International Law: Related websites

Selected Conventions of Relevance to Sustainable Development

Global

• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention)

• Convention on Biological Diversity

• Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (Bamako Convention)

• Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

• Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention)

• Convention to Combat Desertification, particularly in Africa

• Conventions in the field of marine safety and preventing marine pollution

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

• Convention on the Law of the Sea

• International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea

• International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation

• Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS Convention)

• Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention)

• Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna Convention) and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)

• Framework Convention on Climate Change

Regional

• ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
• UN ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
• UN ECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (Espoo Convention)
• UN ECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• UN ECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki Convention)
• UN ECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
   

Regional Seas

• Antarctic: Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

• Baltic: Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)

• Caspian: Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea

• North-East Atlantic: The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

• UNEP Regional Seas Conventions