International Law

Basic Documents in International Law

1. International Organizations
2. The Law of the Sea
3. Outer Space
4. Diplomatic Relations
5. Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources
6. Human Rights and Self-Determination
7. Law of Treaties
8. Judicial Settlement Disputes
9. Conventions Against Terrorism

A. International Organizations

1. Charter of the United Nations
2. Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations
3. Statement of the Four Sponsoring Powers on Voting Procedure in the Security Council
4. Constitution of the International Labour Organization
5. Charter of the Organization of African Unity

B. The Law of the Sea

1. Conventions adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 29 April 1958
   1. The Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
   2. The High Seas
   3. Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
   4. The Continental Shelf
2. Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction
3. Convention on the Law of the Sea

C. Outer Space

• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies

D. Diplomatic Relations

• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

E. Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources

1. General Assembly Resolution of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources
2. Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

F. Human Rights and Self-Determination

1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2. International Convenants on Human Rights
   1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
   2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
   3. Optional Protocol
3. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
4. International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination
5. The European Convention on Human Rights (incl. Protocols)

G. Law of Treaties

• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

H. Judicial Settlement Disputes

• Statute of the International Court of Justice

I. Conventions Against Terrorism

• Universal instruments:
  1. Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, 1963
  2. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970
  3. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1971
  4. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973
  5. International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, 1979
  6. Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 1979
  7. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supploementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1988
  8. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988
  9. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988
  10. Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, 1991

  11. International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997

  12. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999
• Regional instruments
  13. OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Form of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of International Significance, 1971
  14. European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, 1977
  15. SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism, 1987
  16. The Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, 1998
  17. Treaty on Cooperation among the States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Combating Terrorism, 1999
  18. Convention on the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism, 1999
  19. OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 1999
• United Nations Declarations
  20. Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, 1994
  21. Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, 1996
• Other Instruments
  22. Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 1994
  23. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, 1949
  24. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, 1949
  25. Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 1949
  26. Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 1949
  27. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 1977
  28. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 1977