Baha'is support the creation of an international legal framework and effective multilateral institutions to monitor human rights violations and encourage the enforcement of global standards.

Since 1985, American Baha'is have been in leadership roles to bring about U.S. ratification of international human rights treaties including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Convention against Genocide, the UN Convention against Torture and the UN Convention to Eliminate Racial Discrimination.

Current ratification efforts focus on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). Baha'i representatives currently serve on the steering committees of the Working Group on the Ratification of CEDAW and the Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.