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Slavery Convention, 1926, and the Protocol amending the Slavery Convention, 1953, and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956 Introductory note by Jean Allain
- General Assembly resolution 95 (I) of 11 December 1946
(Affirmation of the Principles of International Law recognized by the Charter of the Nürnberg Tribunal) Introductory note by Antonio Cassese
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 Introductory note by William Schabas
- Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons
and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, 1950
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 Introductory note by John Dugard
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973 Introductory note by Sir Michael Wood
International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, 1979
Introductory note by Ben Saul
- Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims
of Crime and Abuse of Power, 1985
- International Convention against the Recruitment,
Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries General Assembly resolution 44/34, 1989 Introductory note by Kevin Riordan
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 1993 Introductory note by Fausto Pocar
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1994 Introductory note by Michael Scharf
- Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International
Terrorism, 1994 and the 1996 Supplementary Declaration thereto Introductory note by Rohan Perera
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 1994, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 2005 Introductory note by Mahnoush H. Arsanjani
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997 Introductory note by Pierre Klein
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999 Introductory note by Pierre Klein
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimes (with protocols), 2000
Statute for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, 2002
Agreement between the United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia concerning the prosecution under Cambodian law of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea, 2003 Introductory note by Hans Corell
United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, 2005 Introductory note by Rohan Perera
Agreement between the United Nations and the Lebanese Republic on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for Lebanon, 2007
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Decolonization |
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Diplomatic and Consular Relations |
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Disarmament |
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), 1968
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, 1972 Introductory note by Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov
- Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other
Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, 1976
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 (with Protocols), 1980 Introductory note by Yves Sandoz
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, 1992 Introductory note by Michael Bothe
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, 1996 Introductory note by Thomas Graham
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 1997 Introductory note by Stuart Casey-Maslen
- Convention on Cluster Munitions, 2008
Introductory note by Kevin Riordan
Arms Trade Treaty, 2013 Introductory note by Peter Woolcott
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Education, Science and Culture
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Environmental Law |
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Declaration), 1972 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992 Introductory note by Günther Handl
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985, and Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987 Introductory note by Edith Brown Weiss
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989 Introductory note by Katharina Kummer Peiry
Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992, and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2000 Introductory note by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 Introductory note by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 1994
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997 Introductory note by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, 1997 Introductory note by Stephen McCaffrey
- Articles on Prevention of Transboundary Harm from
Hazardous Activities, 2001
- Principles on the Allocation of Loss in the Case of
Transboundary Harm Arising Out of Hazardous Activities, 2006 Introductory note by Sreenivasa Rao Pemmaraju (P. S. Rao)
- Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers, 2008
Paris Agreement, 2015 Introductory note by Daniel Bodansky
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Health |
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Human Rights |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Introductory note by Antônio Cançado Trindade
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965 Introductory note by Gay McDougall
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 Introductory note by Christian Tomuschat
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 Introductory note by Mónica Pinto
- Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory
Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, 1968
Proclamation of Teheran, 1968 Introductory note by Djamchid Momtaz
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 Introductory note by Dubravka Šimonović
General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981 (Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief) Introductory note by Heiner Bielefeldt and Michael Wiener
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 Introductory note by Hans Danelius
Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live, 1985
- Declaration on the Right to Development, 1986
Introductory note by Surya P. Subedi
Convention on the Rights of the Child (with protocols), 1989
- General Assembly resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992
(Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities) Introductory note by Heiner Bielefeldt and Michael Wiener
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1999 Introductory note by Jane Connors
Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, 2005 Introductory note by Theo van Boven
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 Introductory note by Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearance, 2006
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007 Introductory note by Siegfried Wiessner
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International Economic Law |
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International Humanitarian Law |
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International Organizations |
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Law of International Relations |
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Law of Outer Space |
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Law of the Sea |
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Law of Treaties |
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Peace and Security |
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Refugees and Stateless Persons |
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Succession of States |
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