Links to Relevant International Human Rights Instruments
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
- International Labor Organization Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
- Geneva Conventions, 1949 and Additional Protocol II
- Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (GC #3)
- Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (GC #4)
- Protocol II: Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts
- The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention)
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Declaration on the Right to Development
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
- The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Other Relevant UN Documents
- UN Charter
- ICC / Rome Statute
- UN Millenium Declaration
- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Beijing Platform of Action
- Vienna Declaration and Program of Action
- Rome Declaration on World Food Security
- Program of Action of the UN International Conference on Population and Development
- Decl aration on Human Rights Defenders (Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms)
- Durban Declaration and Program of Action
- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 182 (Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, ILO No. 182)
- UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security