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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1961
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention

Body
International Labour Organization
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1958
Document code
C111
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention

Body
International Labour Organization
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2014
Document code
PO29
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

The Arms Trade Treaty

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

CRC - OPSC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

CRC - OPAC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

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

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1990
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

ICCPR - OPII - Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1984
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Body
Hague Conference on Private International Law
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1980
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1979
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1965
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention

Body
International Labour Organization
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1999
Document code
C182
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1951
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Crime

Body
United Nations General Assembly
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea

Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1949
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1949
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1949
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Minimum Age Convention

Body
International Labour Organization
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1973
Document code
C138
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Equal Remuneration Convention

Body
International Labour Organization
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1951
Document code
C100
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention

Body
International Labour Organization
Legal status
Legally binding
Document type
International treaty
Year
1949
Document code
C098
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Document

The Arms Trade Treaty 2013, para. undefined

Paragraph text
Any State may at the time of signature or the deposit of instrument of its of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that it will apply provisionally Article 6 and Article 7 pending the entry into force of this Treaty for that State.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The Arms Trade Treaty 2013, para. 5

Paragraph text
Each exporting State Party shall take measures to ensure that all authorizations for the export of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4 are detailed and issued prior to the export.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. No one shall be subjected to enforced disappearance.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICED - International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006, para. b

Paragraph text
Having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2

Paragraph text
2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 5

Paragraph text
5. The provisions of the present Convention shall extend to all parts of federal states without any limitations or exceptions.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. n

Paragraph text
(n) Recognizing the importance for persons with disabilities of their individual autonomy and independence, including the freedom to make their own choices,
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. j

Paragraph text
(j) Recognizing the need to promote and protect the human rights of all persons with disabilities, including those who require more intensive support,
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. h

Paragraph text
(h) Recognizing also that discrimination against any person on the basis of disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the human person,
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - OPSC - Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000, para. undefined

Paragraph text
Have agreed as follows:
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 2d

Paragraph text
2. The Assembly shall: (d) Consider and decide the budget for the Court;
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 4

Paragraph text
4. The sentence shall be pronounced in public and, wherever possible, in the presence of the accused.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 6

Paragraph text
6. The Court shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge but may take judicial notice of them.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 6a

Paragraph text
6. At the hearing, the person may: (a) Object to the charges;
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. undefined

Paragraph text
The summons shall be served on the person.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 2a

Paragraph text
2. (a) The judicial functions of the Court shall be carried out in each division by Chambers.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 2

Paragraph text
2. The Court may apply principles and rules of law as interpreted in its previous decisions.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 3

Paragraph text
3. The Elements of Crimes and amendments thereto shall be consistent with this Statute.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 3

Paragraph text
3. The Court may sit elsewhere, whenever it considers it desirable, as provided in this Statute.
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. The seat of the Court shall be established at The Hague in the Netherlands ("the host State").
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States the text of reservations made by States at the time of ratification or accession.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. States Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant to the child.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined

Paragraph text
States Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined

Paragraph text
For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
1989
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. 2

Paragraph text
2. The Committee shall elect its officers for a term of two years.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
  • Women
Year
1979
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Minimum Age Convention 1973, para. 5. (1)

Paragraph text
A Member whose economy and administrative facilities are insufficiently developed may, after consultation with the organisations of employers and workers concerned, where such exist, initially limit the scope of application of this Convention.
Body
International Labour Organization
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1973
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Minimum Age Convention 1973, para. 4

Paragraph text
Considering that the time has come to establish a general instrument on the subject, which would gradually replace the existing ones applicable to limited economic sectors, with a view to achieving the total abolition of child labour, and
Body
International Labour Organization
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
1973
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 4

Paragraph text
4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the initial meeting of the Committee at the Headquarters of the United Nations.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2

Paragraph text
2. Each State Party to the present Covenant may nominate not more than two persons. These persons shall be nationals of the nominating State.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 1

Paragraph text
1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Families
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 2

Paragraph text
2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
1966
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

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