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Treaties extended to the Netherlands Antilles

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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

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

treaty adopted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

international maritime law

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

covenant adopted in 1966 by United Nations General Assembly resolution

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

international bill of rights for women

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.

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

1880s international copyright treaty adopted by 160+ countries

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

1998 international treaty establishing the International Criminal Court

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

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

1969 United Nations treaty

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

Fourth Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention of 1864

First Geneva Convention governing the sick and wounded members of armed forces, adopted in 1864

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

1963 limited test ban treaty

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

international treaty to ban nuclear explosions

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships

1973 international marine environmental convention

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

1974 international treaty for maritime safety

Biological Weapons Convention

treaty banning production of bioweapons

European Social Charter

1961 Council of Europe treaty

international treaty that turns jurisdiction of all celestial bodies over to the international community

Second Geneva Convention

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Treaty on Open Skies

international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities

1975 multilateral treaty

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

Bonn Convention

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

environmental protocol

World Heritage Convention

1972 international treaty

Third Geneva Convention

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 the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter

multilateral environmental agreement

Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

organized crime

Convention on Psychotropic Substances

UN treaty on recreational drugs

Marrakech Agreement

April 1994 international free trade agreement signed in Marrakech, Morocco

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

Apostille Convention

1961 international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law

First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1966 United Nations treaty

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

international environmental agreement

Environmental Modification Convention

1976 international treaty on environmental modification

European Patent Convention

international patent treaty

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

United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

international treaty

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention

International Labour Organization Convention

1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions

Convention against Discrimination in Education

1960 UNESCO treaty

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

1999 United Nations treaty

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1989 United Nations treaty

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

international treaty within the UN framework

Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

2000 United Nations treaty

Patent Law Treaty