ADVANCEMENT
Declaration of the World Conference of the International Women's Year, 1975
Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1985
Beijing Declaration: Fourth World Conference on Women, 1994
Beijing Platform for Action, 1995
Further Actions and Initiatives to Implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 2000
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, 1974
CHILDREN
Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child, 1924 (League of Nations)
Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1959
Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
World Summit for Children, 1990
World Summit for the Survival, Protection and Development of Children, 1990
Goals for Children and Development in the 1990s, 1990
United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, 1990
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
DISCRIMINATION
Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1967
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
EDUCATION
Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960
ELDERLY
Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging
EMPLOYMENT
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
Employment Policy Convention, 1964
MARRIAGE
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, 1957
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage & Registration of Marriages, 1962
RURAL WOMEN
Geneva Declaration for Rural Women, 1992
Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas, 1995
TRAFFICKING
UNIVERSAL RIGHTS
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
Declaration on Social Progress and Development, 1969
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, 1971
Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, 1974
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975
Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace, 1984
Declaration on the Right to Development, 1986
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 1993
Universal Declaration on Democracy, 1997
United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2000
SEE ALL INSTRUMENTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 1993
Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1993
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Peace, 1975
Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace & Cooperation, 1982
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security, 2000
UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) on Women, Peace and Security, 2008
UN Security Council Resolution 1888 (2009) on Women, Peace and Security, 2009
UN Security Council Resolution 1889 (2009) on Women, Peace and Security, 2009
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: CIVIL AND POLITICAL
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women, 1949
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights of Women, 1949
Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1952
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2000
WOMEN IN THE UN SYSTEM
Reolutions of the General Assembly and Reports of the Secretary General
