International – Major Events – Timeline
International – Major Events – Timeline
- 1948: United Nations – Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- 1950: Council of Europe – The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- 1965: United Nations – International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- 1966: United Nations – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – ICCPR
- 1966: United Nations – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – ICESCR
- 1979: United Nations – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- 1984: United Nations – Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 1989: United Nations – Convention on Rights of a Child (UNCRC)
- 1993: United Nations – Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles)
- 1994/11: Council of Europe – The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities – National Minorities (FCNM)
- 2001/09: United Nations – The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
- 2006: United Nations – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- 2015: United Nations – International Decade for People of African Descent Begins
