Here are links to eight basic human rights documents.  Criminal justice students should be aware of the basic principles honored in each.

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION

OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC,

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL

FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL,

INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION

OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL MIGRANT WORKERS AND
MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES


for further information on the web:  : http://www.un.org/rights/