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:

• Georgetown Law Center Treaty Research guide. This site gives a clear, comprehensive list of research tools (paper and web).

• ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Treaties  (see the other topical chapters).

• Fundamentals of Treaty Research - U.S. and Non-U.S. (Electronic/Online Resources) 

• NYU Law Library, International Treaties  Links to many other guides on the web.

• Research: International (BU Law Library) 

• Research Guide to International Law on the Internet 

• Treaties Research Guide

2. Some useful full-text web treaty collections:

• United Nations Treaty Collection

• ECOLEX 

• Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators 

• Council of Europe, European Treaties 

• Hague Conventions on Private International Law 

• International Humanitarian Law

• International Labour Organization 

• Multilaterals Project 

• WIPO Treaties 

• Textes fondateurs de l'Union européenne Acte Unique, Traité sur l'Union Européenne, projet de Traité d'Amsterdam, etc.

• Base de données des Nations Unies sur les Traités (français/anglais)

• Textes Officiels des Nations Unies (français/anglais) Charte, Déclarations, Lois 

• U.S. House of Reps. - Internet Law Library - Treaties/International law (English) Links to hundreds of official International Law texts, treaties, trade agreements, conventions, declarations, international court decisions. 

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