founding treaty

A founding treaty is a formal, binding international agreement that establishes, constitutes, and defines the core structures, powers, and purposes of an international organization or political union.

Aliases (14)

• international treaty ×174
• constituent instrument of an international organization ×11
• European Union treaty ×2
• treaty establishing an international organization ×2
• constituent treaty ×1
• foundational treaty ×1
• founding document of the Commonwealth of Independent States ×1
• founding document of the Warsaw Pact ×1
• founding treaty of the European Communities ×1
• founding treaty of the European Union ×1
• post–World War I peace instrument ×1
• treaty establishing European Communities institutions ×1
• treaty establishing a European Community ×1
• union treaty ×1

Instances (230)

• Additional Protocol III ("international treaty")
• Anti-Comintern Pact ("international treaty")
• Covenant of the League of Nations ("international treaty")
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) ("international treaty")
• Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations ("international treaty")
• Tripartite Pact ("international treaty")
• Italian armistice of 1943 ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris (1898) ("international treaty")
• Charter of the United Nations
• Chemical Weapons Convention ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Campo Formio ("international treaty")
• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Riga ("international treaty")
• Geneva Convention of 1929 ("international treaty")
• International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation
• GenocideConvention1948 ("international treaty")
• WIPO Convention ("international treaty")
• Madrid Protocol ("international treaty")
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure ("international treaty")
• T-MEC ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Basel (1795) ("international treaty")
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ("international treaty")
• Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("international treaty")
• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris (1815) ("international treaty")
• Patent Cooperation Treaty ("international treaty")
• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs ("international treaty")
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks ("international treaty")
• Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ("international treaty")
• Lisbon Recognition Convention ("international treaty")
• International Labour Conventions ("international treaty")
• Good Friday Agreement ("international treaty")
• Constitution of the World Health Organization
• Treaty of Sèvres ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Lausanne ("international treaty")
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• IMT Charter ("international treaty")
• Anglo-Irish Treaty ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Ryswick ("international treaty")
• Canberra Agreement
• Protocol of Buenos Aires ("international treaty")
• Protocol of Managua ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ("international treaty")
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("international treaty")
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ("international treaty")
• Alaska Purchase ("international treaty")
• Status of Forces Agreement between U.S. and Iraq (2008) ("international treaty")
• Charter of the Arab League
• Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 ("international treaty")
• Outer Space Treaty ("international treaty")
• Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ("international treaty")
• Postal Payment Services Agreement ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Vienna (1731) ("international treaty")
• USMCA ("international treaty")
• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Vienna (1738) ("international treaty")
• Marrakesh Agreement ("international treaty")
• Constitution of the Universal Postal Union
• Antarctic Treaty ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Breda (1667) ("international treaty")
• Treaty on European Union ("international treaty")
• TLCAN ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Zaragoza ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris (1856) ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris 1947 ("international treaty")
• Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ("international treaty")
• Statute of the International Court of Justice ("international treaty")
• Korean Armistice Agreement ("international treaty")
• Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Alliance (1778) ("international treaty")
• Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights ("international treaty")
• Doha Agreement (2020) ("international treaty")
• Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union ("international treaty")
• Convention on the International Maritime Organization ("international treaty")
• Statute of the IAEA
• UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("international treaty")
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ("international treaty")
• Charter of the Organization of American States
• 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security ("international treaty")
• International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue ("international treaty")
• Belavezha Accords ("founding document of the Commonwealth of Independent States")
• Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
• Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Rome ("international treaty")
• Merger Treaty ("international treaty")
• Chicago Convention ("international treaty")
• World Meteorological Convention ("international treaty")
• Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ("international treaty")
• Gadsden Purchase agreement ("international treaty")
• 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Tordesillas ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ("international treaty")
• 1978 Protocol to MARPOL ("international treaty")
• Statute of the Council of Europe ("international treaty")
• Convention on Cybercrime ("international treaty")
• Istanbul Convention ("international treaty")
• European Charter of Local Self-Government ("international treaty")
• Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group institutions
• 1997 Protocol to MARPOL ("international treaty")
• APIC ("international treaty")
• Washington Convention ("international treaty")
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Lisbon ("international treaty")
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ("international treaty")
• Minamata Convention on Mercury ("international treaty")
• Modified Brussels Treaty ("international treaty")
• Treaty of San Francisco ("international treaty")
• Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights ("international treaty")
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations ("international treaty")
• Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris (1951) ("international treaty")
• Treaties of Paris (1954) ("international treaty")
• Second Vienna Award ("international treaty")
• Constitution of UNESCO
• Definitive Treaty of Peace ("international treaty")
• Acts of Union 1707 ("union treaty")
• Treaty of Rastatt ("international treaty")
• Treaty of London (1831) ("international treaty")
• Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) ("international treaty")
• Sikorski–Mayski agreement ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris ("international treaty")
• Treaty of The Hague (1720) ("international treaty")
• Second Geneva Convention ("international treaty")
• Third Geneva Convention ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Portsmouth ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Baden (1714) ("international treaty")
• 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ("international treaty")
• Charter of the Gulf Cooperation Council
• Constitutive Charter of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
• Inter-American Democratic Charter ("international treaty")
• Chapultepec Peace Accords ("international treaty")
• Convention on Migratory Species ("international treaty")
• London Convention ("international treaty")
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("international treaty")
• Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies ("international treaty")
• UNESCO World Heritage Convention ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Lagos
• Additional Protocol I ("international treaty")
• North Atlantic Treaty ("international treaty")
• Treaty of London (1913) ("international treaty")
• Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization
• Radio Regulations ("international treaty")
• Hague Agreement ("international treaty")
• London Act of 1934 ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Bucharest (1913) ("international treaty")
• Agreement on Safeguards ("international treaty")
• Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures ("international treaty")
• Kumanovo Agreement ("international treaty")
• CWC ("international treaty")
• Biological Weapons Convention ("international treaty")
• Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ("international treaty")
• Intergovernmental Agreement on Space Station Cooperation ("international treaty")
• Treaty of San Stefano ("international treaty")
• Geneva Protocol ("international treaty")
• VCDR ("international treaty")
• Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes ("international treaty")
• Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) ("international treaty")
• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
• Additional Protocol II ("international treaty")
• Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ("international treaty")
• Constitution of the International Labour Organization
• Budapest Treaty ("international treaty")
• ACEUM ("international treaty")
• Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ("international treaty")
• Armistice of 22 June 1940 ("international treaty")
• ICSID Convention ("international treaty")
• Nine-Power Treaty ("international treaty")
• ITU Constitution ("foundational treaty")
• Madrid Agreement ("international treaty")
• Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 ("international treaty")
• Nice Agreement ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Paris (1763) ("international treaty")
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("international treaty")
• Rhineland Pact ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Kiel ("international treaty")
• Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region ("international treaty")
• UNESCO education convention ("international treaty")
• Cartagena Agreement ("international treaty")
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ("international treaty")
• WPPT ("international treaty")
• Lisbon Agreement ("international treaty")
• Treaty of Versailles ("international treaty")
• Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism ("international treaty")
• Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications ("international treaty")
• Protocol of Tegucigalpa ("international treaty")