Basic Human Rights Conventions and Declarations

United Nations Declarations and Conventions are available at the Geneva site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from the page International Human Rights Instruments.

The Council of Europe (not to be confused with the European Union) hosts the texts of the European Conventions on Human Rights, with commentaries and related information). 

 
THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1948 in English
 
At the United Nation site of High Commisioner for Human Rights  in Geneva the UDHR is available in 250 languages!
CONVENTION on the PREVENTION and PUNISHMENT of the CRIME of GENOCIDE, at the UN Site, 1948
The European Convention on Human Rights (1950) 

The Council of Europe Site
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1950)
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees,  at the UN site, 1954
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS,  at the UN site, 1976
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), at UN site, 1981.
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, at the UN site, 1987
Convention on the Rights of the Child, at the UN site, 1989
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,  at the UN site, 1990
VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION (1993)
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court -- (1998) in 11 languages hosted at 


Prevent Genocide International

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000) Home Page
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Home Page

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