Cayman Islands - Treaties

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28 July 1905 3 September 1906 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Nicaragua
23 September 1910 1 March 1913 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law respecting Collisions between Vessels
23 September 1910 1 March 1913 International Conventions for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law respecting Assistance and Salvage at Sea
1 August 1911 15 July 1912 Treaty of Commerce between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Bolivia
6 May 1916 Treaty between the United Kingdom and Nicaragua for the Regulation of the Turtle Fishing Industry in the Territorial Waters of Nicaragua as regards Fishing Vessels Belonging to Cayman Islanders
30 November 1920 Universal Postal Convention (Revision of Convention of May 26, 1906)
2 February 1922 2 May 1922 Convention between the United Kingdom and France respecting Legal Proceedings on Civil and Commercial Matters
14 July 1923 1 September 1923 Treaty of Commerce between the United Kingdom and the Czechoslovak Republic and Accompanying Declaration
26 November 1923 1 July 1924 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United Kingdom and the Polish Republic
25 August 1924 International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (the 'Hague Rules').
28 August 1924 1 October 1925 Convention and Protocol revising Universal Postal Convention of November 30, 1920
11 November 1924 29 March 1926 Convention between the United Kingdom and the Czechoslovak Republic relative to Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
30 July 1925 Supplementary Convention to the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United Kingdom and Japan together with Minutes of a Meeting between the British and Japanese Representatives at the Foreign Office on July 30, 1925
12 July 1926 Agreement respecting Settlement of the War Debt of France to Great Britain with Exchange of Letters between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the French Minister of Finance regarding the partial or total failure of receipts from Germany under the Dawes Plan
26 September 1927 25 July 1929 International Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards
20 March 1928 15 March 1929 Convention between His Majesty and the President of the German Reich regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
12 October 1929 13 February 1933 International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air
1 March 1930 3 September 1930 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and the President of the Republic of Turkey
5 June 1930 7 June 1930 Exchange of Notes between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Egyptian Government establishing a Commercial 'Modus Vivendi'
6 August 1930 12 May 1931 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty the King of Roumania with Protocol, Protocol of signature and Exchange of Notes
17 December 1930 7 July 1932 Convention between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty the King of Italy regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
30 January 1931 7 September 1931 Convention between His Majesty, in Respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty the King of Norway regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
9 July 1931 13 May 1932 Convention between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom, and the President of the Portuguese Republic regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
26 August 1931 31 May 1932 Convention between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom, and the President of the Polish Republic regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
31 May 1932 29 July 1933 Convention between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom, and Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
11 August 1933 23 February 1934 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and the President of Finland regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
20 March 1934 Universal Postal Convention
15 February 1935 30 August 1935 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and the President of the Czechoslovak Republic Supplementary to the Convention of November 11, 1924 to Facilitate the Conduct of Legal Proceedings
25 July 1935 18 December 1936 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and His Majesty the King of Iraq regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
25 September 1935 7 June 1936 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters (With a Note)
27 February 1936 18 August 1937 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
27 February 1936 16 December 1937 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
15 April 1936 4 May 1940 Convention between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and the President of the French Republic Supplementary to the Convention of February 2, 1922 to facilitate the conduct of Legal Proceedings [With Protocol of Signature]
21 June 1936 8 September 1939 Convention concerning the Regulation of certain Special Systems of Recruiting Workers (ILO No.50)
2 December 1946 10 November 1948 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (with Annexes)
6 March 1948 Wheat Agreement
26 June 1948 1 August 1951 International Convention revising the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed on September 9, 1886, completed at Paris, May 4, 1896 ; revised at Berlin, November 13, 1908, completed at Berne, March 20, 1914 and revised at Rome, June 2, 1928
9 July 1948 4 July 1950 Freedom of Association and Protection of the right to organise Convention, 1948 [ILO No.87]
19 September 1949 26 March 1952 Convention on Road Traffic
4 November 1950 3 September 1953 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [ETS No. 005]
22 November 1950 21 May 1952 Agreement on the Importation of Educational Scientific and Cultural Materials
15 December 1950 4 November 1952 Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council
28 July 1951 22 April 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951
20 March 1952 18 May 1954 Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [ETS No. 9] [Protocol No.1]
10 May 1952 14 September 1955 International Convention on Certain Rules concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision
