Universal Human Rights Instruments

In addition to the International Bill of Rights and the core human rights treaties, there are many other universal instruments relating to human rights

World Conference On Human Rights And Millennium Assembly

• Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

• United Nations Millennium Declaration

The Right Of Self-Determination

• United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

• General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962, "Permanent sovereignty over natural resources"

• International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries

Rights Of Indigenous Peoples And Minorities

• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)

• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

Prevention Of Discrimination

• Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)

• Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)

• International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)

• Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice

• Convention against Discrimination in Education

• Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education

• Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

• World Conference against Racism, 2001 (Durban Declaration and Programme of Action)

Rights Of Women

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW-OP)

• Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict

• Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women

Rights Of The Child

• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (CRC-OPSC)

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC-OPAC)

• Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)

• Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

Rights Of Older Persons

• United Nations Principles for Older Persons

Rights Of Persons With Disabilities

• Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons

• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons

• Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care

• Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities