- Convention on the Political Rights of Women
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women , 18 December 1979 United Nations General Assembly
- Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
- Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women(United Nations General Assembly Resolution 104/48 of 23 February 1994)
- Declaration of the World Conference on Women, Beijing (September 1995)
- Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Convention C111 – Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
- CCPR General Comment-No. 28, Article 3 (The Equality of Rights Between Men and Women)