International Treaties and Instruments

International Conventions on human rights: the instruments adopted by the United Nations bodies. The international conventions for human rights can be classified into two categories: Declarations, adopted by bodies such as the General Assembly of the United Nations, which is not legally binding though they might as well be from the political point. As for the Conventions, they are legally binding instruments and agreements within the framework of international law..

Among the most important instruments of international human rights:

International treaties and instruments for Human Rights
U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
U.N. CHARTER
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
Convention on the Political Rights of Women
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
U.N. Educ., Sci., & Cultural Org. [UNESCO], Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Convention of 1926 (Slavery Convention of 1926)
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment

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