INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organisation, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the …
Leer »Resolutions of the Diplomatic Conference. Geneva, 12 August 1949
RESOLUTION 1 The Conference recommends that, in the case of a dispute relating to the interpretation or application of the present Conventions which cannot be settled by other means, the High Contracting Parties concerned endeavour to agree between themselves to refer such dispute to the International Court of Justice.RESOLUTION 2Whereas …
Leer »Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Geneva Convention IV)
Preamble The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of establishing a Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, have agreed as follows:Part I. General ProvisionsArticle 1. The High Contracting …
Leer »Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III)
Preamble The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Convention concluded at Geneva on July 27, 1929, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, have agreed as follows:Part I. General …
Leer »Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea (Geneva Convention II)
Preamble The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Xth Hague Convention of October 18, 1907 for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 1906, …
Leer »Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (Geneva Convention I)
Preamble The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Geneva Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of July 27, 1929, have agreed as …
Leer »Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva, 12 August 1949
The Conference convened by the Swiss Federal Council for the purpose of revising: the Geneva Convention of 27 July 1929 for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field, the Xth Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles …
Leer »State Treaty (with annexes and maps) for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria. Signed at Vienna, on 15 May 1955
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FRANCE and AUSTRIA State Treaty (with annexes and maps) for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria. Signed at Vienna, on 15 May 1955 Official texts: Russian, English, French and German. Registered …
Leer »Treaties relating to the establishment of Cyprus
Nicosia, 16 August 1960 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Greece and the Republic of Turkey of the one part and the Republic of Cyprus of the other part: Desiring to make provisions to give effect to the Declaration made by the Government of …
Leer »Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
The Contracting States, Acting in pursuance of resolution 896 (IX), adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 4 December 1954, Considering it desirable to reduce statelessness by international agreement, Have agreed as follows: Article 1 1. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person born …
Leer »Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, Outer Space and Under Water
THE GOVERNMENTS of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, hereinafter referred to as the “Original Parties”, PROCLAIMING as their principal aim the speediest possible achievement of an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict …
Leer »The Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers
Adopted by the International Law Association at the fifty-second conference, held at Helsinki in August 1966. Report of the Committee on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers (London, International Law Association, 1967) CHAPTER 1. GENERAL Article I The general rules of international law as set forth in these …
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