The following guides focus on each of the separate human rights protected under international law. These guides explain the scope of each right, summarize significant case law interpreting the right, and identify useful sources for further research.
Civil and Political Rights
- Assembly & Association
- Citizenship & Nationality
- Conflict & International Humanitarian Law
- Due Process & Judicial Protection
- Equal Protection & Non-Discrimination
- Humane Treatment & Personal Integrity
- International Criminal Law
- Liberty
- Life
- National Security & Counter-Terrorism
- Opinion & Expression
- Political Rights
- Privacy
- Religion
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Business & Human Rights
- Cultural Rights
- Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
- Education
- Environmental Rights
- Family
- Food & Water
- Health
- Housing
- Property
- Work & Labor Rights
Vulnerable Groups
- Asylum & the Rights of Refugees
- Children’s Rights
- Immigration and Migrants’ Rights
- Indigenous Peoples
- LGBTI Persons (Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity)
- Persons with Disabilities
- Women’s Rights