1. 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States
• 1974 UN Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (QR code)
2. Charter of the United Nations
• 1946 General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (QR code)
• 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel (QR code)
3. Statute of the International Court of Justice
• Rules of the Court (QR code)
4. 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
5. 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
6. 1950 (European) Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
First Protocol to the ECHR
Protocol No. 4 to the ECHR
Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR
Protocol No. 7 to the ECHR
Protocol No. 12 to the ECHR
Protocol No. 13 to the ECHR
Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR
• 1949 Statute of the Council of Europe (QR code)
• 1994 Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (QR code)
• 1995 Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints (QR code)
• 1996 Revised European Social Charter (QR code)
• 1997 European Convention on Nationality (QR code)
7. 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
• 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (QR code)
• 2009 Kampala Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (QR code)
• 2018 Global Compact for Refugees (QR code)
• 2018 Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (QR code)
8. 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
• 1963 Geneva Convention on Consular Relations
• 1969 Convention on Special Missions
• 1972 European Convention on State Immunity
• 1972 Additional Protocol to the European Convention on State Immunity
• 1973 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
• 2004 United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property
9. 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
• 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (QR code)
10. Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources
11. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
12. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
• 1926 Convention to Suppress Slave Trade and Slavery (QR code)
13. 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• 1986 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States or International organizations or between International Organizations (QR code)
• 2011 Draft Articles on the Effects of Armed Conflicts on Treaties
14. 1969 American Convention on Human Rights
San Salvador Protocol Additional Protocol to the ACHR in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (QR code)
15. Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-Operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (Declaration on Friendly Relations)
16. Definition of Aggression
17. 1978 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties 258
• 1983 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts (QR code)
18. 1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• 1998 Protocol on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (QR code)
• 2008 Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (QR code)
19. 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (full text and annexes) (QR code)
• 1994 Implementation Agreement (QR code)
• Fish Stocks Agreement (QR code)
• ITLOS Rules of the Tribunal (QR code)
• 2023 Agreement under the UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (QR code)
• 1966 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (QR code)
20. 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
21. 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement
• 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (QR code)
• 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (QR code)
• 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC (QR code)
• 2016 Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (QR code)
22. 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• 1945 Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of Major War Criminals (Nuremberg Charter) (QR code)
• 1946 Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Charter) (QR code)
• 1993 Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (QR code)
• 1994 Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (QR code)
• Rules of Procedure and Evidence (QR code)
23. 2001 Draft Articles on Responsibility of Statesfor Internationally Wrongful Acts
• 2011 Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations (QR code)
24. 2006 Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection
25. 2022 Draft Conclusions on Identification and Legal Consequences of Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens)
26. Other Selected Treaties and Instruments
Treaties related to the protection of the individual under the UN system
• 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (QR code)
• 1979 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (QR code)
• Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (QR code)
• 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (QR code)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (QR code)
• 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (QR code)
• 2010 United Nations Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (QR code)
Other instruments related to the protection of human rights
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (QR code)
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct (QR code)
Treaties related to the use of force
• 1928 General Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy (Kellog-Briand Pact) (QR code)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO Treaty) (QR code)
• 1949 Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (QR code)
• 1949 Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked members of Armed Forces at Sea (QR code)
• 1949 Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (QR code)
• 1949 Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (QR code)
• Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (QR code)
• Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (QR code)
• Protocol (III) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (QR code)
• 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (QR code)
• Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (QR code)
• Second Protocol to The Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (QR code)
• 1968 Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (QR code)
• 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (QR code)
• 1980 Certain Conventional Weapons Convention (QR code)
• 1989 International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries (QR code)
• 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (QR code)
• 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (QR code)
• 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (QR code)
• 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (QR code)
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