Thanks both to President Barack Obama’s willingness to evade the treaty-making process entirely in order to do his deals with Tehran and in Paris, and to President Donald Trump’s justified skepticism ...

Since 1949, 216 conventions have been drawn up in the framework of the Council of Europe. The depositary functions are assigned to the Secretary General, who exercises them through the Treaty Office.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new law Tuesday giving Russia’s national legislation precedence over international treaties and rulings from international bodies. The bill was initially ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A major agreement to protect marine diversity in the high seas was struck Friday when Morocco became the 60th nation to sign on, paving the way for the treaty to take effect next year. ...

Note: The following transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. 30 years of international treaties like the Paris ...

Changing international relations at the end of the 20th century, as well as concern for how various countries would handle sensitive environmental issues, led to the UN Conference on Environment and ...

UNITED NATIONS, United States – A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world’s oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment on Sept ...

The United Nations on Monday adopted a pact commonly known as the High Seas Treaty, which establishes the first-ever framework for governing practices like fishing, mining and oil extraction in ...

While crimes against humanity have proliferated around the world, there is currently no specific and comprehensive international treaty to prevent and punish these egregious offenses. This is a ...

A last-second political compromise prevented the crisis from erupting into atomic Armageddon, but the experience fundamentally shifted the two nations' approach to nuclear weapons. After the crisis, ...

Earning income across borders can lead to one frustrating outcome: double taxation. According to the IRS, U.S. citizens are subject to U.S. income tax even if their foreign income is also taxed by the ...