International Standards
In this section of the website you will find a selection of international standards on a variety of human dimension issues (for a list of topics, see column to the left). Browse this section to view excerpts from and full texts of universal and regional treaties and non-treaty instruments, OSCE commitments and international case-law.
The data contained in this section is intended to assist law drafters, legal professionals and public officials in ensuring compliance with international human rights standards.
European Court of Human Rights - case of Georgia v. Russia (I) (2014)
Date: 2021-07-06, en, pdf
European Court of Human Rights - case of Magyar Kerestny Mennonita Egynz and Others v. Hungary (2014)
Date: 2021-07-06, en, pdf
European Court of Human Rights - case of Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi v. Turkey (2016)
Date: 2021-07-06, en, pdf
European Court of Human Rights - case of Frumkin v. Russia (2016)
Date: 2021-07-06, en, pdf
European Court of Human Rights - case of Xhoxhaj v. Albania (2021)
Date: 2021-07-03, en, pdf
Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
Date: 2021-07-03, en, pdf
European Court of Human Rights - case of E.S. v. Austria (2018)
Date: 2021-07-03, en, pdf
European Court of Human Rights - case of Osmanoglu and Kocabas v. Switzerland(2017)
Date: 2021-07-03, en, pdf
United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement (2019)
Date: 2021-07-03, en, pdf
Guidelines on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism (2002)
Date: 2021-07-03, en, pdf