Major Treaties
Universal
- Charter of the United Nations, 26 June 1945
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of Decemner 10, 1948 (UN site)
Racism
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965, entry into force 4 January 1969
- Status of ratifications of ICERD
- Declarations and reservations to ICERD
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - - Status of ratifications of ICERD
- Declarations and reservations to ICERD
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Economic & Social/Civil & Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESR), General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI)
of 16 December 1966, entry into force 3 January 1976
- Status of ratifications of ICESR
- Reservations and declarations to ICESR
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESR) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966, entry into force 23 March 1976
- Status of ratification of ICCPR
- Reservations and declarations to ICCPR
- Human Rights Committee (HRCom) site
- Materials related to the HRCom (UMinn) - (First) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1stOP-ICCPR), General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966, entry into force 23 March 1976
- Status of ratification of 1stOP-ICCPR
- Reservations and declarations to 1stOP-ICCPR - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (2ndOP-ICCPR), General Assembly resolution 44/128 of 15 December 1989
- Status of ratification of 2ndOP-ICCPR
- Reservations and declarations to 2ndOP-ICCPR
Women
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979, entry into force 3 September 1981
- Status of ratifications of CEDAW
- Declarations and reservations to CEDAW
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW-OP), General Assembly resolution A/54/4 on 6 October 1999 and opened for signature on 10 December 1999, Human Rights Day, entry into force 22 December 2000
- Status of ratifications of CEDAW-OP
Children
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, entry into force 2 September 1990
- Status of ratifications of CRC
- Declarations and reservations to CRC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC), General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 of 25 May 2000, entry into force 12 February 2002
- Status of ratifications of OP-CRC-AC
- Declarations and reservations to OP-CRC-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution
and child pornography (OP-CRC-SC), General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 of 25 May 2000, entered into force on 18 January 2002
- Status of ratifications of OP-CRC-SC
- Declarations and reservations to OP-CRC-SC
War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984, entry into force 26 June 1987
- Status of ratifications of CAT
- Declarations and reservations to CAT
- Committee against Torture - Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OP-CAT), 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199, entered into force on 22 June 2006
- Status of ratifications of OP-CAT
- Declarations and reservations to OP-CAT - Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998 (ICRC)
Labour & Migration
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW), General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990
- Status of ratifications of CMW
- Declarations and reservations to CMW
- Committee on Migrant Workers
Geneva Conventions
- Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949 (ICRC)
- Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. Geneva, 12 August 1949 (ICRC)
- Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949 (ICRC)
- Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949 (ICRC)
- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977 (ICRC)
- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977 (ICRC)
- Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005 (ICRC)
Other Treaties
- Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, 26 November 1968 (ICRC)
- Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, 25 May 1993 (ICRC)
- Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan citizens responsible for genocide and other such violations committed in the territory of neighbouring States, between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994, 8 November 1994 (ICRC)