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International Human Rights: Legal Instruments

Status Information

Use these sources to locate parties to the agreements as well as entry into force dates.

UN Treaty Collection.

NORMLEX (ILO).

International Humanitarian Law Database: States Parties.

Council of Europe, provides status information, signatures and ratifications, and declarations and reservations.

U.S. Dept. of State, Office of the Legal Advisor, Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States (Washington, DC: Office of the Legal Advisor, 1929-). 

Wiktor, Multilateral Treaty Calendar, 1648-1995 (The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1998).

Treaties & Agreements

There are several sites on the Web for the full-text of human rights instruments.

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