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Important Links

• Foreign Treaties and Covenants Gopher
• Selected International Law and Foreign Government Resources
• European Environmental Law Homepage
• United Nations Treaty Database
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Treaties and Other Instruments

Charters and Statutes

• African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
• Charter of the United Nations
• European Social Charter
• Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Statute of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights
• Statute of the International Court of Justice

Constitutions

• Most of the constitutions from Central and South America are here (Gopher)
• Constitutions at AdmiNet

Conventions

• American Convention on Human Rights
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Bern Convention. for the Protection of Literary & Artistic Works
• Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents - The Hague, 5 October 1961
• Convention Against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 1988 - This Convention provides comprehensive measures against drug trafficking, including provisions against money laundering and the diversion of precursor chemicals. It provides for international cooperation through, for example, extradition of drug traffickers, controlled deliveries and transfer of proceedings.
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution From Land-Based Sources
• Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation - 1971
• Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas - 1958
• Convention on Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
• Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
• Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere
• Convention on Psychotropic Substances - 1971 - The Convention establishes an international control system for psychotropic substances. It responded to the diversification and expansion of the spectrum of drugs of abuse and introduced controls over a number of synthetic drugs according to their abuse potential on the one hand and their therapeutic value on the other.
• Convention on the High Seas
• Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
• Convention on the Prohibition of The Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction - 1972
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters - The Hague, 15 November 1965
• Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
• Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State
• Convention to Combat Desertification
• Convention to Prohibit Import and Export of Cultural Property
• Hague Conventions
• Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling - 1946
• International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
• International Conventions and Other Multilateral Instruments
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property - 20 March 1883
• Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs - 1961 - This Convention aims to combat drug abuse by coordinated international action. There are two forms of intervention and control that work together. First, it seeks to limit the possession, use, trade in, distribution, import, export, manufacture and production of drugs exclusively to medical and scientific purposes. Second, it combats drug trafficking through international cooperation to deter and discourage drug traffickers.
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - Geneva, Switzerland
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Bonn, Germany
• Universal Copyright Convention as Revised at Paris - 1971
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (with Protocols)
• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and Optional Protocols
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 1985

Declarations

• The Dar es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics (1990)
• Declaration on a Code of Conduct for Inter-African Relations
• American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
• The Khartoum Declaration on Africa's Refugee Crisis
• The Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility (1990)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• • Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th Anniversary

Law of Armed Conflict

• Convention (III) for the Adoption to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention - 22 August 1864
• Geneva Conventions
  • Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
  • Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
  • Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
  • Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
  • Geneva Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)

Protocols

• Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1990)
• Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments Treaty Between the United States of America and Other American Republics
• Protocol I Relating to the Status of Refugees - New York 1967
• Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
• Protocol for Prohibition of Poisonous Gases (1928)

Treaties

• Antarctic Treaty (1959)
• Israeli-PLO Peace Agreement (1993)
• Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on European Union)
• North Atlantic Treaty
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• • Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
• The Treaty of Amsterdam
• • Draft Treaty of Amsterdam
• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, In Outer Space and Under Water (1963)
• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies (1967)
  • Geneva Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)