Treaties of the United States

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Treaties of the United States are formal, legally binding international agreements concluded by the U.S. government with other nations or international organizations and ratified according to constitutional procedures.


Statements (56)
Predicate Object
instanceOf class of international agreement
legal concept
alsoKnownAs U.S. treaties
United States treaties
bindingOn federal government of the United States
canAddress arms control
diplomatic and consular relations
environmental protection
extradition
human rights
intellectual property
mutual legal assistance
peace and security
trade and commerce
canBe non-self-executing
self-executing
canBeConcludedWith foreign states
international organizations
canBeModifiedBy amendment
protocols
canBeTerminatedBy President of the United States
subsequent agreement of the parties
concludedBy President of the United States
constitutionalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution
Article VI of the United States Constitution
country United States of America
enforcedBy United States federal courts NERFINISHED
governedBy United States Constitution
hierarchicalStatusInUSLaw on par with federal statutes
supreme law of the land
implementedBy federal regulations
federal statutes
includes bilateral treaties of the United States
defense alliances involving the United States
human rights conventions to which the United States is a party
multilateral treaties of the United States
trade agreements concluded as treaties
interpretedBy United States Supreme Court
lower federal courts
language typically English
legalStatus legally binding international agreements
mayBeAuthenticatedIn multiple languages
mayCreate international obligations for the United States
mayRequire implementing legislation
negotiatedBy United States executive branch
party United States federal government NERFINISHED
ratificationThreshold two-thirds of Senators present
recordedIn United States Statutes at Large
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST) series
registeredWith United Nations Treaty Series
relatedConcept congressional-executive agreements of the United States
executive agreements of the United States
sole executive agreements of the United States
requires advice and consent of the United States Senate
subjectTo United States federal law
international law

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
T-MEC
Treaties of Paris (1954)
Treaty of St. Louis (1825) ("Treaties of the United States government")
category
Treaties of the United States ("U.S. treaties")
Treaties of the United States ("United States treaties")
alsoKnownAs

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