The General Conventions
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
- Statute of the International Court of Justice
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Organization of the United Nations
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights-Paris 10 December 1948
- International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
- General Comment No. 25-The right to participate in public affairs, voting rights and the right of equal access to public service
- General Comment No.16-Article 17 (Right to Privacy) The Right to Respect of Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence, and Protection of Honour and Reputation
- The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
- United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 10 June 1958)
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (Geneva, 19 May 1956)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
- International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 1979 (‘Hostages Convention’)
- Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
- United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
- Convention Concerning International Carriage By Rail (COTIF)
- United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)
- First World Congress against the Death Penalty-Strasbourg
- The Statute of the IAEA
- Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations