Human Rights Documents
Search

Tip: Enter a search term (word or phrase, as in Google) and press ENTER or click the search button

Skip Navigation LinksAHR > Human Rights Documents > Core International Human Rights Treaties
  1. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965 (CERD)
    Text (PDF): [English] [Arabic] [French]
    Text (HTML): [English]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 (CCPR)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    a. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Concerning communications from individuals claiming to be victims of violations, 1966
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification]
    b. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification]
  3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 (CESCR)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    a. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2008
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification]
  4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 (CEDAW)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1989
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
  5. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 (CAT)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    a. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2002 Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
  6. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 (CRC)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, 2000
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2000
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
  7. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990 (CMW)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
  8. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 (CRPD)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Committee website] [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
    a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification] [Our coverage]
  9. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2007 (CED)
    Text: [English] [Arabic] [French]
    [Status of ratification]