10 May 1952 20 November 1955 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or other Incidents of Navigation
10 May 1952 24 February 1956 International Convention for the Unification of Certain rules relating to the Arrest of Sea-going Ships
6 September 1952 16 September 1955 Universal Copyright Convention
22 December 1952 1 January 1954 International Telecommunication Convention (with Annexes, Final Protocol and Additional Protocol)
16 October 1953 International Agreement for the Regulation of the Production and Marketing of Sugar
28 September 1955 1 August 1963 Protocol to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929
19 November 1956 4 May 1959 Protocol to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed at Washington on December 2, 1946
1 December 1956 2 July 1957 Protocol Amending the International Sugar Agreement opened for signature at London on October 1,1953
16 February 1957 Exchange of Notes. Termination of the Turtle Fishing Treaty of 1916 [VI-227-111] [- Refers to fishing by the Cayman Islanders]
20 February 1957 11 August 1958 Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
3 October 1957 1 April 1959 Universal Postal Convention [together with Final Protocol, Detailed Regulations and Annexes, Provisions concerning Air Mail with their Final Protocol and Annexes]
10 October 1957 31 May 1968 International Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-going Ships [with Protocol of Signature]
10 February 1958 Exchange of Notes. Extension of the Turtle Fishing Treaty of 1916 [VI-227-111] until August 14, 1958 [- Refers to fishing by the Cayman Islanders]
10 February 1958 Exchange of Notes. Extension of the Turtle Fishing Treaty of 1916 [VI-227-111] until August 14 1958 . [- Refers to fishing by the Cayman Islands]
10 June 1958 7 June 1959 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
7 August 1958 Exchange of Notes. Extension of the Turtle Fishing Treaty of 1916 [VI-227-111] until August 14 1959 [- Refers to fishing by the Cayman Islanders]
30 December 1958 30 December 1958 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America relating to the Establishment of Hurricane Research Stations on Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island
30 December 1958 15 February 1960 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America relating to the Establishment of Hurricane Research Stations on Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island
11 August 1959 Exchange of Notes. Extension of the Turtle Fishing Treaty of 1916 [VI-227-111] until December 31 1960 [- Refers to fishing by ther Cayman Islanders]
14 August 1959 1 November 1959 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany regarding the re-application or extension to certain United Kingdom dependent territories of the Convention concerning Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at London on March 20, 1928
21 December 1959 1 January 1961 International Telecommunications Convention
23 December 1959 Exchange of Notes. Extension of the Turtle Fishing Treaty of 1916 [VI-227-111] Until June 30 1960 [Refers to fishing by the Cayman Islanders]
22 June 1960 Exchange of Notes extending until September 30, 1960 the Treaty of 1916 for the regulation of Turtle Fishing by the Cayman Islanders in Nicaraguan territorial Waters
29 July 1960 1 April 1968 Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy
14 December 1960 22 May 1962 Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at its Eleventh Session
30 March 1961 13 December 1964 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
30 August 1961 13 December 1975 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
18 September 1961 1 May 1964 Convention supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier
5 October 1961 5 January 1964 Convention on the Conflicts of Laws relating to the form of Testamentary Dispositions
5 October 1961 24 January 1965 Convention abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents
27 August 1963 1 October 1963 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Swiss Confederation concerning Arrangements to Facilitate Travel between the United Kingdom and Switzerland
28 January 1964 1 April 1968 Additional Protocol to the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy
13 April 1964 13 April 1964 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the Mutual Abolition of Consular Fees on Visas
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Agreement concerning Postal Parcels [with Final Protocol, Detailed Regulations and Final Protocol thereto]
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Universal Postal Convention
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Constitution of the Universal Postal Union [with Final Protocol, General Regulations and Final Protocol thereto]
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Agreement Concerning Insured Letters and Boxes [with Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations]
1 December 1964 11 December 1965 Customs Convention concerning Welfare Material for Seafarers
18 March 1965 14 October 1966 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States
8 June 1965 8 July 1965 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Greece for the Reciprocal Abolition of Visas
12 November 1965 1 January 1967 International Telecommunications Convention with Final Protocol, Additional Protocols I to III and Optional Additional Protocol (with Additional Protocol IV of 21 October 1965)
12 November 1965 1 January 1967 Optional Additional Protocol to the International Telecommunications Convention, Montreux 1965 Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
15 November 1965 10 February 1969 Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters
7 March 1966 4 January 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
5 April 1966 21 July 1968 International Convention on Load Lines, 1966
6 June 1966 1 August 1966 Exchange of Notes extending the application of the Extradition Treaty between Her Majesty the Queen in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and His Majesty The King of Sweden, signed at London on 26 April 1963, as amended by the Protocol of 6 December 1965, to Certain Territories for whose International Relations the United Kingdom Government are responsible
