Contents
Part I – Conventions Covenants & Protocols
• Covenant of the League of Nations, 1919
• Charter of United Nations, 1945
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
• Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946
• Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 1994
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally
Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents, 1973
• Statute of the International Court of Justice, 1945
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
• Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Aiming at Abolition of the Death Penalty, 1989
• Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
• Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1995
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, in human or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, 1984
• Montreal Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of
Civil Aviation, 1971
• Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain other Acts Committed on
Board Aircraft, 1988
• Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms, 1950
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and in human or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, 1987
• European Convention on State Immunity, 1972
• European Social Charter, 1961
• American Convention on Human Rights ('Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica') 1969
• African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1981
• Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
• Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961
• United Nations Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969
• Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, 1978
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963
• Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the
High Seas, 1958
• Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1958
• Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, 1899
• Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, 1907
• International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of
Apartheid, 1973
• Geneva Convention Relating to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War, 1950
• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and
Other Matter, 1972
Part II - Declarations, Agreements, Treaties & Resolutions
• United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2000
• Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly
Relations and Co-Operation among States in Accordance with the Charter
of the United Nations, 1970 .
• Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
Peoples, 1960
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992
• Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, 2002
• American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948
• Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 1993
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1959 .
• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious
and Linguistic Minorities, 1992
• Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of
the European Axis, and Charter of the International Military Tribunal, 1945
• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and
Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1967
• Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and
under Water, 1963
• International Law Commission Draft Articles on State Responsibility, 1996
• Draft Articles on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property, 1948
• Antarctic Treaty, 1959
• United Nations Resolutions on Terrorists Attack in America
Part III - Appendix
About the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Member States
Subject Index