The Charter of the United Nations contains some important human rights provisions, in addition to containing the framework for the organization as a whole. This is a fully indexed HTML version of the ...
This convention bans acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. It declares genocide a crime under international law whether committ...
This convention bans discrimination against children and provides for special protection and rights appropriate to minors. The copy of the Convention on the Rights of the Child presently accessible th...
This convention bans discrimination against women. The copy of the Convention on Women presently accessible through this page is a fully- indexed HTML document. A linked summary of the document will b...
This convention bans torture under all circumstances and establishes the UN Committee against Torture. In particular, it defines torture, requires states to take effective legal and other measures to ...
Also called the first Geneva Convention The first Geneva Convention focuses on the rights of individuals, combatants and non-combatants, during war. It is lengthy and detailed, perhaps because human ...
This covenant details the basic civil and political rights of individuals and nations. Among the rights of nations are: the right to self determination the right to own, trade, and dispose of thei...
This covenant describes the basic economic, social, and cultural rights of individuals and nations, including the right to: self-determination wages sufficient to support a minimum standard of l...
The UDHR is the first international statement to use the term "human rights", and has been adopted by the Human Rights movement as a charter. It is short, and worth reading in its entirety -- a summar...
The Association for Human Rights and Immigration Assistance (AMHRI) is an independent, non-profit civil society organization of Yemeni-American origin with a global scope. It is officially registered in Yemen with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor under number (50/105) on June 17, 2007.
