User:Koakhtzvigad/List of international multilateral conventions

Charter of the Organization of American States (30 Apr 1948) Signed in Bogotá in 1948 and amended by the Protocol of Buenos Aires in 1967, by the Protocol of Cartagena de Indias in 1985, by the Protocol of Washington in 1992, and by the Protocol of Managua in 1993.

Convention Relating to Damage Caused by Foreign Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface (7 Oct. 1952).

Treaty establishing the European Community (Treaty of Rome) as amended by subsequent treaties through the Treaty of Amsterdam October 2, 1997; text version. See also the Maastricht Treaty

Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (14 Dec 1960).

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (29 Nov 1969). Replaced by the 1992 Protocol as amended in 2000.

Convention for the Supression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (23 Sept 1971)

Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties (23 Aug 1978)

Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (19 Jun 1980)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (10 Dec 1982) By PART and ANNEX

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (26 Sept 1986)

Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (26 Sept 1986)

Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance (7 June 1991)

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Agenda 21 (14 Jun 1992)

European Energy Conference. European Energy Charter.Annexes and Protocol (17 Dec 1994)

Maastricht Treaty (Treaty of European Union)

Council of Europe European Convention on Nationality (6 Nov 1997)

Organization of American states Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (14 Nov 1997)

United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (12 Jan 1998)

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (17 July 1998); Ratification status.

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. (15 Dec 2000) Advance copy of the authentic text. Includes the Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children; and the Protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air.

Treaty of Nice (26 Feb 2001) Ratification status.

Human Rights[edit]

Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery (25 Sep 1926); and Protocol

Convention Concerning Forced Labor (28 Jun 1930)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). WWW version via The United Nations via HRWEB

Convention Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (9 Jul 1948)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (9 Dec 1948). WWW version via HRWEB.

Convention Concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively (1 Jul 1949)

Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. WWW version via University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.

Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea

Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (21 Mar 1950)

European Convention on Human Rights (4 Nov 1950) and all Protocols, via Council of Europe

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (28 July 1951)

Convention on the Political Rights of Women (31 Mar 1953)

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (7 Sep 1956)

Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor (25 Jun 1957)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (7 Mar 1966)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (16 Dec 1966). WWW version via HRWEB.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (16 Dec 1966)

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (31 Jan 1967)

American Convention on Human Rights (22 Nov 1969); Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador"

Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (26 Jun 1973)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (18 Dec 1981). WWW version via HRWEB

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (10 Dec 1984). WWW version via HRWEB

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (9 Dec 1985)

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Strasbourg 26 Nov 1987)

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador" (17 Nov 1988).

ILO Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries. (27 June 1989)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (20 Nov 1989)

Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (7 June 1990).

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (18 Dec 1990)

Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1992) via University of Saskatchewan.

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Strasbourg 5 Nov 1992)

Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (29 May 1993)

United Nations World Conference on Human Rights: Vienna Declaration and Action Programme (25 Jun 1993)

Protocol Number 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Strasbourg 4 Nov 1993)

Protocol Number 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Strasbourg 4 Nov 1993)

1994 Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment (

Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons (9 June 1994)

European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Strasbourg 1 Feb 1995)

Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (19 Oct 1996)

Council of Europe: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (4 April 1997)

Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, entered into force Nov. 19, 2000. (

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (22 Dec 2000); Ratification status.

Marine and Coastal[edit]

Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tuna Commission Washington (31 May 1949)

International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the Pacific Ocean (9 May 1952)

Agreement Concerning Measures for the Protection of the Stocks of Deep Sea Prawn (Pandalus borealis), European Lobsters

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954. (12 May 1954)

Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone (29 Apr 1958)

Convention on the High Seas (29 Apr 1958)

Convention on Fishing & Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas (29 Apr 1958)

Convention on the Continental Shelf (29 Apr 1958)

[[Optional Protocol ... [to] the UN Conf. on the Law of the Sea]] (29 Apr 1958)

North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (24 January 1959)

Convention Concerning Fishing in the Black Sea (7 July 1959)

Agreement Concerning Co-operation in Marine Fishing (28 July 1962)

Convention for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (17 September 1964) and Protocol

Agreement for Co-Operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil (with Annex)

Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South East Atlantic (23 Oct. 1969).

Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil thereof (11 Feb. 1971).

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, (London, December 29, 1972) and the 1996 Protocol

Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (4 Jun 1974); revised 1992

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution (16 Feb 1976) and Protocols

Convention on the Protection of the Rhine Against Chemical Pollution (3 Dec. 1976).

Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-Operation on the Protection of the Marine environment from Pollution (24 Apr. 1978).

Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (24 Oct 1978); as amended 1979

Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (18 Nov 1980)

Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region; and Protocol (23 Mar 1981)

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South-East Pacific (12 Nov 1981)

Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment; and Protocol (14 Feb 1982)

Convention for the Conservation of salmon in the North Atlantic Area (2 Mar. 1982).

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (10 Dec 1982)

Agreement for Co-Operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances (13 Sept 1983)

Provisional Understanding Regarding Deep Seabed Mining (3 Aug 1984)and Agreement on the Resolution of Practical Problems with Respect to Deep Seabed Mining Areas

Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region. (21 June 1985)

South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (6 Aug 1985)

International Convention on Salvage; (24 Apr 1989). via Australian Treaty Series, 1998.

