The most important facts about the emergence and evolution of international law.

  • The Peace of Westfalia

    The Peace of Westfalia

    Which ends the Thirty Years' War and establishes the sovereign equality of the states.
  • The Peace of Utrecht

    The Peace of Utrecht

    by which Spain loses important territorial possessions and declines its quality of world power.
  • The term "international law" was born.

    The term "international law" was born.

    It was first coined by Jeremy Bentham and replace the earlier appellation of “law of nations”.
  • The Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna

    A forum in which issues such as the neutrality of Switzerland, the Rhine River regime, the role of Napoleon in Europe and the definition of diplomatic categories are discussed.
  • U.S. President James Monroe's message

    U.S. President James Monroe's message

    Message to his Congress, to declare that "America is for Americans."
  • The first Geneva Convention

    The first Geneva Convention

    They spoke about humanitarian law, dedicated to humanitarian assistance.
  • International Telecommunication Union.

    International Telecommunication Union.

    The seed of the International Telecommunication Union is established, it is mainly characterized by international cooperation between governments, private sector companies and other interested parties.
  • The first Hague Conference to codify the law of war.

    The first Hague Conference to codify the law of war.

    the 1899 Agreement called for the creation of a permanent mechanism that would allow the establishment of arbitral tribunals to facilitate their work.
  • The second Hague Conference that establishes mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

    The second Hague Conference that establishes mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

    The Conference concluded with the adoption of a Convention for the peaceful settlement of international disputes; it dealt not only with arbitration, but also with other methods of peaceful settlement, such as good offices and mediation.
  • The Versailles Peace Treaty and the advent of the League of Nations.

    The Versailles Peace Treaty and the advent of the League of Nations.

    It is a peace treaty signed on June 28, 1919 between the Allied Countries and Germany in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles that officially ended the First World War (then called The Great War).
  • The Briand-Kellogg Pact to outlaw the use of war.

    The Briand-Kellogg Pact to outlaw the use of war.

    Fifteen nations signed with great celebrations the Pact in which they renounced war as an instrument of national policy.
  • The Atlantic Charter and begins the process of forming the United Nations with Tehran, Yalta and Dumbarton Oaks.

    The Atlantic Charter and begins the process of forming the United Nations with Tehran, Yalta and Dumbarton Oaks.

    They made known "some principles on which they base their hopes for a better future for the world."
  • The Charter of the United Nations.

    The Charter of the United Nations.

    The United Nations Charter includes the principles of international relations, from the sovereign equality of States to the prohibition of the use of force in international relations.
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    Prepared by representatives of all regions of the world with different legal and cultural backgrounds, the Declaration was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, on December 10, 1948 as a common ideal for all peoples and nations, and establishes for the first time, the fundamental human rights that must be protected throughout the world.
  • The emergence of the UN Blue Helmets.

    The emergence of the UN Blue Helmets.

    A military force belonging to the United Nations Organization (UN) made up of personnel from numerous professional armies throughout the world who work in favor of peace.
  • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

    The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

    The Covenant enshrines economic, social and cultural rights, and establishes the obligations of States related to their compliance, while the Protocol makes it possible for individuals to access to an international body for the
    defense of these rights
  • Resolution 2625 of the United Nations General Assembly on the principles of International Law Regarding Friendship and Cooperation between States.

    Resolution 2625 of the United Nations General Assembly on the principles of International Law Regarding Friendship and Cooperation between States.

    Containing the declaration on the principles of international law relating to friendly relations and cooperation between states in accordance with the charter of the united nations
  • The Charter of Duties and Economic Rights of the States.

    The Charter of Duties and Economic Rights of the States.

    It was a commitment between nations from all over the world in response to a conjunctural economic situation whose consequences had proven to be greater among the poorest countries.
  • The demolition of the Berlin Wall.

    The demolition of the Berlin Wall.

    The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the Soviet-led communist bloc teetering on the brink of collapse and helped define a new world order.
  • The first conflict in the Gulf.

    The first conflict in the Gulf.

    A multinational force under the auspices of the United Nations, amounting to 500,000 land, sea and air troops, mainly from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Britain, Egypt, Syria and France rallied against the Iraqi army, then estimated at 540,000 troops. The multinational coalition began an intense aerial bombardment of military targets in Iraq and Kuwait. The operation became known as 'Desert Storm'.
  • The adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

    The adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

    The Coalition has the important task of ensuring that the Court and its prosecutor are independent, that the rights of victims are correctly represented and that gender crimes are included.
  • September 11.

    September 11.

    Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners on September 11, 2001, crashing two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. As a result, thousands of innocent people from more than 80 countries lost their lives.
  • The second Gulf conflict.

    The second Gulf conflict.

    the Iraq War (also known as the Second Gulf War) when U.S. troops decided to attack certain Iraqi targets using aerial bombing tactics.