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  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

    Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women The Optional Protocol to Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (OP-CEDAW) is a separate treaty that must be independently ratified or acceded to by States that are already parties to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. While it…

  • Common Topics

    Common Topics Arbitration Arms Control Bill of Exchange Cemeteries Church Church Properties Common Law Competition law Contracts Conventions Courts Criminal Procedure Customs Law Cybercrime Definitions Dictionaries Disarmament Elections Europe European Union Export Controls Export Law Exports Featured Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy France GATT History Human Development Human rights Immunities Import Law Information Retrieval…

  • International Conventions from 1991

    International Conventions from 1991 Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990 See also: Conventions: Chronological Index Conventions: Chronological Index : 1951-1970 Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990 Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (30 Jan 1991) Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a…

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

      Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2 Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without […]

  • Humanitarian Law

    Affirmation of U.S. Commitment to Humanitarian Law at Red Cross Conference In relation to the international law practice and Affirmation of U.S. Commitment to Humanitarian Law at Red Cross Conference in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Use of Force, Arms […]

  • Human Rights Council

    United States Statement at the Human Rights Council in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 14, 2011, at the 18th session of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Donahoe delivered a […]

  • List of International Human Rights Treaties

    List of International Human Rights Treaties There are nine core international human rights treaties, each established with a committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns. The treaties are: International Convention on the Elimination of All…

  • International Court of Justice Part 1

    Hello International Court of Justice Part 1   1 Current Legal Developments International Court of Justice Hamid, Abdul Ghafur International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Volume 26, Number 2, 2011 p.335-342 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: International Court of Justice: Kosovo Symposium Leiden Journal of International Law Volume 24, Number…

  • Multilateral treaties: Organization of American States

    Multilateral Treaties : Organization of American States Recommended guidelines for preparing and adopting inter-american legal instruments Scope 1. The sole purpose of the following recommendations is to guide and facilitate the preparation of inter-American legal instruments where a procedure has not already been expressly provided for or the states have not agreed on the corresponding…

  • Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970

    International Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970 See also Conventions: Chronological Index and Conventions: Chronological Index: 1971-1990 Conventions Chronological Index 1951-1970 Convention for the Establishment of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization 18 Apr 1951) Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (28 Jul 1951) International Plant Protection Convention (6 Dec 1951) and the Plant Protection…

  • Human rights : a reference handbook

    Human rights : a reference handbook Nina Redman and Lucille Whalen Table of contents of this book ch. 1. Introduction Human rights: a definition Development of international human rights International law and human rights Current human rights issues ch. 2. Chronology ch. 3. Biographical sketches ch. 4. Selected human rights documents Universal Declaration of Human…

  • Human Rights resources

    Human Rights resources General Human Rights country Reports (U.S.Department of State) The UN Human Rights System (Human Rights Internet and Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Extensive Review, by country and with Links, of the United Nations Human Rights System Human Rights Watch World Report Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe and Central Asia; Middle East…