Int'l Agreements
The name of the international agreement that established the United Nations
U.N. Charter
This is a tax placed on goods coming into a country.
A tariff
Celebrated globally every year on April 22nd, this holiday was first held in 1970 to show support for environmental protection.
Earth Day
These rights are inherent to all human beings.
Human Rights
This organization is made up of the following bodies: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Int'l Court of Justice, and the Secretariat
United Nations
An ageement entered into by 2 soveriegn states or organizations
Bilateral Agreement
This international convention deals with contracts for the sale of goods.
UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
Adopted in 1966, this international covenant protects rights like freedom of speech, fair trials, and the right to life.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
The international court created by the U.N. Charter
International Court of Justice
An agreement entered into by 3 or more states or organizations
Multilateral Agreements
When doing business internationally, companies need to consider this in addition to the law—especially because what works in the U.S. may not work elsewhere.
Culture
Agreement among States Parties committing to voluntarily reduce carbon emissions
Paris Agreement
International agreement that created the International Criminal Court
Rome Statute
The system of legal rules and principles that govern the legal relations between soverign states and international organizations.
Public International Law
The name of the international agreement governing the world's oceans and seas?
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
This person represents a company in another market and generally gives the company more control than a distributor.
Agent
This 1987 treaty is widely considered the most successful environmental agreement in history for successfully phasing out ozone-depleting Chlorofluorcarbons (CFCs).
Montreal Protocol
Adopted in 1966, this international covenant covers the right to education, health, work, and an adequate standard of living.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Type of law that handles cross-border disputes between private individuals or corporate entities.
Private International Law
Legal body of the U.N. system that works to modernize and harmonize int'l trade and commercial law
U.N. Commission on International Trade Law
This U.S. law makes bribing foreign government officials for business purposes illegal.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
This landmark document affirmed that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent, and interrelated, rejecting any artificial hierarchy between civil/political rights and economic/social/cultural rights
1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights
Longstanding habits and practices that countries follow because they believe it is a legal duty.
Customary International Law