Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
International standards
Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
Key International Human Rights Instruments
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Vienna Human Rights Declaration and Programme of Action
Focused on women’s rights
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
Focused on children’s rights
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Other international standards
- Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
- ILO Convention No. 100 on equal remuneration
- ILO Convention No.111 on discrimination in employment and occupation
- ILO Convention 156 on workers with family responsibilities
- ILO Convention 183 on maternity protection
- ILO Convention 189 on domestic workers
- ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment
Regional instruments
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights "Banjul Charter"
- Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa "Maputo Protocol"
- American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San José"
- Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of economic social and cultural rights “Protocol of San Salvador”
- Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women "Convention of Belém Do Pará"
- Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights
- The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence "Istanbul Convention"
- ASEAN Declaration on the elimination of violence against women and elimination of violence against children
- ASEAN Declaration Against Trafficking in Persons Particularly Women and Children
- OIC Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women "Cairo Plan of Action for Women"