This section contains links to a variety of important human rights documents. In the Primary Documents section, you will find the Charter of the United Nations, and a variety of other core international human rights instruments. There is also a selection of regional human rights instruments from Africa, Europe and the Americas.
The Document Archives section contains links to some of the most comprehensive online archives, including the UN treaty collection in the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
Primary Documents
Includes the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other core global and regional international human rights instruments.