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Inter-American treaties: Text of  Inter-American treaties
By Year

1947

- Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) (B-29)

1948

- American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota)  (A-42)
(Original text available only in Spanish)

- Economic Agreement of Bogota (A-43)
(Original text available only in Spanish)

- Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women (A-44)
(Original text available only in Spanish)

- Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women (A-45)
(Original text available only in Spanish)

- Charter of the Organization of American States (A-41)

1949

- Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of American States (C-13)

1952

- Additional Protocol to the Pan-American Sanitary Code (B-3) (2)

1954

- Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (A-46)

- Convention on Territorial Asylum (A-47)

- Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations (A-48)

1957

- Protocol to the Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife (C-14)

1958

- Protocol of Amendment to the Convention on the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (C-12) (1)

1959

- Agreement establishing the Inter-American Development Bank (C-15)

1963

- Inter-American Convention on Facilitation of International Waterborne Transportation (Convention of Mar del Plata) (B-30)

1967

- Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Buenos Aires" (B-31)

1969

- American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica" (B-32)

1971

- Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of International Significance (A-49)

1975

- Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (B-35)

- Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
(Rio Treaty) (B-29 (1))

- Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (B-36)

- Inter-American Convention on the Legal Regime of Powers of Attorney to be used Abroad (B-38)

- Inter-American Convention on the  Taking of Evidence Abroad (B-37)

- Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning Checks (B-34)

- Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Invoices (B-33)

1976

- Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations (Convention of San Salvador) (C-16) 

1979

- Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning Checks (B-39)

- Inter-American Convention on General Rules of Private International Law (B-45)

- Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards (B-41)

- Inter-American Convention on Domicile of Natural Persons in Private International Law (B-44)

- Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (B-46)

- Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning Commercial Companies (B-40)

- Inter-American Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law (B-43)

- Inter-American Convention on Execution of Preventive Measures (B-42)

- Agreement on the Adoption of the Inter-American Manual on Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways "Agreement of Caracas" (C-18)

- Convention on the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (C-17)

1981

- Inter-American Convention on Extradition (B-47)

1984

- Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors (B-48)

- Inter-American Convention on Personality and Capacity of Juridical Persons in Private International Law (B-49)

- Additional Protocol to the Inter-American  Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad (B-51)

- Inter-American Convention on Jurisdiction in the International Sphere for the Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments (B-50)

1985

- Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (A-51)

- Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Cartagena de Indias  (A-50)

1987

- Inter-American Amateur Radio Service Convention (Lima Convention (B-52)

1988

- Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador (A-52)

- Amendment of Article Seven of the Inter-American Amateur Radio Service Convention (Lima Convention) (B-52) (1)

1989

- Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations (B-54)

- Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children (B-53)

- Inter-American Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (B-55)

1990

- Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (A-53)

1991

- Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance (A-54)

1992

- Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-55)

- Agreement establishing the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (C-19)

- Protocol of amendments to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Washington"(A-56)

1993

- Optional Protocol related to the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-59)

- Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Managua" (A-58)

- Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad (A-57)

1994

- Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts (B-56)

- Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (A-60)

- Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women "Convention of Belem do Para" (A-61)

- Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (B-57)

1995

- Inter-American Convention on the International Amateur Radio Permit (A-62)

1996

- Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (B-58)

1997

- Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (A-63)

1999

- Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (A-64)

- Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (A-65)

2002

- Inter-American Convention against Terrorism (A-66)

2003

- Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit (A-67)