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Due to these limitations, in 2021, the maximum number of state ratifications that a multilateral treaty can have is 198; this total consists of all 193 UN member states; both UN observer states, the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine; as well as the Cook Islands, Niue, and Kosovo (member states of eight, five, and two UN specialized agencies respectively).
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, 13 December 2006) Several more human rights instruments exist. A few examples: The International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (ICSPCA) International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Among the treaties are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED), the Ottawa Treaty (Mine Ban Treaty), the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the ...
North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911: First international treaty seeking the management and conservation of wildlife. Treaty of Daan: Ends the Zaidi insurgency in Yemen in exchange for autonomy within the Ottoman Empire. 1912 International Opium Convention: The first international drug control treaty. Huangpu River Conservancy
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, London, 1954, 1962, 1969; International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas; Convention on Psychotropic Substances; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods; Convention on the Rights of ...
A treaty is binding under international law. A treaty may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, pact, or exchange of letters, among other terms. However, only documents that are legally binding on the parties are considered treaties under international law. [3]
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is an international agreement that regulates treaties among sovereign states. Known as the "treaty on treaties", the VCLT establishes comprehensive, operational guidelines, rules, and procedures for how treaties are drafted, defined, amended, and interpreted. [3]