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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

Additional Resources

• United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: International Human Rights Instruments
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library