Core human rights instruments
Core human rights instruments
From the united nations’
website: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm
New Instruments under development
Charter
of the United Nations
International Bill of Human
Rights (Fact
Sheet 2, Rev. 1)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights *
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights *
Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights*
Human Rights Defenders
Proclamation of
Teheran
Right of
self–determination
Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Prevention of discrimination
United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination
International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination*
International Convention on the Suppression and
Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid*
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports *
Discrimination (Employment and
Occupation) Convention **
Convention against Discrimination in
Education
Equal Remuneration Convention **
Declaration on Race and Racial
Prejudice
Rights of women
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women
Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women *
Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women
Convention on the Political Rights of Women *
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in
Emergency and Armed Conflict
Optional Protocol to the Convention
on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women *
Rights of the child
Declaration on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of the
Child *
Slavery, servitude, forced labour and
similar institutions and practices
Protocol amending the Slavery
Convention *
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention **
Human rights in the administration of
justice
Standard Minimum Rules for the
Treatment of Prisoners
Basic Principles for the Treatment
of Prisoners
Body of Principles for the
Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
United Nations Rules for the
Protection of Juveniles Deprived of the Liberty
Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment *
Safeguards guaranteeing protection
of the rights of those facing the death penalty
Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement
Officials
Basic Principles on the Use of Force
and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
Basic Principles on the Role of
Lawyers
Guidelines on the Role of
Prosecutors
United Nations Standard Minimum
Rules for Non–custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)
United Nations Guidelines for the
Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)
Declaration of Basic Principles of
Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
Basic Principles on the Independence
of the Judiciary
Model Treaty on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal
Matters
Declaration on the Protection
of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances
Freedom of information
Convention on the International
Right of Correction *
Freedom of association
Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Organise Convention **
Right to Organise and Collective
Bargaining Convention **
Workers’ Representatives Convention **
Labour Relations (Public Service)
Convention **
Employment
Employment Policy Convention **
Convention (No. 154) concerning the
Promotion of Collective Bargaining **
Convention (No. 168) concerning
Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment**
Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal
Peoples in Independent Countries**
Marriage, Family and Youth
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for
Marriage and Registration of Marriages*
Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for
Marriage and Registration of Marriages
Social welfare, progress and
development
Declaration on Social Progress and
Development
Declaration on the Rights of
Mentally Retarded Persons
Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and
Malnutrition
Guidelines for the Regulation of Computerized Personal
Data Files
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace
Declaration on the Right to Development
Universal Declaration on the Human
Genome and Human Rights (UNESCO)
Right to enjoy culture, international
cultural development and co–operation
Declaration of the Principles of
International Cultural Co–operation
Nationality, statelessness, asylum
and refugees
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women *
Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness *
Convention relating to the Status of
Stateless Persons *
Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees *
Protocol relating to the Status of
Refugees *
Statute of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Declaration on Territorial Asylum
War crimes and crimes against
humanity, including genocide
Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide *
Humanitarian law
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of
Prisoners of War
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War
* With link to status of
ratifications, reservations and declarations
** With
direct link to ILO’s ILOLEX database, containing
ratification information on International Labour Standards. Ratification
information is updated daily