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International humanitarian law is a set of laws recognised by most countries that tries to limit the destructive effects of war, such as the Geneva conventions.

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Humanitarianism
Laws of war

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International human rights instruments

Declarations, manifestos, and resolutions

Brazilian Resolution
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
Declaration of Montreal
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (DEDAW)
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW)
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
Paris Principles
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA)
Yogyakarta Principles
Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)

International law

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Convention against Torture
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Political Rights of Women
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Regional law

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)
European
American Convention on Human Rights
Inter-American Convention

International humanitarian law
Genocide Convention Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Geneva Conventions Hague Conventions Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court