Treaties
1945 Charter of the United Nations (adopted 26 June 1945, entered into force 24 October 1945) 892 UNTS 119
1945 Statute of the International Court of Justice (adopted 26 June 1945, entered into force 24 October 1945) 33 UNTS 993
1947 Understanding on the Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, Annex 2 to the 1994 Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (1947) 1869 UNTS 401
1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (opened for signature 9 December 1948, entered into force 12 January 1951) 78 UNTS 277
1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (adopted 4 November 1950, entered into force 3 September 1953) 23 UNTS 2889
1955 Treaty of Amity Economic Relations and Consular Rights between the United States and Iran (adopted 15 August 1955, entered into force 16 June 1957) 284 UNTS 93
1957 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union [2016] OJ C202/47
1965 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (adopted 18 March 1965, entered into force 14 October 1966) 575 UNTS 159
1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (adopted 23 May 1969, entered into force 27 January 1980) 1155 UNTS 331
1972 European Convention on State Immunity (signed 16 May 1972, entered into force 11 June 1976, 4 October 1979 in UK) 1495 UNTS 182
1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted 16 December 1966, entered into force 23 March 1976) 999 UNTS 171
1983 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Panama for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (signed 7 October 1983, entered into force 7 November 1985) 2107 UNTS 300
1983 Annex to Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Senegal Concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment (signed 6 December 1983, entered into force 25 October 1990)
1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (adopted 10 December 1984, entered into force 26 June 1987) 1465 UNTS 85
1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (adopted 10 December 1982, entered into force 16 November 1994) 1833 UNTS 3
1992 Agreement on the European Economic Area (adopted 2 May 1992, entered into force 1 January 1994) 1801 UNTS 3
1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (adopted 17 July 1998, entered into force 1 July 2002) 2187 UNTS 3
2004 United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (adopted 2 December 2004, not yet in force) UN Doc A/59/508
2008 Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment (adopted 19 February 2008, entered into force 1 December 2012)
2018 Agreement for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments between the Argentine Republic and the United Arab Emirates (signed 16 April 2018, not in force)
2021 China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (adopted 22 January 2021)
International Documents
UN Documents
International Law Commission (ILC)
ILC, ‘Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts with Commentaries’ (23 April–1 June and 2 July–10 August 2001) UN Doc A/56/10
ILC, ‘Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations’ (2011) UN Doc A/66/10
ILC, ‘Draft Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law, with Commentaries’ (30 April–1 June and 2 July–10 August 2018) UN Doc A/73/10
ILC, ‘Fifth Report on Peremptory Norms of General International Law (jus cogens)’ (2022) UN Doc A/CN.4/747
ILC, ‘Fifth Report on the Law of Treaties’ (1966) UN Doc A/CN.4/183 and Add.1–4
ILC, ‘First Report on General Principles of Law’ (29 April–7 June and 8 July–9 August 2019) UN Doc A/CN.4/732
ILC, ‘Fragmentation of International Law: Difficulties Arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law, Report of the Study Group of the International Law Commission’ (13 April 2006) UN Doc A/CN.4/L.682
ILC, ‘Guiding Principles Applicable to Unilateral Declarations of States Capable of Creating Legal Obligations’ (1 May–9 June and 3 July–11 August 2006) UN Doc A/61/10
ILC, ‘Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Jurisdiction: Texts and Titles of the Draft Articles Adopted by the Drafting Committee on First Reading’ (31 May 2022) UN Doc A/CN.4/L.969
ILC, ‘Second Report on General Principles of Law’ (27 April–5 June and 6 July–7 August 2020) UN Doc A/CN.4/741
ILC, ‘Third Report on General Principles of Law’ (18 April–3 June and 4 July–5 August 2022) UN Doc A/CN.4/753
ILC, ‘Third Report on Identification of Customary International Law by Michael Wood, Special Rapporteur’ (4 May–5 June and 6 July–7 August 2015) UN Doc A/CN.4/682
ILC, ‘Ways and Means for Making the Evidence of Customary International Law More Readily Available’ (1950) YILC II
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
UNGA, ‘Affirmation of the Principles of International Law Recognized by the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal’ (11 December 1946) UN Doc A/RES/95
UNGA, ‘Report of the International Law Commission on the Works of Its Fifty-Ninth Session’ (8 January 2008) UN Doc A/RES/62/66
UNGA, ‘Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Consequences of Legal Obligations of States under Different Sources of International Law with Respect to Immunities to Heads of State and Government and Other Senior Officials’ (18 July 2018) UN Doc A/73/144
