Publications

The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security was signed between the United States and Japan on 19 January 1960 to strengthen the economic and military ties between the two parties.chevron_right

The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 regulates international relations concerning Antarctica. The signatory states of the Treaty agreed that Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only.chevron_right

This publication contains the text of the 1958 Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, created in response to the development of modern techniques for the expl...chevron_right

This publication is a transcript of the vindicatory speech given by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in 1956. The Suez crisis is viewed by some as the final episode in British Colonial history.chevron_right

The Freedom Charter is the document stating the core principles of the members of the South African Congress Alliance, which included the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Cong...chevron_right

The Warsaw Pact (1955–91) is the informal name for the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, which created the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The treaty was a mutual defense treaty sub...chevron_right

This is the 100th International Labor Organization Convention, and is aimed at ensuring the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, irrespective of sex or gender.chevron_right

This Convention on the status of refugees and stateless persons expresses the wish that all states, recognizing the social and humanitarian nature of the problem of refugees, will do everything within...chevron_right

The Convention protects human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe, and was signed on 4 November 1950. The Convention affirms the obligation for Member States to respect human rights and fundamen...chevron_right

This document contains the 'Nüremburg Principles', which were a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime. The document was created by the International Law Commission of the UN t...chevron_right

The Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949, takes account of the experiences of World War II as previous Geneva Conventions were concerned with combatants only, not with civilians. The events of Wo...chevron_right

The North Atlantic Treaty is the founding document of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and was signed in Washington, DC on 4 April 1949.chevron_right

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of World War II, and sets out fundamental human rights to be univers...chevron_right

The text of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. It declares that genocide has inflicted gre...chevron_right

This is the transcript from Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Inaugural Address in 1947.chevron_right