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Conventions

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/59/290
April 2005
New York, NY
58/4. United Nations Convention against Corruption
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/58/4
October 2003
New York, NY
United Nations Convention against Corruption
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/58/4
October 2003
New York, NY
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/55/25
November 2000
New York, NY
54/263. Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/54/263
May 2000
New York, NY
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/54/263
May 2000
New York, NY
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/54/4
October 1999
New York, NY
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Economic Commission for Europe ECE/CEP/43
April 1998
Aarhus, Denmark
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
Oslo Diplomatic Conference on a Total Global Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines
September 1997
Oslo, Norway
Convention on Biological Diversity
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on a Convention on Biological Diversity
May 1992
Nairobi, Kenya
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/45/158
December 1990
New York, NY
Convention on the Rights of the Child
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/44/25
November 1989
New York, NY
Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
International Labour Organization C169
June 1989
Geneva, Switzerland
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/39/46
December 1984
New York, NY
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects
United Nations Conference on Prohibitions or Restrictions of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects A/CONF.95/15
October 1980
Geneva, Switzerland
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/34/180
December 1979
New York, NY
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/31/72
December 1976
New York, NY
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
United Nations General Assembly
March 1973
Washington, DC
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
November 1972
Paris, France
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
International Conference on Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl
February 1971
Ramsar, Iran
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
November 1970
Paris, France
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
United Nations General Assembly
January 1967
New York, NY
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/21/2200 A
December 1966
New York, NY
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/21/2200 A
December 1966
New York, NY
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/20/2106
December 1965
New York, NY
Convention against Discrimination in Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
December 1960
Paris, France
Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation
International Labour Organization C111
June 1958
Geneva, Switzerland
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
May 1954
The Hague, The Netherlands
Convention on the Political Rights of Women
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/7/640
December 1952
New York, NY
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons
July 1951
Geneva, Switzerland
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/4/317
December 1949
Lake Success, NY
Geneva Convention IV: relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War
August 1949
Geneva, Switzerland
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/3/260 A
December 1948
Paris, France
Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments
International Conference of American States
December 1933
Washington, DC