International Law > Some Basic Documents of International Law

Charter of the United Nations (1945)

Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945)

Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948)

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)

Geneva Conventions (Laws of War) (1949)

Hague Conventions on Private International Law

(New York) Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (1973)

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (1997)

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1996)

World Trade Organization Agreement (1994)