Adherence to International Conventions
The Holy See and Vatican City State are distinct entities. On occasion each of them has signed international conventions (sometimes with reservations), including:
- the International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
- the International Convention on the rights of the child
- the Convention on drugs and the amendment Protocol
- the Convention on psychotropic substances
- the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
- the Convention on the peaceful use of atmospheric space
- the Protocol regarding the ban on toxic gas and bacteriological agents
- the Geneva Convention (guaranteeing protection to the wounded, the sick and civilians in wartime, regarding the treatment of prisoners, and the status of refugees) as well as additional protocols
- the International Convention for the protection of cultural heritages in case of armed conflicts
- the UNESCO Convention regarding the protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage
- the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations
- the European Convention on culture
- Conventions regarding maritime rights
- Conventions regarding road use