Treaties and United Nations Materials

A treaty cites its full title, its dates in brackets — ‘opened for signature’ or ‘adopted’, then entry into force — and its series: volume-organised like the UNTS, year-organised like the UKTS, or deposit-ordered like the ETS (r 4.1.1). A short form defined at the end serves later footnotes. Pinpoint to articles, with a comma unless a bracket precedes.

The Charter cites bare, with its article (r 4.2.1). Resolutions cite the body, Res and the number, the resolution date, and the document number; other documents quote their title (r 4.2.2). Abbreviate the famous organs — UNSC, UNGA, ILC — and spell out the rest.

Views and decisions of the UN treaty bodies cite the complainant and State with an italicised v, the decision type, the communication number and the decision date (r 4.2.6).