International conventions: Chronological Index

See also Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970 and Conventions: Chronological Index: 1971-1990

Conventions before 1899

Treaty of Westphalia (24 Oct 1648).

George Washington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States. September 17, 1796.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (2 Feb 1848)

Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field . Prepared by Francis Lieber (The Lieber Code) (1863)

International Conventions from 1899 to 1950

Convention (III) for the Adaption to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864 (1899)

John Hay to Andrew D. White First Open Door note. September 6, 1899.

Convention (I) for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (29 Jul 1899)

Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land (29 Jul 1899)

Convention (II) for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (III) Relative to the Opening of Hostilities (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land
(18 Oct 1907)

Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (VI) Relating to the Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (VII) Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into War-Ships (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (VIII) Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (IX) Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (X) for the Adaption to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (XI) Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War (18 Oct 1907)

Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea (23 Sept 1910) and 1967 Protocol

Convention (XIII) Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War (18 Oct 1907)

Convention (XII) Relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court (1907)

Convention between the United States, Great Britain, Russia and Japan for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals (7 July 1911) (no longer in force)

Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1920)

Covenant of the League of Nations (as amended, 1924)

Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (17 Jun 1925)

Convention to Supress the Slave Trade and Slavery (25 Sep 1926); and Protocol (7 Dec 1953)

Convention Concerning Forced Labor (28 Jun 1930)

Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State (8 Nov 1933)

Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (Roerich Pact) (15 Apr 1935)

Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere (12 Oct 1940)

Charter of the United Nations (26 Jun 1945). Plain Text version.

Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945) Plain text

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (2 Dec 1946); Protocol of Amendment (1956)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947) (as amended through 1966).Final Act of the Uruguay Round

Charter of the Organization of American States (30 Apr 1948)
Signed in Bogotá in 1948 and amended by the Protocol of Buenos Aires in 1967, by the Protocol of Cartagena de Indias in 1985, by the Protocol of Washington in 1992, and by the Protocol of Managua in 1993. (via the OAS.)

Convention Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (9 Jul 1948)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). WWW version via The United Nations.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (9 Dec 1948)

Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tuna Commission Washington (31 May 1949)

Convention Concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively (1 Jul 1949)

Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. WWW version via University of Minnesota Human Rights Library (12 Aug 1949)

Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (12 Aug 1949)

Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (12 Aug 1949)

Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (12 Aug 1949)

Agreements for the Establishment of a General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (24 Sept 1949)

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (21 Mar 1950)

International Convention for the Protection of Birds (18 Oct 1950)

European Convention on Human Rights (4 Nov 1950) and all Protocols , via the Council of Europe.

Author: international

Mentioned in these Entries

Agreements for the Establishment of a General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean, Charter of the Organization of American States, Charter of the United Nations, Convention Concerning Forced Labor, Convention Concerning Freedom of Association, Convention Concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively, Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora, Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tuna Commission, Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970, Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990, European Convention on Human Rights, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, International Conventions from 1991, League of Nations, Statute of the International Court of Justice, Treaty of Westphalia, Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments.