Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 47/133 of 18 December 1992).

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 2006. Entered into force on 23 December 2010).

Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted by the Council of Europe on 4 November 1993. Entry into force: 1 March 2002).

Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted on 4 November 1993. Entered into force on on 1 March 2002).

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted by the member States of the Council of Europe on 26 November 1987. Entry into force: 1 February 1989. Amended by Protocol 1 and 2).

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted on 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199).

Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 55/89 Annex, 4 December 2000).

Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 37/194 of 18 December 1982).

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984. Entered into force on 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1)).

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Adopted by General Assembly resolution 3452 (XXX) of 9 December 1975).