Basic Documents in International Law

PART I - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ; 1. Charter of the United Nations ; 2. Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations ; 3. Constitution of the International Labour Organization ; 4. Constitutive Act of the African Union ; PART II - THE LAW OF THE SEA ; 1. Conventions adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 29 April 1958l i) The Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone ii) The High Seas iii) Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas IV) The Continental Shelf ; 2. Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction ; 3. Conventions on the Law of the Sea (Parts I-X) ; PART III - OUTER SPACE ; 1. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies ; PART IV - DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ; 1. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ; PART V - PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES ; 1. General Assembly Resolution of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources ; 2. Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States ; PART VI - HUMAN RIGHTS AND SELF-DETERMINATION ; 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights ; 2. International Covenants on Human Rights i)International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ii) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights iii) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights iv) Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty ; 3. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ; 4. International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination ; 5. The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights as Amended by Protocol no.11 l 1 - As amended by Protocol II, 4 - As amended by Protocol II, 6 - As amended by Protocol II, 7 - As amended by Protocol II, 12. Concerning the Prohibition of Discrimination ; PART VII - THE LAW OF TREATIES ; 1. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ; PART VIII - STATE RESPONSIBILITY ; 2. Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts ; PART IX - JUDICIAL SETTLEMENTS OF DISPUTES ; 1. Statute of the International Court of Justice ; PART X - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW ; 1. Statute for the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ; 2. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court