LibGuides: International Human Rights Law: International Human Rights Instruments

International Human Rights Instruments

10 Dec 1948

The following as commonly referred to as CORE Human Rights Instruments (and optional protocols).

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	21 Dec 1965
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	16 Dec 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	16 Dec 1966
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	18 Dec 1979
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	10 Dec 1984
Convention on the Rights of the Child	20 Nov 1989
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	18 Dec 1990
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	20 Dec 2006
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	13 Dec 2006
Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	10 Dec 2008
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	16 Dec 1966
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty	15 Dec 1989
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women	10 Dec 1999
Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict	25 May 2000
Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography	25 May 2000
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure	14 Apr 2014
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	18 Dec 2002
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	12 Dec 2006