By subject

Children
Convention on the Rights of the Child

Civil and political rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (and optional protocols)

Disability
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Economic, social, and cultural rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (and protocol)

UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Genocide
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Human rights (general)
American Convention on Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Institutions
Principles relating to the status of national institutions (The Paris Principles)

Migrant workers
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Missing or disappeared persons
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Prisoners
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners and Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

Racial or other discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Refugees
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

Slavery and forced labour
Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery (Slavery Convention)

Torture
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

War crimes
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Women
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women