Treaties
Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation, adopted 13 October 1919, entered into force 1 June 1922, 11 lnts 173.
Treaty of Peace between Finland and Soviet Government of Russia, adopted 14 October 1920, entered into force 31 December 1920, 3 lnts 65.
Convention Relating to the Non-fortification and Neutralisation of the Aaland Islands, adopted 20 October 1921, entered into force 6 April 1922, 9 lnts 211.
Convention and Statute on the International Régime of Maritime Ports, adopted 9 December 1923, entered into force 26 July 1926, 58 lnts 285.
Convention regarding the Régime of the Straits, adopted 20 July 1936, entered into force 9 November 1936, 173 lnts 213.
Peace Treaty between the Soviet Union and Finland, adopted 12 March 1940, entered into force 13 March 1940, (1940) 34(3) American Journal of International Law (Supplement: Official Documents) 127–131.
Charter of the United Nations, adopted 26 June 1945, entered into force 24 October 1945, 1 unts xvi.
Treaty of Peace with Finland, adopted 10 February 1947, entered into force 16 September 1947, (1948) 42(3) American Journal of International Law (Supplement: Official Documents) 203–223.
The North Atlantic Treaty, adopted 4 April 1949, entered into force 24 August 1949, 34 unts 243.
Convention (i) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, adopted 12 August 1949, entered into force 21 October 1950.
Convention (ii) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, adopted 12 August 1949, entered into force 21 October 1950.
Convention (iii) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, adopted 12 August 1949, entered into force 21 October 1950.
Convention (iv) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, adopted 12 August 1949, entered into force 21 October 1950.
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, adopted 29 April 1958, entered into force 10 September 1964, 516 unts 205.
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, adopted 23 May 1969, entered into force 27 January 1980, 1155 unts 331.
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, adopted 20 October 1972, entered into force 15 July 1977, 1050 unts 16.
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (solas), adopted 1 November 1974, entered into force 25.05.1980, 1184 unts 278.
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, adopted 26 March 1979, entered into force 25 April 1979, 1138 unts 59.
Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement between Denmark and Sweden concerning the Delimitation of the Territorial Waters between Denmark and Sweden, adopted 25 June 1979, entered into force 21 December 1979.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, adopted 10 December 1982, entered into force 16 November 1994, 1833 unts 397.
Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement on the Procedure to be followed in the Modification of the Limits of the Territorial Waters in the Gulf of Finland, adopted 4 May 1994, entered into force 31 July 1995, 1887 unts 223.
Treaty of Peace between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, adopted 26 October 1994, entered into force 10 November 1994, 2042 unts 351.
Map added to the Agreement between the Republic of Finland and the Republic of Estonia on the Boundary of the Maritime Zones in the Gulf of Finland and the Northern Baltic Sea, adopted 18 October 1996, entered into force 7 January 1997.
Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the Russian-Ukrainian State Border, adopted 28 January 2003, entered into force 23 April 2004.
Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, adopted 24 December 2003, entered into force 5 May 2004.
Annex 15 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (16th ed.), International Civil Aviation Organization, Montréal 2018.
International Maritime Organization Instruments
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, Resolution A.284(viii), “Routeing Systems”, adopted on 20 November 1973.
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, Resolution A.375(x) ‘Navigation through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore’, adopted on 14 November 1977.
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, colreg.2/Circ.11, ‘Amended Traffic Separation Scheme in the Strait of Hormuz’, adopted on 7 June 1979.
imo Resolution A.572(14), as amended, ‘General Provisions on Ships’ Routeing’, adopted on 20 November 1985, entered into force (as amended) 1 January 1997.
imo, colreg.2/Circ. 33, Annex to the ‘Traffic Separation Scheme “In the Strait of Hormuz” Change of Reference Chart and Chart Datum’, adopted on 25 February 1994.
imo Assembly, Resolution A.857(20), Annex 1, ‘Guidelines and Criteria for vts’, adopted on 27 November 1997, entered into force 3 December 1997.
UN and EU Resolutions and Decisions
Council Decision (cfsp) 2022/578 of 8 April 2022 amending Decision 2014/512/cfsp concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.
European Parliament resolution (EU) No 2018/2870(rsp), of 25 October 2018, On the situation in the Sea of Azov.
European Parliament resolution (2022/2564(rsp)), of 1 March 2022, On the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
General Assembly Resolution 29/3314, adopted 14 December 1974, Annex ‘Definition of Aggression’.
General Assembly Resolution 66/99, adopted 9 December 2011.
General Assembly Resolution 68/262, adopted 27 March 2014.
General Assembly Resolution es-11/1, adopted 2 March 2022.
Security Council Resolution 1816, adopted 2 June 2008.
Security Council Resolution 2216, adopted 14 April 2015.
Security Council Resolution 2316, adopted 9 November 2016.
International Law Commission Draft Articles
International Law Commission, Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, November 2001, Supplement No. 10, A/56/10.
Chronological List of Declarations and Statements
Declaration concerning the Laws of Naval War, London, adopted 26 February 1909.
‘Declaration by Norway, Denmark and Sweden relative to the Establishment of Uniform Rules of Neutrality. Stockholm, 21.12.1912’ (1913) 7(3) American Journal of International Law.
Declaration between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden for the Purpose of Establishing Similar Rules of Neutrality, 27 May 1938 Stockholm; ‘Denmark-Finland-Iceland-Norway-Sweden: Declaration Regarding Similar Rules of Neutrality’ (1938) 32 The American Journal of International Law.
Iran’s declaration upon signing losc on 10 December 1982.
Finland’s declaration upon signing the losc on 10 December 1982 and ratifying it on 21 June 1996.
The Russian Federation’s declaration upon signing the losc on 10 December 1982 and ratifying it on 12 March 1997.
Sweden’s declaration upon signing the losc on 10 December 1982 and ratifying it on 25 June 1996.
Ukraine’s declaration upon signing the losc on 10 December 1982 and ratifying it on 26 July 1999.
Oman’s declarations made upon ratification of losc on 17 August 1989.
Joint Statement by the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Uniform Interpretation of Rules of International Law Governing Innocent Passage, 23 September 1989 Jackson Hole; 14 Law of the Sea Bulletin 12.
Argentina’s declaration upon ratifying the losc on 1 December 1995.
Chile’s declaration upon ratifying the losc on 25 August 1997.
Denmark’s declaration upon the ratification of losc on 16 November 2004.
nato, Wales Summit Declaration: Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Wales, 5 September 2014.
nato, Brussels Summit Declaration: Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, 11–12 July 2018.
Joint Statement of the United States and Germany on Support for Ukraine, European Energy Security, and our Climate Goals, 21 July 2021.