Links to documents 1919 - 1969

Links to documents 1919 - 1969

1919: Covenant of the League of Nations

avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/leagcov.asp 

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

avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/intam03.asp 

1945: Charter of the United Nations (as amended)

www.un.org/en/documents/charter/index.shtml 

1945: Statute of the International Court of Justice

www.icj-cij.org/documents/?p1=4&p2=2 

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

avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/imtconst.asp  

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

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CrimeOfGenocide.aspx 

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 

All available on: www.conventions.coe.int 

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

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/Independence.aspx 

1961: Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=III-3&chapter=3&lang=en 

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

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/NaturalResources.aspx 

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

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx 

1966: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx 

1966: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx 

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

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPCCPR1.aspx 

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

www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/2ndOPCCPR.aspx

1969: Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties

https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsIII.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXIII-1&chapter=23&Temp=mtdsg3&lang=en 

1969: American Convention on Human Rights

www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-32.html 

1969: Convention on Special Missions

https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=III-9&chapter=3&lang=en

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