Human Rights Documents

Basic Documents:

1. Charter of the United Nations
2. Magna Carta
3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights International Instruments

International Instruments:

4. Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1952)
5. Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities (1992)
6. Declaration on the Right and Responsibilities of Individuals, Groups, and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Declaration on Human Rights Defenders) (1998)
7. Vienna Declaration and Program of Action on Human Rights (1993)
8. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
9. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
10. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
11. Convention on the Rights of the Child
12. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
13. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Beliefs
14. ILO Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
15. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
16. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
17. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
18. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
19. Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
20. Second Optional Protocol Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
21. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

Regional Instruments:

22. African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
23. American Convention on Human Rights
24. American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
25. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
26. Arab Charter on Human Rights
27. Charter of Paris for a New Europe: A New Era of Democracy, Peace, and Unity
28. Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Final Act 1975
29. European Convention on the Prevention of Torture
30. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
31. European Social Charter (and Protocols)
32. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
33. Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
34. The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
35. Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights

Instruments Prepared by the International Labor Organization:

36. Abolition of Forced Labor Convention (C105) (1957)
37. Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)
38. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (C111) (1958)
39. Equal Remuneration Convention (C100) (1951)
40. Forced Labor Convention (C29) (1930)
41. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention (C87) (1948)
42. Minimum Age Convention (C138) and the Role of Trade Unions (1973)
43. Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (C98) (1949)
44. Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention (C182) (1999)