Main legal texts for the study of public international law

ÍNDICE

PART I.

The international legal order

Covenant of the League of Nations (28 June 1919)

Charter of the United Nations

(San Francisco, 26 June 1945)

Statute of the International Court of Justice (San Francisco, 26 June 1945)

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 23 May 1969)

Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (New York, 24 October 1970)

PART II.

The subjects of Public International Law

A. THE STATE

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva, 28 July 1951)

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (New York, 31 January 1967)

The Antarctic Treaty (Washington D.C., 1 December 1959)

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (Vienna, 18 April 1961)

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Vienna, 24 April 1963)

Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties (Vienna, 23 August 1978)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego Bay, 10 December 1982)

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (Rome, 10 March 1988)

Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (London, 14 October 2005)

Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 5 June 1992)

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development(Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)

Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (New York, 21 May 1997)

United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (New York, 2 December 2004)

International Law Commission Articles on Diplomatic Protection (19 May 2006)

International Law Commission Articles on the Expulsion of Aliens (6 June 2014)

Resolution Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 25 September 2015)

Paris Agreement (Paris, 12 December 2015)

International Law Commission Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters (3 June 2016)

B. THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (New York, 13 February 1946)

Convention on Special Missions (New York, 8 December 1969)

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations (Vienna, 21 March 1986)

International Law Commission Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations (3 June 2011)

C. THE INDIVIDUALS

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Paris, 9 December 1948)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Paris, 10 December 1948)

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Rome, 4 November 1950)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (New York, 16 December 1966)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New York, 16 December 1966)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (New York, 18 December 1979)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (New York, 20 November 1989)

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome, 17 July 1998)

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (New York, 15 November 2000)

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (New York, 20 December 2006)

PART III.

The application of Public International Law

International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (New York, 17 December 1979)

International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries (New York, 4 December 1989)

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, Finland, 25 February 1991)

International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (New York, 9 December 1999)

International Law Commission Articles on Responsibility of States for International Wrongful Acts (31 May 2001)

International Law Commission Draft Articles on Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities (10 August 2001)

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (New York, 13 April 2005)

Arms Trade Treaty (New York, 2 April 2013)

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (New York, 7 July 2017)

United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (New York, 20 December 2018)

International Law Commission Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (2019)