Human Rights Documents
| Country | Title | Issue | Author |
| Americas | Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) | General | Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Americas | American Convention on Human Rights (1969) | General | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
| El Salvador | The Last Sermon 1980 |
War Liberation Theology |
Archbishop Oscar Romero |
International |
Declaration on Social Progress and Development (1969) | Development | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975) | Disabled | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (1971) | Disabled | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Economic Rights Social Rights Cultural Rights |
General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
United Nations Principles for Older Persons | Elders | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | Gender | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) | Gender | General Assembly of the United Nations |
| International | UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights | General | General Assembly of the United Nations |
| International | Convention on the Rights of the Child | Children | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000) | General | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action | General | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms | General | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (2001) | Health and Medicine | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) | Children | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (1974) | War Gender Children |
General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power | Justice and crime | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992) | Justice and crime | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (1990) | Justice and crime | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live (1985) | Migrants | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Familie s (1990) | Migrants | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | Migrants | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities | Minorities | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | Political Rights | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
World Conference against Racism, 2001 (Durban Declaration and Programme of Action) | Race Discrimination |
General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace (1984) | War | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | Racial Discrimination | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries | War | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (1981) | Religion | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962, "Permanent sovereignty over natural resources" | Resources Self-determination |
General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (1960) | Self-determination | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind (1975) | Technology | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | War | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1975) | Torture | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (1996) | Technology Medicine | General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
International |
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001) | Cultural Rights | General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
International |
Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice (1978) | Race Discrimination | General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
International |
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (ILO 169) | Indigenous Peoples | International Labor Organization |
International |
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1950) | Refugees | United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons |
International |
Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition (1974) | Hunger Development |
World Food Conference |
| International | Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (1946) |
Labor | International Labour Organisation |
| International | Amnesty International Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Mandate for Leadership (1988) |
Political Policy | Amnesty International |
| International | Amnesty International Twelve-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture (1983) |
Torture | Amnesty International |
International |
Declaration on the Right to Development (1986) | Development | General Assembly of the United Nations |
International |
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (2nd part) (1949) | War | Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War |
International |
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949) | War | Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War |
International |
Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos | General | Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas |
| International | Plight of street children, G.A. res. 47/126, 47 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 200, U.N. Doc. A/47/49 (1992) |
Children | General Assembly of the United Nations |
| United States | Civil Disobedience | Civil Rights | Henry David Thoreau |