International human rights instruments are the treaties and other international texts that serve as legal sources for international human rights law and...

parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law. Other international human rights instruments, while not legally binding, contribute to the...

The American Convention on Human Rights, also known as the Pact of San José, is an international human rights instrument. It was adopted by many countries...

The International Bill of Human Rights was the name given to UN General Assembly Resolution 217 (III) and two international treaties established by the...

article: Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations...

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that is intended to promote...

The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) first adopted...

Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, is an international human rights instrument established...

April 1948 – the first international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by more than six months...

eight core International Human Rights Instruments to which the Philippines is a State Party, as well as other United Nations Human Rights Conventions...