International Laws

Geneva Conventions

wartime protection to the sick, wounded, shipwrecked, prisoners of war, and all civilians

Genocide Convention 1951

defines crimes against humanity

Law of the Sea Convention 1994

sovereignty over waters, navigation, and economic rights ; oceans are TRANSNATIONAL

Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty 1970

pledge to not supply nuclear weapons to states without any

Outer Space Treaty 1967

no national claims over outer space

Paris Agreement 2016

voluntary reductions in carbon emissions

Refugee Convention 1954

defines what a refugee is, what rights they have, and what legal obligations countries have to refugees

Rome Statute 2002

created international court

Terrorist Financing Convention 2002

countries have a duty to criminalize the funding of terrorism and mandates that governments confiscate funds used to finance terrorist activities

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948

all people “are born free and equal in dignity and rights”