United Nations Standard-setting Instruments

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United Nations Standard-setting Instruments

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Standard-setting Instruments

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General Instruments

Charter of the United Nations (1945)	pdf	html
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)	pdf	html
Conventions and Agreements
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1966) [146 ratifications on 1998]	pdf	html
International Covenant on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) [133 ratifications]	pdf	html
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) [140 ratifications on 1988]	pdf	html
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)  [151 ratifications]	pdf	html
Convention on the rights of the Child (1989) [185 ratifications]	pdf	html