Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...

3.0 Human Rights
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (New York, 9 Dec. 1948) 78 U.N.T.S. 277, entered
into force 12 Jan. 1951.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10 Dec. 1948), U.N.G.A.
Res. 217 A (III) (1948).
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (Rome, 4 Nov. 1950), 312 E.T.S. 5, as
amended by Protocol No. 3, E.T.S. 45; Protocol No. 5, E.T.S.
55; Protocol No. 8, E.T.S. 118; and Protocol No. 11, E.T.S. 155;
entered into force 3 Sept. 1953 (Protocol No. 3 on 21 Sept. 1970,
Protocol No. 5 on 20 Dec. 1971, Protocol No. 8 on 1 Jan 1990,
Protocol 11 on 11 Jan 1998).
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination (New York, 7 Mar. 1966) 660 U.N.T.S. 195, 5
I.L.M. 352 (1966), entered into force 4 Jan. 1969.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(New York, 16 Dec. 1966) 993 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force 3
Jan. 1976.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New York, 16
Dec. 1966) 999 U.N.T.S. 171 and 1057 U.N.T.S. 407, entered
into force 23 Mar. 1976 [the provisions of article 41 (Human
Rights Committee) entered into force 28 Mar. 1979].
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (New York, 16 Dec. 1966) 999 U.N.T.S., 171, 6 I.L.M.
383 (1967), entered into force 23 Mar. 1976.
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
(New York, 15 Dec. 1989) UN Doc. A/RES/44/128, entered
into force 11 July 1991.
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the
Crime of Apartheid (New York, 30 Nov. 1973) 1015 U.N.T.S.
243, entered into force 18 July 1976.
4.0 Refugees and Stateless Persons
Constitution of the International Refugee Organization (New York,
15 Dec. 1946) 18 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force 20 Aug.
1948.
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva, 28 July
1951) 189 U.N.T.S. 137, entered into force 22 April 1954.
5.0 Narcotic Drugs
Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on
Narcotic Drugs concluded at The Hague on 23 Jan. 1912, at
Geneva on 11 Feb. 1925, 19 Feb. 1925 and 13 July 1931, at
Bangkok on 27 Nov. 1931 and at Geneva on 26 June 1936
(Lake Success, New York, 11 Dec. 1946) 12 U.N.T.S. 179,
entered into force 11 Dec. 1946.
Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the
Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the
Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs,
as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York,
on 11 Dec. 1946 (Paris, 19 Nov. 1948) 44 U.N.T.S. 277, entered
into force 1 Dec. 1949.
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy
Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in,
and Use of Opium (New York, 23 June 1953) 456 U.N.T.S. 3,
entered into force 8 Mar. 1963.
6.0 Traffic in Persons
International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave
Traffic (signed at Paris on 4 May 1910, amended by the
268
American Convention on Human Rights (San Jose, Costa Rica, 22
Nov. 1969), 9 I.L.M. 673 (1970), entered into force 18 July
1978.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women (New York, 18 Dec. 1979) 1249 U.N.T.S. 13,
19 I.L.M. 33 (1980), entered into force 3 Sept. 1981.
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women (New York, 6 Oct. 1999)
A/RES/54/4, entered into force 22 Dec. 2000.
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights [Banjul Charter]
(Nairobi, Kenya, 27 June 1981), 21 I.L.M. 59 (1981), entered
into force 21 Oct. 1986.
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (New York, 10 Dec. 1984) 1465
U.N.T.S. 85, 23 I.L.M. 1027 (1984), as modified by 24 I.L.M.
535 (1985), entered into force 26 June 1987.
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports (New York, 10
Dec. 1985) 1500 U.N.T.S. 161, entered into force 3 April 1988.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (New York, 20 Nov. 1989)
1577 U.N.T.S. 3, 28 I.L.M. 1448 (1989), entered into force 2
Sept. 1990.
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (New York, 25 May
2000) UN Doc.A/54/RES/263, entered into force 12 Feb. 2002.
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (New
York, 25 May 2000) UN Doc. A/54/RES/263, entered into force
18 Jan. 2002.
Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (New York, 12 Dec. 1995) UN Doc.
CRC/SP/1995/L.1/Rev.1, entered into force 18 Nov. 2002.
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (New York,
28 Sept. 1954) 360 U.N.T.S. 117, entered into force 6 June
1960.
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (New York, 31 Jan.
1967) 606 U.N.T.S. 267, entered into force 4 Oct. 1967.
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961 New York, 30 Mar.
1961) 520 U.N.T.S. 151, entered into force 13 Dec. 1964.
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
(Geneva, 25 Mar. 1972) 976 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force 8
Aug. 1975.
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,
1961 (New York, 8 Aug. 1975) 976 U.N.T.S. 105, entered into
force 8 Aug. 1975.
Convention on Psychotropic Substances (Vienna, 21 Feb. 1971) 1019
U.N.T.S. 175, entered into force 16 Aug. 1976.
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances (Vienna, 20 Dec. 1988) UN Doc.
E/CONF.82/15/Corr.1 and Corr.2 (English only) entered into
force 11 Nov. 1990.
Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949) 98
U.N.T.S. 101, entered into force 14 Aug. 1951.