Regional Human Rights Documents and Mechanisms
I. Regional Human Rights Instruments:
1: American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
2: American Convention on Human Rights
3: Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, "Protocol of San Salvador"
4: African Charter on Human and People's Rights
5: Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
6: European Social Charter (Council of Europe)
II. Regional Human Rights Mechanisms:
1: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
2: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
3: African Commission on Human and People's Rights
4: European Court of Human Rights
III. Guidelines & Principles
Please visit our resource page on Regional Mechanisms for the Enforcement of Human Rights.