Links to documents 1919 - 1969

1919: Covenant of the League of Nations

1933: Convention on Rights and Duties of States (Montevideo Convention)

1945: Charter of the United Nations (as amended)

1945: Statute of the International Court of Justice

1945: Charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Charter)

1948: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

1950: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (as amended by Protocol No. 11)

1952: First Protocol

1963: Fourth Protocol

1983: Sixth Protocol

1984: Seventh Protocol

2000: Twelfth Protocol

2002: Thirteenth Protocol

2004: Fourteenth Protocol

1951: Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

1967: Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Both available on: www.unhcr.org.uk/

1960: Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

1961: Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

1962: General Assembly Resolution on ‘Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources’

1965: International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

1966: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

1966: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1966: First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1990: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty

1969: Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties

1969: American Convention on Human Rights

1969: Convention on Special Missions