I. United Nations Instruments Universal Declaration of Human Rights. text International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. text International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. text Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. text Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. text Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960. text Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948. text     Teheran Proclamation of Teheran. text Right of Self-Determination Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. text General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962, "Permanent sovereignty over natural resources." text Prevention of Discrimination United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. text International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. text International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. text Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention. text Convention against Discrimination in Education. text Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Party to the Convention against Discrimination in Education. text Equal Remuneration Convention. text Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief. text Declaration on Fundamental Principles concerning the Contribution to the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding, to the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and Incitement to War. text Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice.  text Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. text Rights of Women Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. text Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. text Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. text Convention on the Political Rights of Women.  text Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict. text Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. text Rights of the Child Declaration on the Rights of the Child. text Convention on the Rights of the Child. text Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts.  text Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. text Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally.  text Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Slavery Convention. text Protocol amending the Slavery Convention. text Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery.  text Forced Labor Convention. text Abolition of Forced Labor Convention.  text Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. text Human Rights in the Administration of Justice Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. text Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners  text Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment  text United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty. text Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. text Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. text Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment text Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. text Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials.  text Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials.  text Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. text Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors. text United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures ("The Tokyo Rules"). text United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency ("The Riyadh Guidelines"). text United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice ("The Beijing Rules"). text Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. text Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary. text Model Treaty on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters. text Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released. text Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. text Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. text Freedom of Information Convention on the International Right of Correction. text Freedom of Association Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention. text Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention. text Workers' Representatives Convention.  text Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention. text Right to Employment Employment Policy Convention. text Convention (No. 154) concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining.  text Convention (No. 168) concerning Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment. text Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries. text Marriage, Family and Youth Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. text Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. text Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples.  text Social Welfare, Progress and Development Declaration on Social Progress and Development. text Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons.  text Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care.  text Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition.  text Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind.  text Guidelines for the Regulation of Computerised Personal Data Files. text Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons. text Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace  text Declaration on the Right to Development text International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. text Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (UNESCO). text Right to Enjoy Culture, International Cultural Ddevelopment and Co-operation Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation. text Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Nationality, Statelessness, Asylum and Refugees Convention on the Nationality of Married Women. text Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. text Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. text Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. text Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. text Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. text Declaration on Territorial Asylum. text Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live. text War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Including Genocide Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. text Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity.  text Principles of international co-operation in the detection, arrest, extradition and punishment of persons guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. text Humanitarian Law Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field.  text Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. text Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. text Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. text Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I). text Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II). text II. European Institutions and Conventions. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 2 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 3 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.  text Protocol No. 4 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 5 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 6 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.  text Protocol No. 7 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 8 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 9 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 10 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 11 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text Protocol No. 12 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. text European Social Charter (ETS No. 035). text Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter. text Protocol Amending the European Social Charter. text Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine. text Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings. text III. Organisation of American States Charter of the Organisation of American States. text Protocol of Buenos Aires. text Protocol of Cartagena de Indias. text Protocol of Managua. text Protocol of Washington. text American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man. text American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica). text Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. text Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty. text Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance. text Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture.  text Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations. text Inter-American convention on the International Return of Children. text Inter-American Convention on the Conflict of Laws Concerning the adoption of Minors. text Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors. text Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women. (Text available only in Spanish) text Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women. (Text available only in Spanish) text Inter-American Convention in the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women. text Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. text Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. text Regulations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. text New Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights text Statute of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights. text Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights. text IV. The Organisation of African Unity African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. text Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. text Additional Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. text Charter of the Organisation of African Unity. text African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. text The Addis Ababa Document on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa. text African Convention on Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. text Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa. text The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics. text The Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility. text The Khartoum Declaration on Africa's Refugee Crises. text International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Rules of Procedure and Evidence. text OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenaries in Africa. text V. The Arab League The Arab Charter on Human Rights. text Back home