French Diplomatic Treaties

Françoise Massardier-Kenney's French/English Diplomatic Translation Resources: Treaty Research

Treaties can be referred to by a number of different names: international conventions, international agreements, covenants, final acts, charters, protocols, pacts, accords, and constitutions for international organizations. Treaties may be bilateral (two parties) or multilateral (between several parties). An agreement "enters into force" when the terms for entry into force as specified in the agreement are met.

 

1. Web guides:

 

2. Some useful full-text web treaty collections:

 

3. Some useful French/English diplomatic dictionaries:

Lexique général anglais-français / Département des services de conférence, division de traduction, Nations Unies français-anglais, anglais-français Ref. PC2640 .L63 1991 1991

Law Terminology: in English, French and Spanish (United Nations Languages Services) Ref. KF156 .L38x 1990

The Council of Europe French-English Legal Dictionary. F.H.S. Bridge. Ref. K52 .F7 B74 1994

Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Law. by Parry, Grant, Watts Longer definitions with chapter containing official documents such as Charter of the United Nations, Convention of Vienna and UN declarations. Ref. JX1226 .P33 1986