International Treaties (SAIS)
Treaty Series Abbreviations
Official treaty series citations are abbreviated. To decipher the official title of a treaty series, consult this "Common Abbreviations" list maintained by Mindy Kent at the Harvard Law School Library.
Treaties: Online & Official Treaty Series
General Treaty Collections:
- Avalon Project, Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and DiplomacyA collection of digital documents. Coverage is international, but the primary focus is on the U.S. Includes U.S. bilateral treaties 1778 - 1999, U.S. multilateral treaties 1864 - 1999 and treaties between the U.S. and Native Americans.
- United Nations Treaty CollectionFull text of treaties and international agreements registered with the UN since 1946.
- International Treaties CollectionLinks out to treaty series of regional organizations and some individual countries. Part of the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII).
Selected Treaty Collections by Subject or Regional Organizations:
- Peace Agreements Database and Language of Peace Tool (UN)Peace agreements
- Treaties Under the IAEA's AuspicesInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- World Trade OrganizationWTO/GATT Agreements from 1994-current
- GATT Digital Library, 1947-1994General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) - precursor to the WTO
- International Investment Agreements (IIA)United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Treaty CollectionFull text of treaties and international agreements registered with the UN since 1946.
- League of Nations Treaty SeriesContains documents from the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTSer), 1919-1944.
- World Treaty Library This link opens in a new windowComprehensive treaty index and treaty collections in one database covering treaties from 1648-current.
- Council of Europe Treaty SeriesContains the Council of Europe Treaty Series, 1949-present.
- International Treaties CollectionLinks out to treaty series of regional organizations and some individual countries. Part of the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII).
- International Legal MaterialsBi-montlhy publication which reprints the texts of selected official international agreements and other documents along with useful background notes.
- U.S. Treaties and Agreements LibraryThe most complete online collection of U.S. treaties.
- United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST)After appearing in slip form in the TIAS, US treaties are published in this bound chronological set which began in 1950.
- Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS)TIAS is the first official publication of U.S. treaties. The treaties are published in "slip" form and eventually bound into the UST volumes.
Historical U.S. Treaty Series:
- United States Statutes at LargeTreaties from 1789-1875 appear in the Statutes at Large. Treaties from 1776-1845 are found in vol. 8; from 1846 on, treaties were published chronologically in the treaties section of each volume.
- Treaties and Other International Agreements of the U.S.A., 1776-1949 (Bevans)This 13 volume set contains pre-UST treaties and agreements and supersedes the two earlier compilations by Malloy and Miller.
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