Treaties

thumb|upright|The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, on display at the [[Istanbul Archaeology Museum, was for a long time believed to be the earliest example of any written international agreement of any kind.]]

wartime principle in international law

In international law, a depositary is a government or organization to which a multilateral treaty is entrusted. The principal functions of a depositary are codified in Article 77 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

Types of sources of international law and the scholarly theories about them

type of international treaty