Treaties
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Entered into force
October 12, 1948
Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (Protocol III)
Entered into force
December 8, 2005
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
Entered into force
June 8, 1977
Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I)
Entered into force
June 8, 1977
Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Entered into force
August 12, 1949
Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Entered into force
August 12, 1949
Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
Entered into force
August 12, 1949
Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Entered into force
August 12, 1949
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Entered into force
December 9, 1948
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Entered into force
July 17, 1998
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Entered into force
December 20, 2006
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Entered into force
January 31, 1967
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Entered into force
June 28, 1951
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Entered into force
December 18, 1990
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Entered into force
June 25, 1958
Equal Remuneration Convention
Entered into force
June 29, 1951
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Entered into force
June 1, 1949
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Entered into force
July 9, 1948
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930
Entered into force
June 11, 2014
Forced Labour Convention
Entered into force
June 28, 1930
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Entered into force
June 25, 1957
Minimum Age Convention
Entered into force
June 26, 1973
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Entered into force
December 13, 2006
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Entered into force
December 13, 2006
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Entered into force
December 18, 2002
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Entered into force
December 10, 1984
Convention concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour
Entered into force
June 17, 1999
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Entered into force
February 25, 2000
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Entered into force
May 25, 2000
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Entered into force
November 20, 1989
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Entered into force
September 7, 1956
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926
Entered into force
December 7, 1953
Slavery Convention
Entered into force
December 3, 1953
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
Entered into force
September 28, 1954
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
Entered into force
August 30, 1961
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
Entered into force
December 10, 1962
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Entered into force
October 6, 1999
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Entered into force
December 18, 1979
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Entered into force
March 7, 1966
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Entered into force
December 16, 1966
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
Entered into force
December 15, 1989
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Entered into force
December 10, 2008
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Entered into force
December 16, 1966
Statute of the International Court of Justice
Entered into force
October 24, 1945
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Entered into force
December 16, 1966
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