UNGA Res 1803, ‘Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources’ (14 December 1962) UN Doc A/RES/1803/(XVII)
UNGA Res 2099(XX), ‘Technical Assistance to Promote the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law’ (20 December 1965) UN Doc A/RES/2099(XX)
UNGA Res 217A(III), ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ (10 December 1948) UN Doc A/RES/3/217 A
UNGA Res 2625, ‘Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations’ (24 October 1970) UN Doc A/RES/2625(XXV)
UNGA Res 3201, ‘Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order’ (1 May 1974) UN Doc A/Res/3201(S.VI)
UNGA Res 3281, ‘Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States’ (12 December 1974) UN Doc A/Res/3281/(XXIX)
UNGA Res 48/46, ‘Activities of Foreign Economic and Other Interests Which Impede the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under Colonial Domination’ (10 December 1992) UN Doc A/RES/48/46
UNGA Res 49/40, ‘Activities of Foreign Economic and Other Interests Which Impede the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under Colonial Domination’ (9 December 1994) A/RES/49/40
UNGA Res 50/33, ‘Activities of Foreign Economic and Other Interests Which Impede the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under Colonial Domination’ (6 December 1995) UN Doc A/RES/50/33
UNGA Res 56/83 ‘Annex, Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts’ (12 December 2001) UN Doc A/RES/56/83
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
UNSC 8233rd meeting (14 April 2018) UN Doc S/PV.8233 (Provisional) <https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/PRO/N18/108/91/PDF/N1810891.pdf?OpenElement> accessed 30 April 2022
UNSC, ‘Letter Dated 29 January 2002 from the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel, Addressed to the President of the Security Council’ (12 February 2002) UN Doc S/2002/161
UNSC Res 827 (25 May 1993) UN Doc S/RES/827, as amended by UNSC Res 1877 (7 July 2009) UN Doc S/RES/1877
UNSC Res 955 (8 November 1994) UN Doc S/RES/955
UNSC Res 1593 (31 March 2005), UN Doc S/S/RES/1593
United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG)
UN Secretary-General, Question of the Death Penalty: Report of the Secretary-General (2 July 2012) UN Doc A/HRC/21/29
Other UN Documents
Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 16 June 1972) in UN Doc A/CONF. 48/14 and Corr. 1
HRC, General Comment 24, ‘Issues Relating to Reservations Made upon Ratification or Accession to the Covenant or the Optional Protocols Thereto, or in Relation to Declarations under Art. 41 of the Covenant’ (1994) CCPR/ C/ 21/ Rev.1/ Add.6
UNCITRAL, ‘Report of Working Group III (Investor–State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the Work of its 36th Session (Vienna, 29 October–2 November 2018)’ UN Doc A/CN.9/964 (6 November 2018)
UNCTAD, ‘Fair and Equitable Treatment’, UNCTAD Series in International Investment Agreements II, UN Doc UNCTAD/DIAE/IA/2011/5 (2012)
International Law Association (ILA)
ILA Committee on Complementarity in International Criminal Law, Final Report (Lisbon Conference 2022) <www.ila-hq.org/en/committees/complementarity-in-international-criminal-law> accessed 29 March 2024
ILA Committee on Formation of Customary (General) International Law, Final Report: ‘Statement of Principles Applicable to the Formation of General Customary International Law’ (London Conference, 2000) <www.ila-hq.org/en_GB/committees/formation-of-customary-general-international-law> accessed 29 March 2024
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Merkouris P and Peat D, ‘Final Report on the Interpretative Practice of the PCIJ/ICJ’ (International Law Association, 79th Biennial Conference, Kyoto, 2020)
Other International Documents
Advisory Committee of Jurists, ‘Procès-Verbaux of the Proceedings of the Committee’ (Permanent Court of International Justice 1920)
African Union Commission, Office of the Legal Counsel and Directorate for Legal Affairs, ‘Legal Opinion on the Legality in the Context of International Law, Including the Relevant United Nations Resolutions and OAU/AU Decisions, of Actions Allegedly Taken by the Moroccan Authorities or Any Other State, Group of States, Foreign Companies or Any Other Entity in the Exploration and/or Exploitation of Renewable and Non-Renewable Natural Resources or Any Other Economic Activity in Western Sahara’ (14 October 2015)
CoE, Committee of Ministers Res (68)17, ‘Model Plan for the Classification of Documents Concerning State Practice in the Field of Public International Law’ (28 June 1968)
European Union Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) [2005] OJ C327/04
ICC, ‘Towards a More Just World Every Day’, Annual Report of the Office of the Prosecutor (1 December 2022) <www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/2022-12/2022-12-05-annual-report-of-the-office-of-the-prosecutor.pdf> accessed 29 March 2024
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ICSID, History of the ICSID Convention: Documents Concerning the Origin and the Formulation of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (1968) vol II-1
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