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-Operation, 1990 (30 Nov 1990)

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (17 Mar 1992)

Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Areawith Annexes (9 Apr 1992).

Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (21 Apr 1992)

Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region (9 Jul 1992)

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (22 Sep 1992). Web versionfrom OSPAR.

Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (June 30, 1994)

Agreement on the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( 28 July 1994)

Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 October 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (August 4 1995)

International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (3 May 1996)

United Nations: Convention on the law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (May 21, 1997)

Other Environmental[edit]

Convention for the Establishment of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (18 April 1951)

International Plant Protection Convention (6 December 1951) and the Plant Protection Agreement for the South East Asia and Pacific Region

Great Lakes Basin Compact (1955)

The Antarctic Treaty (1 Dec 1959) and 1991 Protocol. The Antarctic Treaty System at SCAR.

Agreement Concerning Co-operation in the Quarantine of Plants and their Protection Against Pests an Diseases (14 December 1959)

Convention of the African Migratory Locust Organization (25 May 1962)

Agreement for the Establishment of a Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia (3 December 1963); Agreement for the Establishment of a Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (15 Sept 1968)

European Agreement on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Detergents in Washing and Cleaning Products (16 September 1968)

Agreement for Co-Operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil (with Annex)

Convention Concerning Protection against Hazards of Poisoning Arising from Benzene (23 June 1971)

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972): Declaration; Action Plan

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London, December 29, 1972) and the 1996 Protocol

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (2 November 1973). International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships as amended by the Protocol of 1978

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)

Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (10 Dec 1976)

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships as amended by the Protocol of 1978 (17 February 1978 from UNEP).

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (20 May 1980)

Convention Concerning Safety in the Use ofAsbestos (24 June 1986)

Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (25 Nov. 1986).

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (22 Mar 1989). WWW version via Basel Convention Secretariat.

London Guidelines for the Exchange of Information on Chemicals in International Trade (25 May 1989)

Convention Concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work (25 June 1990)

Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (30 Jan 1991)

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (25 Feb 1991)

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (4 Oct 1991)

Convention on Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention)

Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (17 Mar 1992)

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (14 Jun 1992)

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Agenda 21 and Other UNCED Agreements (14 Jun 1992)

Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to the Environment (1993)

Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention (22 June 1993)

North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. (12 Sept 1993) Commission for Environmental Cooperation

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (17 Jun 1994); via UNDPwith ratification information.

Code of Ethics on the International Trade in Chemicals (United Nations Environment Programme 1994)

Basel Ban (Amendment to the Basel Convention)

International Convention on Libility and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (3 May 1996)

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (5 September 1997) from IAEA.

Draft Protocol to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (24 June 1998)

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (25 June 1998)

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure For Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (11 September 1998)

United Nations Recommendations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Model Regulations. (12th revised edition 2001)

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 22, 2001)

International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (Revised Version from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, November 2002)

Trade and Commercial Relations[edit]

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947)

International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (26 Oct 1961)

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (rev. 14 Jul 1967)

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary & Artistic Works (Stockholm rev. 14 Jul 67; and Paris rev. 24 Jul 71)

International Convention on Travel Contracts (CCV)

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations (19 Jul 1970). Contracting States. WIPO.U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (14 Nov 1970)

Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971; and Protocols (24 Jul 1971); and WIPO Copyright Treaty

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms (29 Oct 1971)

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (December 20, 1996)

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (11 Apr 1980)

Convention on the Law Applicable to Contract Obligations (19 Jun 1980)

Unidroit Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods (17 Feb 1983)

Unidroit Convention on International Factoring (28 May 1988)Text version

Unidroit Convention on International Financial Leasing (28 May 1988) Text version

Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes (9 Dec 1988)

International Convention on Salvage; (28 Apr 1989). via Australia Treaty Series, 1998.

North American Free Trade Agreement (1993) Printable text version.

World Intellectual Property Organization-World Trade Organization: Agreement Between WIPO and WTO (Geneva, 22 December 1995)

UNCITRAL - Draft model law on electronic commerce (revised 14 June 1996)

World Intellectual Property Organization: Performances and Phonograms Treaty (20 Dec 1996)

Draft version of the OECD's Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI).

Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (17 Dec 1997)

Rules of Warfare, Arms Control[edit]

Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field Prepared by Francis Lieber (The Lieber Code) (1863)

Convention (I) for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (29 Jul 1899)

Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land (29 Jul 1899)

Convention (III) Relative to the Opening of Hostilities (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (VI) Relating to the Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (VII) Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into War-Ships (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (VIII) Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (IX) Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (X) for the Adaption to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention (18 Oct 07)

Convention (XI) Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (XIII) Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War (18 Oct 1907)

Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (17 Jun 1925)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (9 Dec 1948)

Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field WWW version (12 Aug 1949)

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (14 May 1954). WWW version

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1 Jul 1968)

Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (11 February 1971)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (10 Apr 1972)

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-ballistic Missile Systems (26 May 1972); and Protocol of 3 July 1974.

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflict]] (Protocol I) (8 Jun 1977)

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflict (Protocol II) (8 Jun 1977)

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects (10 Oct 1980)

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe(19 Nov 1990)

Treaty on Open Skies(24 Mar 1992). Text and annexes from U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (13 Jan 1993).Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW) and Ratification Status.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty(10 Sept 1996).UN Centre for Disarmamant Affairs

United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings(12 Jan 1998)