Salient Documents in International Law
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ENERAL
1. The Covenant of the League of Nations, 1919
2. Treaty of Paris (Kellogg-Briand), 1928
3. Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States, 1933
5. Declaration by United Nations, 1942
6. Declaration of Four Nations on General Security, 1943
7. Charter of the United Nations, 1945
9. Statute of the International Law Commission, 1947
10. Final Communiqué of the Asian-African Conference, 1955
11. Declaration on Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960
13. United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Decade of International Law 1989
14. Declaration on the New Asian- African Strategic Partnership, 2005
PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
15. Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, 1907
16. Statute of the International Court of Justice, 1945
17. Resolution concerning the Internal Judicial Practice of the Court, 1976
18. Rules of the International Court of Justice, 1978
LAW OF TREATIES
19. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969
20. Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties, 1978
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS
22. Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946
23. Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, 1947
24. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961
27. Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963
NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER
29. Declaration on the Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources, 1962
30. Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 1974
31. Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, 1974
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
32. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
33. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment o the Crime of Genocide, 1948
34. Convention on the International Right of Correction, 1953
35. International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, 1966
36. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
37. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
38. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966
40. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973
41. Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953
42. Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, 1957
43. Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages, 1962
44. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984
45. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
46. International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, 1985
47. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONS
52. Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, 1946
53. Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951
54. Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954
55. Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961
56. Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967
57. Final Text of the AALCO’s 1966 Bangkok Principles on Status and treatment of Refugees, 2001
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
58. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1947
59. Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization, 1948
60. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 1980
61. Marrakech Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, 1995
INTERNATIONAL PENAL MATTERS
64. Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 1994
65. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998
66. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999
67. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000
68 Convention against Corruption, 2003
LAW OF THE SEA
69. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
72. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958
73. UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, 1985, with amendments as adopted in 2006
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
74. Stockholm Declaration on Human Environment, 1972
75. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992
76. Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, 2002
77. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985
78. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987
80. Convention on Biological Diversity,1999
81. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2000
83. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992
84. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997
87. Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, 1997
INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE LAW
90. Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, 1929
91. Convention on International Civil Aviation, 1944
92. International Air Transport Agreement, 1944
93. International Air Services Transit Agreement, 1944
95. Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft, 1948
96. Convention on Damage Caused by Foreign Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface, 1952
99. Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, 1999
102. Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, 1972
103. Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, 1975
104. Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1979
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM LAW
105 Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft, 1963
106. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970
107. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1971
111. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988
114. Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, 1991
115. International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997
116. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999
117. International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, 2005
INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT LAW
119. The Antarctic Treaty, 1959
120. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water, 1963
121. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968
125. Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV to the 1980 Convention), 1995
127. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, 1996
129. Convention on Cluster Munitions, 2008
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
132. Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 1949
133. Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in time of War, 1949
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
137. Statutes of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, 1956 revised and adopted in 2004
138. The ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration), 1967
139. Charter of the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, 1981
140. Pact of the League of Arab States, 1945
141. Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948
142. Charter of the Organization of African Unity, 1963
143. Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, 1985
144. Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 2007