Parties to CITES

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international environmental law concept subject of international law treaty party grouping

Parties to CITES are the sovereign states and regional economic integration organizations that have joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, committing to regulate and monitor international wildlife trade.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Parties to CITES canonical	4
CITES Parties	3
CITES member states	2
States Parties to CITES	2
CITES Party	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international environmental law concept ⓘ subject of international law ⓘ treaty party grouping ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival ⓘ
appliesTo	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
canBe	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations member state non-UN member sovereign state ⓘ regional economic integration organization with competence in matters covered by CITES ⓘ
cooperateWith	CITES Secretariat ⓘ intergovernmental organizations ⓘ non-governmental organizations active in wildlife trade regulation ⓘ other Parties to CITES ⓘ
dateEstablished	1975-07-01 ⓘ
governedBy	Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties principles ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	global ⓘ
hasLegalInstrument	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ surface form: CITES Convention
hasMemberType	regional economic integration organization ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
hasObligation	implement CITES provisions in national legislation ⓘ monitor international wildlife trade ⓘ regulate international trade in listed species ⓘ submit annual trade reports ⓘ submit biennial implementation reports ⓘ
hasRequirement	confiscate specimens traded in violation of CITES ⓘ designate at least one Management Authority ⓘ designate at least one Scientific Authority ⓘ enforce CITES trade controls at borders ⓘ issue CITES permits and certificates for listed species ⓘ penalize illegal trade in CITES-listed species ⓘ
hasRight	enter reservations to CITES listings ⓘ participate in CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ propose amendments to CITES Appendices ⓘ vote at CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ
implements	CITES Appendices I, II and III trade controls ⓘ
legalBasis	acceptance of CITES Convention ⓘ accession to CITES Convention ⓘ approval of CITES Convention ⓘ ratification of CITES Convention ⓘ
monitors	international trade in CITES-listed species ⓘ
participatesIn	CITES Animals Committee ⓘ CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ CITES Plants Committee members ⓘ surface form: CITES Plants Committee Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ surface form: CITES Standing Committee
partOf	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
relatedTo	international biodiversity conservation regime ⓘ multilateral environmental agreements ⓘ
subjectTo	CITES compliance procedures ⓘ
usesInstrument	CITES certificates ⓘ CITES management authorities ⓘ surface form: CITES permits

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Parties to CITES
Description of subject: Parties to CITES are the sovereign states and regional economic integration organizations that have joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, committing to regulate and monitor international wildlife trade.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appendix I → geographicalScope → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES member states

Conference of the Parties → hasMember → Parties to CITES ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the Parties (CITES)

this entity surface form: CITES Party

Conference of the Parties → composedOf → Parties to CITES ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the Parties (CITES)

Conference of the Parties → reportsTo → Parties to CITES ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the Parties (CITES)

CITES Secretariat → supports → Parties to CITES ⓘ

Appendix II → monitoredBy → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES Parties

CITES Article II → jurisdiction → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: States Parties to CITES

Review of Significant Trade mechanism → usedBy → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES Parties

CITES Conference of the Parties → composedOf → Parties to CITES ⓘ

CITES Conference of the Parties → participantsInclude → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES member states

Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → alsoKnownAs → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES Parties

Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → alsoKnownAs → Parties to CITES ⓘ

this entity surface form: States Parties to CITES