Relevant human rights treaties

• Articles 2 and 3 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Articles 2, 3 and 26 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Article 7 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
• Articles 2, 3, 18 and 28 African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• Article IV OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
• Article 3 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
• Articles 1(1) and 24 American Convention on Human Rights
• Article 3 Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (‘Protocol of San Salvador Protocol’)
• Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women ‘Convention of Belem do Para’
• Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
• Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women
• Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women
• Article 14 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• Protocols Nos. 7 and 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
• Article 20 European Social Charter (revised)
• European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock
• Article 4 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
• Articles 20, 21 and 23 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• Article 3 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
• UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education
• ILO 100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value
• ILO 111 Concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation
• International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
• International Convention against Apartheid in Sports

Other relevant instruments and documents

• Article 7 Universal Declaration on Human Rights
• Article II American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
• General Comment 18, adopted by the Human Rights Committee, Thirty-seventh session, 1989
• General Comment 29, adopted by the Human Rights Committee, Seventy-second session, 2001
• General Comment 15, adopted by the Human Rights Committee, Twenty-seventh session, 1986
• Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, UNGA Resolution 1904 (XVIII) of 20 November 1963
• Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, UNGA Resolution 2263 (XXII) of 7 November 1967
• Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, UNGA Resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981
• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities, UNGA Resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992
• Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on 8 September 2001
• Article 1 The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, adopted at the Nineteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, 5 August 1990
• Inter-American Court Advisory Opinion OC-4/84 of 19 January 1984
• Inter-American Court Advisory Opinion OC-18/03 of 17 September 2003
• Charter of Paris for a New Europe