Human rights in general

• Charter of the United Nations
• 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
• Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
• Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• Lima Declaration

Prevention of Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Religion, or Belief, and Protection of Minorities

• Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
• United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National of Ethnic Religions
• Declaration on Fundamental Principles concerning the Contribution of the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding to the Promotion of Human Rights and the Countering Racialism, Apartheid and incitement to War.
• Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion and Belief

Slavery

• Protocol amending the Slavery Convention

Rights of the woman

• Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
• Convention on the Political Rights of Women
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict

Rights of the child

• Declaration on the Rights of the Child
• 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 Conflicts
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

Rights of Disabled and Mentally Retarded Persons

• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
• Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
• Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the improvement of Mental Health Care

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
• Declaration on the Protection of All Persons Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• 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
• Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of those Facing the Death Penalty
• Code Of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
• Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
• Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors
• United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency ( The Riyadh Guidelines)
• United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice ( The Beijing Rules)
• 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
• Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Who Have Been Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released
• Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal Arbitrary and Summary Executions

Nationality, asylum and refugees

• Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
• 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
• Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who Are not National of the Country in which They Live

Crimes Against Humanity

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
• Convention on the Non-applicability of Statutory Limitation to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Humanitarian Law

• Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
• Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
• Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
• Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
• Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
• Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
• Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition

International Labor Organization

• Forced Labor Convention (no 29)
• Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (no 87)
• Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (no 98)
• Equal Remuneration Convention (no 100)
• Abolition of forced Labor Convention (no 105)
• Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (no 111)
• Employment Policy Convention (no 122)
• Convention to provide security and facility to Labor representatives in the Organization (no 135)
• Labor Relations (Public Service) Convention (no 151)
• Convention concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining (no 154)
• Convention concerning Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment (no 168)
• Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (no 169)
• Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention (no 182)
• ILO Recommendation (no 190)

Social Progress and Development

• Guidelines for the Regulation of Computerized Personal Data Files
• Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and in for the Benefit of Mankind
• Declaration on the Rights to Development

Regional Instruments

• Arab Charter on Human Rights
• The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
• Proclamation of Teheran