In the tables, we use the following abbreviations to refer to the eleven treaties and their corresponding enforcement mechanisms:
| Treaty | Enforcement Mechanism |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) | None |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) |
Human Rights Committee (HRC) |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) |
| African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Protocols (ACHPR) | African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR Commission) |
| [European] Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) | European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) |
| 1996 Revised European Social Charter (ESC) | European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) |
| American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) | Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) |
| American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (ADRDM) |
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) |
Also cited are the former Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and various UN Special Rapporteurs (SR) and Working Groups (WG).