Key Human Rights Conventions and Agreements

  • 1948 - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 1948 - Genocide Convention
  • 1949 - The Geneva Conventions
  • 1950 - European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
  • 1951 - Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
  • 1965 - Conventions for the Elimination of Racism
  • 1966 - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • 1966 - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • 1979 - Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
  • 1984 - The UN Convention Against Torture
  • 1989 - Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • 1990 - Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers
  • 1998 - Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
  • 1998 - Human Rights Act (UK)
  • 2006 - International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
  • 2007 - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities