International Human Rights Norms
Red = Adopted by U.S.

United Nations Charter (1945), ratified August, 1945
United Nations Commission for Human Rights, Article 68  

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), ratified December, 1948

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), ratified November, 1988

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), ratified June, 1992

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1966),  ratified October, 1994

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)

Convention Against Tortureand other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984), ratified October, 1994

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

Vienna Declaration & Program of Action (1993)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1994)

Beijing Platform for Action (1994)