Treaties of the United Kingdom

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Treaties of the United Kingdom are formal international agreements concluded by the UK government with other states or peoples, shaping its historical and contemporary diplomatic, colonial, and legal relationships.


Statements (76)
Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of United Kingdom foreign relations
category of international agreements
legal instrument under international law
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom
archivedBy Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
concludedBy Government of the United Kingdom
constitutionalRequirement parliamentary scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
ratification by the Crown
country United Kingdom
governingLaw international law
hasPart Acts of Union 1800
Amsterdam Treaty 1997
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty 1936
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty 1930
Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921
Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1902
Anglo-Jordanian Treaty 1948
Charter of the Commonwealth 2013
Congress of Vienna Final Act 1815
Convention of Peking 1860
Entente Cordiale 1904
European Convention on Human Rights 1950
Geneva Conventions 1949
Good Friday Agreement 1998
Hong Kong Joint Declaration 1984
Lancaster House Agreement 1979
Lisbon Treaty 2007
Maastricht Treaty 1992
Nice Treaty 2001
North Atlantic Treaty 1949
Ottawa Treaty 1997 (Mine Ban Treaty)
Paris Agreement 2015
Single European Act 1986
Statute of Westminster 1931
Sykes–Picot Agreement 1916
Trade and Cooperation Agreement 2020 (UK–EU)
Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to European Communities)
Treaty of Lausanne 1923
Treaty of London 1839
Treaty of Nanking 1842
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1951 (ECSC) (signed but not ratified by UK)
Treaty of Rome 1957 (EEC) (not an original signatory)
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1919
Treaty of Sèvres 1920
Treaty of Tientsin 1858
Treaty of Trianon 1920
Treaty of Union 1707
Treaty of Versailles 1919
United Nations Charter 1945
Withdrawal Agreement 2019 (UK–EU)
historicalRole instrument of British Empire expansion
instrument of European disintegration (Brexit)
instrument of European integration
instrument of alliance formation
instrument of decolonisation
instrument of trade liberalisation
implementedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom
languageUsed English
recordedIn UK Treaty Series
registration United Nations Treaty Series (for multilateral treaties)
subjectMatter aviation and air services
colonial administration
decolonisation and independence
defence and security alliances
double taxation
environmental protection
extradition and mutual legal assistance
fisheries and maritime boundaries
human rights obligations
investment protection
nuclear non-proliferation
peace settlements
territorial cessions
trade and commerce


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