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Kyoto Protocol
international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Convention on the Rights of the Child
international treaty about the rights of children
Ramsar Convention
international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
international treaty
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
international maritime law
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
treaty adopted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
covenant adopted in 1966 by United Nations General Assembly resolution
CITES
CITES (shorter acronym for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The convention was opened for signature in 1973 and CITES entered into force on 1 July 1975.
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
1998 international treaty establishing the International Criminal Court
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
international treaty
Chemical Weapons Convention
international treaty banning chemical weapons
Convention on Biological Diversity
international treaty
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
treaty that lays the framework for most diplomatic relationships
Outer Space Treaty
treaty that forms the basis of international space law
Montreal Protocol
environmental protocol designed to protect the ozone layer
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
international human rights instruments
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
United Nations convention and human rights instrument
Ottawa Treaty
treaty aimed at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
1974 international treaty for maritime safety
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships
1973 international marine environmental convention
Biological Weapons Convention
treaty banning production of bioweapons
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
treaty
Treaty on Open Skies
international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities
Bonn Convention
treaty
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
environmental protocol
World Heritage Convention
1972 international treaty
Warsaw Convention
1929 treaty governing commercial aviation liability
Convention on the Political Rights of Women
1953 treaty on women's rights
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels
Treaty of Tlatelolco
treaty to prohibit and prevent the testing, use, production, storage or acquisition of any nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Convention on Psychotropic Substances
UN treaty on recreational drugs
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
organized crime
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
multilateral environmental agreement
Apostille Convention
1961 international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
sets minimum qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships and large yachts
Protocol I
1977 treaty
Environmental Modification Convention
1976 international treaty on environmental modification
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil thereof
multilateral agreement banning the emplacement of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor beyond a 22 km coastal zone
Protocol II
1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
international treaty
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
international treaty
Convention against Discrimination in Education
1960 UNESCO treaty
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
international treaty within the UN framework
Hague-Visby Rules
treaty
Maritime Labour Convention
International Labour Organization convention
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages
1962 United Nations treaty
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
treaty
Space Liability Convention
treaty that expands on the liability rules created in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967
Registration Convention
treaty requiring states to furnish to the United Nations details about the orbit of each space object
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
1961 United Nations multilateral treaty
Committee Against Torture
UN body of human rights experts
Protocol III
2005 treaty
Cape Town Treaty
2001 treaty
Rescue Agreement
treaty setting forth rights and obligations of states concerning the rescue of persons in space
Hostages Convention
1979 international criminal law treaty
Hague Hijacking Convention
1970 multilateral treaty
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
multilateral treaty by which states agree to prohibit and punish behaviour which may threaten the safety of civil aviation
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives
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Protection of Diplomats Convention
1973 United Nations anti-terrorism treaty
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
1958 international treaty