Category: International agreements and conventions

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2391 (XXIII) of 26 November 1968)

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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 9 December 1948

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 9 December 1948 (Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948 Entry into force: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII) The Contracting Parties , Having considered the declaration

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UN Resolution № 2401 (30 days cease hostilities in Syria)

“The Security Council, “Recalling its resolutions 2042 (2012), 2043 (2012), 2118 (2013), 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2175 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2209 (2015), 2235 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2254 (2015), 2258 (2015), 2268 (2016), 2286 (2016), 2332 (2016), 2336 (2016) and 2393 (2017), and its Presidential Statements of 3 August 2011 (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 March 2012 (S/PRST/2012/6), 5 April …

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The Peace Treaty of Sevres, august 10, 1920

THE TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED POWERS AND TURKEY SIGNED AT SÈVRES AUGUST 10, 1920 The Treaty of Sèvres, 1920 (from: The Treaties of Peace 1919-1923, Vol. II, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, New York, 1924.) Section I, Articles 1-260 Go to Map of Turkey, illustrating the Treaty of Sevres region. Go …

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TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY SIGNED AT LAUSANNE – 24.07.1923

  TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY SIGNED AT LAUSANNE, JULY 24, 1923 THE CONVENTION RESPECTING THE REGIME OF THE STRAITS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS SIGNED AT LAUSANNE THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, GREECE, ROUMANIA and the SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE, of the one part, and TURKEY, of the other part; Being united in the desire to bring to …

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European Parliament Resolution on a political solution to the Armenian question, June 18, 1987

European Parliament Resolution on a political solution to the Armenian question, June 18, 1987 Doc. A2-33/87 The European Parliament, -having regard to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr. Saby and others on behalf of the Socialist Group on a political solution to the Armenian question (Doc. 2-737/84),

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The Treaty of Sevres, August 10, 1920

Full Text THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY AND JAPAN, These Powers being described in the present Treaty as the Principal Allied Powers; ARMENIA, BELGIUM, GREECE, THE HEDJAZ, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROUMANIA, THE SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE AND CZECHO-SLOVAKIA, These Powers constituting, with the Principal Powers mentioned above, the Allied Powers, of the one part; AND TURKEY, of the …

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Treaty of Alexandropol – 02.12.1921

Treaty of Alexandropol  – 02.12.1921 On November 29, 1920, the Russian Bolshevik 11th army captured Armenia, which means that upon signing this treaty on December 2, 1920, Armenia was not an independent country. Armenia was no longer a country, moreover, this treaty was not ratified. The Treaty of Alexandropol, therefore, is NULL because it has …

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Treaty of Kars – 13.10.1921

Treaty of Kars – 13.10.1921 Note the following excerpt from the first page of the Treaty of Kars: “The Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, on the one side, and the Governments of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia (SSRA), the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic (ASSR), and the Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia (SSRG), …

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Treaty of Moscow – 16.03.1921

Treaty of Moscow – 16.03.1921 The Treaty of Moscow or “Treaty of Brotherhood” was a friendship treaty between Grand National Assembly of Turkey under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal and Bolshevist Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, signed on March 16,1921 and based on the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which was signed with Ottoman Empire …

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