United Nations (UN)

The best place to start your search is the UN Treaty Collection. Confused by why a treaty is titled "Convention," "Agreement," "Protocol," or "Charter"? Read the UN explanation of treaty titles.

UN Treaties - International Laws

• United Nations International Law
• UN Treaty Collection
• UN Charter
• UN Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT)
• UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA)
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1 July 2002, 120 countries)
• United Nations Space Law

Human Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10 December 1948)
• Geneva Convention I - wounded in the field (21 October 1950)
• Geneva Convention II - wounded at sea (21 October 1950)
• Geneva Convention III - prisoners of war (21 October 1950)
• Geneva Convention IV - civilians (21 October 1950)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (23 March 1976)
• Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (23 March 1976)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (3 January 1976)
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (12 January 1951)
• Convention against Torture (26 June 1987)

Rights of the Child

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (2 countries signed, 192 ratified)
• Protocol: Rights of the child in armed conflict (117 countries signed, 88 ratified)
• Protocol: Rights of the child on sale, prostitution, porn (110 countries signed, 87 ratified)

United Nations Treaties on Terrorism

Under the auspices of the UN, there are 12 international treaties related to terrorism, 10 main treaties and two supplemental protocols:

• Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (entry into force 4 December 1969)
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (entry into force 14 October 1971)
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (entry into force 26 January 1973)
• Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation (entry into force 6 August 1989)
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons (entry into force 20 February 1977)
• International Convention against the Taking of Hostages (entry into force 3 June 1983)
• Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (entry into force 8 February 1987)
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (entry into force 1 March 1992)
• Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (entry into force 1 March 1992)
• Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (entry into force 21 June 1998)
• International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (entry into force 23 May 2001)
• International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (entry into force 10 April 2002)

Related Treaties

• Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
• Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)