Notes 3: Understanding the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

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Notes 2: The Vienna Formula, UN Conferences, Decolonization and Observer Status

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Notes 1: How states become members of the UN and observers

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UN Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

Declaration on Elimination on All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Convention on the Rights of the Child

1989 Vienna Concluding Document

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT)

Biological Weapons Convention

Chemical Weapons Convention

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Statute of the International Court of Justice

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

European Convention on Human Rights

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Degrading or Inhuman Treatment or Punishment

The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries

Convention on Cluster Munitions

Religious Law Sources

Christianity

The Bible
Catholic Church Canon Law

Judaism

The Torah
The Talmud

Islam

Quran
Sunnah

Hinduism

Vedas
Constitution of India
Hindu Marriage Act (1955)
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956)
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956)
Hindu Succession Act (1956)
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (2006)