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United Nations treaties

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Charter of the United Nations

1945 foundational treaty of the United Nations

Convention on the Rights of the Child

international treaty about the rights of children

Paris Agreement

international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

international bill of rights for women

Genocide Convention

1948 United Nations resolution which legally defined genocide

Convention on Biological Diversity

international treaty

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

treaty that lays the framework for most diplomatic relationships

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

international treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

1951 United Nations treaty

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

1969 United Nations treaty

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

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

treaty aimed at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world

Arms Trade Treaty

treaty regulating the arms trade

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

electronic device terms and conditions in fine print

United Nations Convention Against Corruption

Anti-corruption treaty

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

Escazu Agreement

international treaty signed in 2018

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

International treaty on environmental protection

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

UN convention adopted in 1990

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals

1968 international treaty

Nagoya Protocol

global treaty on biological diversity

Vienna Convention on Road Traffic

an international treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by establishing standard traffic rules among the contracting parties.

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

environmental protocol

World Heritage Convention

1972 international treaty

Erdut Agreement

1995 treaty ending the Croatian War of Independence

Rotterdam Convention

United Nations treaty

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

treaty of the United Nations

Convention on the Political Rights of Women

1953 treaty on women's rights

Convention on Psychotropic Substances

UN treaty on recreational drugs

Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

organized crime

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

arms control treaty

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

1966 United Nations treaty

Environmental Modification Convention

1976 international treaty on environmental modification

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

international treaty

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others

1950 United Nations 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

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty

treaty protecting biodiversity by establishing large-scale marine protected areas and regulating marine research for scientific and commercial development

Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

2000 United Nations treaty

Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

1954 United Nations treaty

protocol in the United Nations

Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties

1978 United Nations treaty

International Trade Organization

proposed international institution

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

GMO-focused international agreement on biosafety

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

1962 United Nations treaty

Convention on the High Seas

international treaty singed year 1958

Registration Convention

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

Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite

1974 United Nations treaty

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

2008 United Nations treaty

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

1967 United Nations treaty

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations

1986 United Nations treaty

United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery

1956 United Nations treaty which builds upon the 1926 Slavery Convention