Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)
International human rights instruments
The status of ratifications of the core human rights instruments can be found in the database RATIF on the SIM documentation site. Texts of international human rights instruments can also be found in the database INSTRUMENTS (in English structured by article).
United Nations
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951
- Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
- Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984
- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2002
- Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Council of Europe
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1952
- Protocol No. 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give Advisory Opinions, 1963
- Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the first Protocol thereto, 1963
- Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty, 1983
- Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1984
- Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 2000
- Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, 2002
- Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending the control system of the Convention, 2004
- European Social Charter, 1961
- European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987
- Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1993
- Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1993
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1995
Humanitairian law