For those of you who are preparing to participate in Model United Nations, I am giving right now a list of select international conventions, treaties, charters, and declarations. They will be very useful for you when you are looking to write your draft resolutions, to find those sources of international law that you need to write on the preambular clauses, and to gain some inspiration on what solutions can be proposed.
| Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes | 1899 | IHL |
| Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land | 1899 | IHL |
| Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons or by Other New Analogous Methods | 1899 | IHL |
| Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Projectiles with the Sole Object to Spread Asphyxiating Poisonous Gases | 1899 | IHL |
| Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Bullets which can Easily Expand or Change their Form inside the Human Body such as Bullets with a Hard Covering which does not Completely Cover the Core, or containing Indentations | 1899 | IHL |
| Convention relative to the Opening of Hostilities | 1907 | IHL |
| Convention relative to the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in case of War on Land | 1907 | IHL |
| Convention relative to the Legal Position of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Start of Hostilities | 1907 | IHL |
| International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children | 1921 | TNC |
| Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare | 1925 | IHL |
| Convention on the Rights and Duties of States | 1933 | IPS |
| Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation | 1944 | ICA |
| Charter of the United Nations | 1945 | IO, IPS |
| International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling | 1946 | EVR |
| Constitution of the World Health Organization | 1946 | HLT |
| Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations | 1946 | IDC |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | 1947 | TRD |
| Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies | 1947 | IDC |
| Convention for the Suppression of the Circulation of, and Traffic in, Obscene Publications | 1947 | TNC |
| Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization | 1948 | TRD |
| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | 1948 | IHL |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 1948 | HR |
| North Atlantic Treaty | 1949 | IO, IPS |
| Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field | 1949 | IHL |
| Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea | 1949 | IHL |
| Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War | 1949 | IHL |
| Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War | 1949 | IHL |
| Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others | 1950 | TNC |
| Convention relating to the Status of Refugees | 1951 | RFG |
| Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community | 1951 | IO |
| Convention on the Political Rights of Women | 1953 | HR |
| Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons | 1954 | RFG |
| Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict | 1954 | IHL |
| Treaty establishing the European Economic Community | 1957 | IO |
| Antarctic Treaty System | 1959 | EVR |
| Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations | 1961 | IDC |
| Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness | 1961 | RFG |
| Vienna Convention on Consular Relations | 1963 | IDC |
| Charter of the Organisation of African Unity | 1963 | IO |
| Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage | 1963 | IHL |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | 1965 | HR |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 1966 | HR |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights | 1966 | HR |
| Bangkok Declaration | 1967 | IO |
| Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties | 1969 | ILT |
| Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction | 1972 | IHL |
| Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in Their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character | 1975 | IO, IDC |
| Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia | 1976 | IPS |
| Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts | 1977 | IHL |
| Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts | 1977 | IHL |
| Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties | 1978 | ILT |
| Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization | 1979 | TRD |
| Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1979 | EVR |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 1979 | HR |
| Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects | 1980 | IHL |
| United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | 1982 | IPS |
| Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 1984 | HR |
| Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer | 1985 | EVR |
| Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations | 1986 | ILT |
| Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer | 1987 | EVR |
| United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances | 1988 | TNC |
| Convention on the Rights of Child | 1989 | HR |
| Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal | 1989 | EVR |
| International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | 1990 | HR |
| Treaty of Asunciòn (establishing the Mercosur) | 1991 | IO |
| Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction | 1992 | IHL |
| Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) | 1992 | IO |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 1992 | EVR |
| Convention on Biological Diversity | 1992 | EVR |
| Commonwealth of Independent States Collective Security Treaty | 1992 | IO |
| North American Free Trade Agreement | 1994 | TRD |
| General Agreement on Trade in Services | 1995 | TRD |
| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty | 1996 | IHL, IPS |
| Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction | 1997 | IHL |
| Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 1997 | EVR |
| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | 1998 | ICL, IHL |
| United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime | 2000 | TNC |
| Convention on Cybercrime | 2001 | ICL |
| ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement | 2002 | TRD |
| United Nations Convention against Corruption | 2003 | TNC |
| WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control | 2003 | HLT |
| Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem | 2005 | IHL |
| International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 2006 | HR |
| Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 2006 | HR |
| Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community | 2007 | IO |
| Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations | 2008 | IO |
| ASEAN Human Rights Declaration | 2012 | HR |
| United Nations Arms Trade Treaty | 2013 | IPS |
| Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 2015 | EVR |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement | 2016 | TRD |
HR: Human Rights
IO: International Organization
EVR: International Environment
TRD: International Trade and Development
HLT: Health
IHL: International Humanitarian Law
TRC: Transnational Crimes
IPS: International Politics and Security
ILT: International Law of Treaties
IDC: International Diplomatic and Consular Relations
ICL: International Criminal Law
RFG: International Law of Refugees
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