The various Human Rights Instruments are:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- The First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (OPTI)
- The Second Optional Protocol in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (OPT2)
- The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
- The International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (APAR)
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (MWC)