United Nations Legislative Series

In 1950, the International Law Commission considered ways and means for making customary international law more readily available, in accordance with article 24 of its Statute. The Commission recommended, inter alia, that the General Assembly of the United Nations should authorize the Secretariat to prepare and issue, with as wide a distribution as possible, a Legislative Series containing the texts of current national legislation on matters of international interest. In this connection, it was recommended that the Secretariat should assemble and publish from time to time collections of the texts of national legislation on special topics of general interest. The Legislative Series is prepared by the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs. The first 25 volumes in the Legislative Series have addressed a broad range of special topics of general interest relating, inter alia, to the law of the sea, the law of treaties, nationality, diplomatic and consular law, international organizations, State succession, non-navigational uses of international watercourses, jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, the multilateral treaty-making process as well as the prevention and suppression of international terrorism. The legal materials contained in this series have included not only national legislation but also treaties, judicial decisions, diplomatic correspondence and other relevant materials depending on the topic.

Status Active

Print ISSN 0082-8300

Online ISSN 2664-2379

Language(s)

English

Subject International Law and Justice

DOI 10.18356/007a44b6-en

Laws and Practices Concerning the Conclusion of Treaties with a Select Bibliography on the Law of...

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: December 1952 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, is the third in the United Nations...

Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the High Seas: Volume I

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: January 1951 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, inaugurates the United Nations...

Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the High Seas: Volume II

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: December 1951 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, is the second in the United Nations...

Laws and Regulations on the Regime of the Territorial Sea

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: December 1956 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, is the sixth in the United Nations...

Laws Concerning Nationality

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: July 1954 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, is the fourth in the United Nations...

Laws Concerning the Nationality of Ships

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: November 1955 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, is the fifth in the United Nations...

Materials on the Provisional Application of Treaties

( Print: June 2023, PDF: June 2023 )

The present collection of materials on the Provisional Application of Treaties has been prepared on the recommendation of the International Law Commission, as endorsed by the General Assembly of the...

Materials on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

( Print: June 2012, PDF: December 2012 )

The present collection of materials reproduces the text of the State responsibility articles, with commentaries thereto, as presented in the Yearbook of the International Law Commission, together with...

Materials on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, Second Edition

( Print: February 2023, PDF: February 2023 )

The present collection of materials, issued in its second edition, reproduces the text of the State responsibility articles, with commentaries thereto, as presented in the Yearbook of the...

National Legislation and Treaties Relating to the Territorial Sea, The Contiguous Zone, The...

Series: United Nations Legislative Series

( PDF: December 1970 )

This volume, prepared by the Division for the Development and Codification of International Law of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations, is the fifteenth in the United Nations...