CORE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR- OP1)
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR- OP2)
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT)
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS AND DECLARATIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
PROTECTION OF PERSONS SUBJECTED TO DETENTION, IMPRISONMENT OR ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
- United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)
- Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
- Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
- United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules)
- United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
- Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
- Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE JUDICIARY
- Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
- Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
- Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
- Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
- Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors
- Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law
PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
- Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
- Resolution 12/2 of the Human Rights Council on the Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
- Resolution 24/24 of the Human Rights Council on the Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
HUMANITARIAN LAW
- Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)