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Treaties extended to the Pitcairn Islands

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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

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.

Genocide Convention

1948 United Nations resolution which legally defined genocide

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

1998 international treaty establishing the International Criminal Court

Chemical Weapons Convention

international treaty banning chemical weapons

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

multilateral agreement regulating international trade

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

treaty aimed at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world

Biological Weapons Convention

treaty banning production of bioweapons

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Treaty on Open Skies

international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities

Bonn Convention

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

environmental protocol

World Heritage Convention

1972 international treaty

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

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

multilateral environmental agreement

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

1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions

International treaty

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages

1962 United Nations treaty

Registration Convention

treaty requiring states to furnish to the United Nations details about the orbit of each space object

Space Liability Convention

treaty that expands on the liability rules created in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967

Committee Against Torture

UN body of human rights experts

Rescue Agreement

treaty setting forth rights and obligations of states concerning the rescue of persons in space

Hostages Convention

1979 international criminal law treaty

United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

United Nations treaty

Protection of Diplomats Convention

1973 United Nations anti-terrorism 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

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

1969 international maritime treaty

International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage

1992 international maritime treaty

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas

1958 international treaty

Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast

1921 treaty which recognised that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea using its own flag

International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties

1969 international maritime convention

Barcelona Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit

1921 international treaty

Hague Service Convention

Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims

1976 multilateral treaty