. The United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by the heads of State and Government on 8 September 2000 includes commitments in relation to peace, security and disarmament; development and poverty eradication; protecting our common environment; human rights, democracy and good governance; protecting the vulnerable; meeting the special needs of Africa; and strengthening the United Nations. 21. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is a relevant instrument in relation to labour rights and trade union activities of migrant workers and those working to promote and protect their rights. 22. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women guarantees protection against all forms of discrimination against women, also in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. 23. The Convention on the Rights of the Child elaborates on the rights of children and defines these rights in the context of their survival, development, protection and participation. 24. The Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (2001) is an important document in relation to defenders’ work on this aspect of the right to health. Of particular importance in this regard is its article 33 which acknowledges the “particular role and significant contribution of people living with HIV/AIDS, young people and civil society actors in addressing the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects […]”. 25. The Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992), and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 1/2 on 29 June 2006 are both important instruments in relation to the protection of ESCR of indigenous peoples and minorities. 26. The Declaration on the Right to Development (1986) states that “the right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized” (art. 1). 4. Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights 27. In the preamble to the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the General Assembly reaffirms the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights “as basic elements of international efforts to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms […]”. The legitimacy of activities for the promotion of ESCR is reflected, two paragraphs later, in the acknowledgement of the “valuable work of individuals, groups and associations” in the elimination of violations