International Treaties

• ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, Kuala Lumpur, signed 10 June 2002 (entered into force 25 November 2003)., 265

• Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, London, Moscow, and Washington D.C., opened for signature 10 April 1972, 1015 UNTS 163 (entered into force 26 March 1975)., 48

• Changwon Declaration on Human Well-Being and Wetlands, Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Changwon (adopted 4 November 2008)., 60

• Constitution of the World Health Organization, New York, opened for signature 22 July 1946, 14 UNTS 185 (entered into force 7 April 1948)., 91, 205

• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, New York, opened for signature 10 December 1984, 1465 UNTS 85 (entered into force 26 June 1987)., 91, 94

• Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio de Janeiro, opened for signature 5 June 1992, 1760 UNTS 79 (entered into force 29 December 1993)., 58

• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Bonn, opened for signature 23 June 1979 (entered into force 1 November 1983)., 59, 60

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, opened for signature 18 December 1979, 1249 UNTS 13 (entered into force 3 September 1981)., 93, 94

• Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, Washington D.C., opened for signature 3 March 1973, 993 UNTS 243 (entered into force 1 July 1975)., 59

• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, opened for signature 2 February 1971, 996 UNTS 245 (entered into force 21 December 1975)., 59

• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Rome, opened for signature 4 November 1950, 213 UNTS 221 (entered into force 3 September 1953)., 91–93

• Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, Geneva, opened for signature 21 May 2003, 2302 UNTS 166 (entered into force 27 February 2005)., 265

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, opened for signature 19 December 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976)., 91, 94, 97

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, opened for signature 16 December 1966, 993 UNTS 3 (entered into force 3 January 1976)., 91–93, 98

• International Health Regulations, Geneva, opened for signature 23 May 2005, 2509 UNTS 79 (entered into force 15 June 2007)., 12, 23, 41, 51, 59, 62, 162

• Memorandum of Understanding between the FAO, WOAH and WHO (Tripartite) Regarding Cooperation to Combat Health Risks at the Animal-Human-Ecosystem Interface in the Context of the One Health Approach and Including Antimicrobial Resistance, signed 30 May 2008., 13, 48, 161

• Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya, opened for signature 29 October 2010, 3008 UNTS 3 (entered into force 12 October 2014)., 44, 184

• Paris Agreement, Paris, opened for signature 12 December 2015, 3156 UNTS 79 (entered into force 4 November 2016)., 125

• Protocols Annexed to the Treaty Establishing the European Community – Protocol (No. 33) on Protection and Welfare of Animals, [1997] Official Journal of the European Union C 340/0110., 111

• Resolution of the World Conservation Congress Addressing the Linkages between Conservation, Human and Animal Health, and Security, Bangkok, IUCN Doc. WCC3 RES 011 (November 2004)., 58

• Resolution on Problems of the Human Environment, GA Res. UNA(01)/R3, UN Doc. A/RES/2398(XXIII) (3 December 1968)., 56

• Resolution on the Animal Welfare–Environment–Sustainable Development Nexus, Nairobi (2 March 2022)., 7, 28

• Resolution on Wetlands and Health: Taking an Ecosystem Approach, Bucharest, COP11 Res. XI.12, (6-13 July 2012)., 60

• Resolution on Wildlife Disease and Migratory Species, Manila, UNEP/CMS/Res. 10.22 (25 November 2011)., 60

• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Rome, opened for signature 25 March 1957, 298 UNTS 3 (entered into force 1 January 1958)., 77

• Treaty of Rome, Rome, opened for signatures 25 March 1957, 294 UNTS 3 (entered into force 1 January 1958)., 77, 78

• United Nations Convention on Animal Protection for Public Health, Animal Well-Being, and the Environment, Global Animal Law Association (23 August 2018)., 196, 197, 206, 208–211, 213, 215

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris, GA Res. 217A (III), UN GAOR, UN Doc. A/810 (10 December 1948)., 91

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, GA Res. 61/295, UN Doc. A/RES/61/295 (2 October 2007, 3 September 2007)., 49, 183, 190, 194

Domestic Legislation