United Nations Charter (June 26, 1945)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (December 9, 1948)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948)
The Geneva Conventions I, II, III and IV of 1949 (August 12, 1949)
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (July 28, 1951)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December 16, 1966)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (December 16, 1966)
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (January 31, 1967)
Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Conflicts (June 8, 1977)
Protocol II of the Geneva Conventions, relating to the Protection of Victims of Non- International Armed Conflicts (June 8, 1977)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (December 18, 1979)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (December 10,1984)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (November 20, 1989)
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (July 11, 1990)
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (June 25, 1993)
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (July 12, 1998)
ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (June 17, 1999)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (May 25, 2000)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (May 25, 2000)
United Nations Millennium Declaration (September 6, 2000)
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (November 15, 2000)
A World Fit for Children (May 10, 2002)
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (December 18, 2002)