Basic Documents in International Law

• Includes all basic key documents in international law, avoiding the inclusion of superfluous material, retaining its focused approach so that the book remains an ideal size for use as an accompaniment to a course textbook
• Collated by a world-leading expert in international law - the late Ian Brownlie QC, CBE, was Chairman of the International Law Commission, Barrister at Blackstone Chambers in London, and Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
• Includes useful introductory annotations which incorporate valuable advice about further reading, allowing readers to appreciate the context in which the documents were written and find further information and commentary after having read the primary source

New to this edition

• Fully updated with all new key documents in international law, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• Older material that is now obsolete has been removed to make way for the most important current documents

Readership: Undergraduates and postgraduates following International Law modules as part of their law degree programme. Small secondary market for practitioners. May also be used by international relations students, as an accompaniment to a textbook.

the late Ian Brownlie, Q.C., Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford (Emeritus), former member and Chairman of the International Law Commission

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