International Treaties Ratified in Egypt (in English)

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International Treaties Ratified in Egypt (in English)

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, New York, June 10, 1958.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva, October 30, 1947.

Free Trade Agreement Between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the EFTA States, Cairo, 2007.

Revised Investment Agreement for the COMESA Common Investment Area (CCIA), Zambia, 2007.

The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts, The Hague, December 22, 1986.

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), Vienna, April 11, 1980.

The Convention on the Application of Uniform Rules for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR Convention), Geneva, May 19, 1956.

The Hague Convention on the Choice of Court Agreements, The Hague, October 30, 2005.

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, March 22, 1985.

The Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards, Montevideo, May 8, 1979.

Patent Law Treaty, Geneva, June 1, 2000.

Trademark Law Treaty, Geneva, October 27, 1994.

WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), Geneva, December 20, 1996.

Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, Lisbon, October 31, 1958.

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, Singapore, March 27, 2006.

Patent Cooperation Treaty, Washington, June 19, 1970.

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Paris, March 20, 1883.

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Bern, September 9, 1886.

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Morocco, April 15, 1994.

Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, Stockholm, September 28, 1979.

International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, Rome, October 26, 1961.

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Geneva, July 28, 1951.

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003.

Agreement Setting up a Free Trade Area Between the Arab Mediterranean Countries, Morocco, October 1997.

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), London, November 1, 1974.

Convention on the International Maritime Organization, Geneva, March 6, 1948.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Montego Bay, Jamaica, December 10, 1982.

Riyadh Arab Agreement for Judicial Cooperation, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 16, 1983.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, United Nations General Assembly, December 18, 1979.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Rome, July 17, 1998.

Framework Agreement Between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Mercosur, Cairo, July 2, 2010.

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, May 14, 1954.

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Paris, October 20, 2005.

Convention against Discrimination in Education, Paris, December 14, 1960.

Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education, Paris, November 11, 1997.

International Convention Against Doping in Sports, Paris, October 19, 2005.

Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties, with Model Bilateral Agreement and Additional Protocol, Madrid, 13 December 1979.

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, Paris, November 14, 1970.

Convention on International Civil Aviation, Chicago, December 7, 1944.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, December 16, 1966.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), New York, December 16, 1966.

Constitutive Act of African Union, Durban, South Africa, May 26, 2001.

The Core International Human Rights Treaties, the United Nations:

(1- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, New York, December 10, 1948. 2- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, December 16, 1966. 3- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, December 16, 1966. 4- Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, December 16, 1966. 5- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, New York, December 15, 1989. 6- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, New York, December 21, 1965. 7- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, December 18, 1979. 8- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, October 6, 1999. 9- Convention on the Rights of the Child, New York, November 20, 1989. 10- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, New York, May 25, 2000. 11- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, New York, May 25, 2000. 12- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, New York, December 10, 1984. 13- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, New York, December 18, 2002. 14- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, New York, December 18, 1990.)

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Paris, November 16, 1972.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Rio de Janeiro, May 9, 1992.

Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials, New York, November 22, 1950.

Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, March 26, 1999.

Constitution of the World Health Organization, Geneva, July 22, 1946.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris, December 10, 1948.

Convention on Cluster Munitions, Dublin, May 30, 2008.

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Washington, D.C. (USA), London (UK), and Moscow (USSR), July 1, 1968.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, Paris, January 13, 1993.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York, December 13, 2006.

Convention on the Rights of the Child, New York, November 20, 1989.

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, Iran, February 2, 1971.

Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, Paris, November 3, 2001.