Treaties

01/05/25 – Approval of International Treaties

• Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).

23/05/2024 – Approval of International Treaties

• Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)

22/05/2024 – Approval of International Treaties

• Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); (i) Overarching Agreement, (ii) the Clean Economy Agreement, and (iii) the Fair Economy Agreement.

13/09/2023 – Approval of International Treaties

• World Trade Organisation Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies; and
• Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Supply Chain Agreement

18/08/2021 – Approval of International Treaties 

• 2005 Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum

9/02/2021 – Approval of International Treaties

• Agreement between the Republic of Fiji and the Solomon Islands concerning their Maritime Boundary
• Amendments to the Framework Agreement of the Paris Declaration on the International Solar Alliance of 30th November 2015; and
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.

3/09/2020 – Approval of International Treaties

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1981 (Madrid Agreement);
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (Madrid Protocol), (together known as the Madrid System);
• Paris Convention for the Protection of the Industrial Property; and
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.

29/05/2020 – Approval of International Treaties

• Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• International Labour Organization Violence and Harassment Convention 2019; and
• International Labour Organization Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention 1981

20/02/2020 – Approval of International Treaties

• Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; and
• 2011 Asia-Pacific Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications.

17/05/2019 – Approval of International Treaties

• United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation;
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; and
• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

04/04/2019 – International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

• Written Analysis

04/04/2019 – International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

• Written Analysis

03/04/2019 – United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation

• Written Analysis

12/07/2018 – Approval of International Treaties

• Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing; and
• World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.

18/05/2018 – Approval of International Treaties

• International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights (ICCPR); and
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

14/07/2017 – Approval of International Treaties

1. Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
2. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Articles of Agreement subject to the declaration under Article 51(2); and
3. Framework Agreement on the establishment of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

24/05/2017 – Approval of International Treaties

• Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

26/04/2017 – Approval of International Treaties

a) United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN CTOC) and the three Supplementary Protocols namely-

1. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, (‘Trafficking in Persons Protocol’);
2. Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, (‘Smuggling of Migrants Protocol’); and
3. Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition (‘Trafficking in Firearms Protocol’).

22/03/2017 and 23/03/2017 – Approval of International Treaties

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; and
• Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children….

17/02/2017 – Approval of International Treaties

• Protocol Amending the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement;
• World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreeement; and
• United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 2005.