UN Charter
International founding document
The UN Charter is the founding treaty of the United Nations, signed in 1945.
It establishes the organization's structure, purposes, and principles—including collective security, peaceful dispute resolution, and respect for human rights.
The invasion was condemned as a violation of the UN Charter.
Member states are legally bound by its provisions.
- founding documentEstablishing text of origin
- Security CouncilInternational peace oversight body
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- international lawRules governing relations between countries
- General AssemblyMain UN body
member states · member nations · international community · Dag Hammarskjöld · sovereignty · human rights · convention · self-determination · collective security · 1945 · Secretariat · protocol · World War II · Eleanor Roosevelt · diplomatic relations · peacekeeping forces · San Francisco · equality
- UN HistorySecurity Council, General Assembly, peacekeepers, veto power, Kofi Annan
- UN TreatiesGeneva Conventions, Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, CRC, CITES
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- chartersMagna Carta
- Rights LawsBill of Rights, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Equal Rights Amendment, 13th Amendment
- treatiestreaty, treaties, peace treaty, peace treaties, bilateral treaty
UN Charterunilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
law of the jungle · isolationism · imperial decree · Brezhnev Doctrine · colonial charter
UN Charternon-binding resolution
gentlemen's agreement · memorandum of understanding · advisory opinion
UN CharterMein Kampf
Fascist dictator's prison writings
Nazi ideology · Nuremberg Laws · colonial charter · Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact · Treaty of Versailles