International humanitarian law is a set of laws recognised by most countries that tries to limit the destructive effects of war, such as the Geneva conventions.
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International human rights instruments |
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Declarations, manifestos, and resolutions |
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- Brazilian Resolution
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
- Declaration of Montreal
- Declaration of the Rights of the Child
- Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (DEDAW)
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW)
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
- Declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity
- American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
- Paris Principles
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA)
- Yogyakarta Principles
- Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)
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- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
- Convention against Torture
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention on the Political Rights of Women
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Regional law |
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- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)
- European
- Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- Convention for the Prevention of Torture
- European Convention on Nationality
- Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- Social Charter
- Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Inter-American Convention
- to Prevent and Punish Torture
- on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
- on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (Belém do Pará Convention)
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