5 July 1966 17 November 1967 Convention between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Israel regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters
23 November 1966 12 December 1966 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for the Continued Operation of Hurricane Research Stations in the Cayman Islands established under the Agreement of 30 December 1958 as amended by the Agreement of 15 February 1960
19 December 1966 3 January 1976 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
19 December 1966 23 March 1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
31 January 1967 4 October 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
14 February 1967 11 December 1967 Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America [Treaty of Tlatelolco]
14 February 1967 11 December 1969 Additional Protocol I to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America [Treaty of Tlatelolco]
15 October 1967 1 July 1968 Wheat Trade Convention [Incorporated in the International Grains Arrangement, 1967]
17 November 1967 17 March 1970 Convention Supplementary between Her Majesty The Queen in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands regarding Legal Proceedings
23 February 1968 23 June 1977 Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25 August 1924 [Hague-Visby Rules]
23 May 1969 27 January 1980 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
23 June 1969 18 July 1982 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969
25 July 1969 1 January 1971 International Health Regulations (1969) adopted by the Twenty-second World Health Assembly
18 October 1969 26 January 1970 Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Insured Letters and Boxes Agreement [With Detailed Regulations]
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses)
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses)
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Postal Parcels Agreement (with Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations]
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Universal Postal Convention (with Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations)
29 November 1969 6 May 1975 International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties
29 November 1969 19 June 1975 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
11 December 1969 11 December 1969 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America extending to certain overseas territories the Agreement of 26 November 1965 concerning the reciprocal granting of licences to amateur radio operators
25 September 1975 15 February 1996 Additional Protocol No. 2 to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929 as amended by the Protocol done at The Hague on 28 September 1955
25 September 1975 15 February 1996 Additional Protocol No. 1 to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929
25 September 1975 14 June 1998 Montreal Protocol No. 4 to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929 as amended by the Protocol done at The Hague on 28 September 1955
25 September 1975 Additional Protocol No. 3 to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929 as amended by the Protocols done at The Hague on 28 September 1955 and at Guatemala City on 8 March 1971
29 October 1975 12 August 1976 Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Finland (With Exchange of Notes signed at Helsinki on 12 May 1976 extending the Treaty to certain territories)
18 July 1951 ILO Convention No.98, Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and Bargain Collectively [ILO No.98]
24 October 1968 Protocol instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking Settlement of Disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention Against Discrimination in Education
8 August 1975 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol of 25 March 1972 amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
21 December 1975 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
11 March 1979 Amendments to Annexes I and II to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter (concerning Incineration at Sea)
13 April 1987 Amendment to Article XI paragraph 3(a) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed at Washington on 3 March 1973, Adopted at Bonn on 22 June 1979
19 May 1990 Amendment to Annex III of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter [characteristics and composition of matter]
2 September 1990 Convention on the Rights of the Child
19 February 1994 Amendments to Annex I of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter concerning Incineration at Sea
20 February 1994 Amendments to Annexes I and II of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter concerning Disposal at Sea of Radioactive Wastes and Other Radioactive Matter [Resolution 51 (16)]
20 February 1994 Amendments to Annexes I and II of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter concerning phasing out sea disposal of industrial waste [Resolution LC 49(16)]
1 May 1994 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 2 February 1971, as amended by the Paris Protocol of 3 December 1982, with amendments to Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention adopted at the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties at Regina, Canada, 28 May to 3 June 1987
1 January 1996 Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union with Instruments amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations
1 July 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
13 May 2004 Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976
1 February 2007 International Convention Against Doping in Sport
15 June 2007 International Health Regulations 2005 Adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly
14 April 2015 The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks
31 December 2020 Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
Amendment to Article 6 of the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972
Resolution to amend Articles XI, XIV and XV of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter of 29 December 1972 (adopted by the Third Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties at London on 12 December 1978)
Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto. [MARPOL Annex VI]