- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly, 1948
- European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950
- Convention against Discrimination in Education, UNESCO, 1960
- Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, United Nations General Assembly, 1965
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, United Nations General Assembly, 1966
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, United Nations General Assembly, 1966
- Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live, United Nations General Assembly, 1985
- Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations General Assembly, 1989
- Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, United Nations General Assembly, 1992
- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, United Nations General Assembly, 1951
- Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, (UNHCR), 1967
- Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, ILO No. 29, 1930
- Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), ILO No. 97, 1949
- Equal Remuneration Convention, ILO No 100, 1951
- Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, ILO No 105, 1957
- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, ILO No 111, 1958
- Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, ILO No. 143, 1975
- International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, United Nations General Assembly, 1990
- Domestic Workers Convention, ILO No. 189, 2011
- Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, ILO No 117, 1962
- Convention concerning Equality of Treatment of Nationals and Non-Nationals in Social Security, ILO No 118, 1962
- Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, United Nations General Assembly, 1954
- Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, (UNHCR), 1961
- Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Crime, United Nations General Assembly, 2000