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Customary International Law
Private International Common Law – featured
1st December 2021
common Law Principia (cLP)
Although enacted in 2013, FRRf officially publishes its common Law Pure Trust Principia on 1st December 2021, as its original law. This document had been in development since 1140 ACE according to The Bauer foundation (TBf). Its latest revision was in 2002 by Sri Dr. Lord Grantham Taylor Hughes of TBf.
30th December 1963
Uniform Commercial code (UCc)
Original/earliest UCc document dated 30th December 1963, as Public Law 88-243. An Act to enact the Uniform Commercial Code for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Download here.
International Private Law – a study guide
Relevant International Law – a timeline
13th September 2007
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions.
October 2005
Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
Adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2005, this Declaration addresses ethical issues related to medicine, life sciences and associated technologies as applied to human beings, taking into account their social, legal and environmental dimensions.
21st March 1986
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations is an extension of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties which deals with treaties between States.
23rd May 1969
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT)
The VCLT is an international agreement that regulates treaties among sovereign states. Known as the “treaty on treaties”, the VCLT establishes comprehensive, operational guidelines, rules, and procedures for how treaties are drafted, defined, amended, and interpreted.
16th December 1966
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The Covenant elaborates further the civil and political rights and freedoms listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
18th April 1961
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 is an international treaty that defines a framework for diplomatic relations between independent countries.
19th September 1949
Geneva Convention on Road Traffic
The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, is an international treaty promoting the development and safety of international road traffic by establishing certain uniform rules among the contracting parties.
10th December 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings.
7th June 1930
Bills of Exchange and Cheques
Convention providing a Uniform Law for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Purpose is to avoid the difficulties caused by differences in the laws of countries in which negotiable instruments circulate.
9th September 1886
The Berne Convention
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the ‘Berne Convention’, was an international assembly held in 1886 in the Swiss city of Bern by ten European countries with the goal of agreeing on a set of legal principles for the protection of original work.
26th August 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France’s National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.
16th December 1689
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is an Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown. It is sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, and is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.
15th June 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta (or, Great Charter) was the first document to put into writing the principle that the monarchy and his government was not above the law. Agreed upon by King John of England, 1215.