Compendium of Legal Instruments

Statute Overview

Statute of the IAEA
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Status of Acceptances – Amendment to Article VI
Status of acceptances – Amendment to Article XIV.A

Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA
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Convention on Nuclear Safety
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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
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Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
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Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency
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Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources
(Also see INFCIRC/663)

Guidance on the Import and Export of Radioactive Sources

Guidance on the Management of Disused Radioactive Sources

Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors

IAEA Safety Standards: Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards (No. GSR Part 3)

IAEA Safety Standards: Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (No. SSR-6 Rev. 1)

IAEA Safety Standards:  Governmental, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Safety (GSR Part 1 (Rev. 1)

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
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Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
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(Unofficial Consolidated Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish)
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Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities
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Objective and Essential Elements of a State’s Nuclear Security Regime (Nuclear Security Series No. 20)

Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

Security Council Resolutions Related to UNSCR 1540

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing

2005 Protocol to the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation

Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf

Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation 

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
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-- Latest Status, UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Tlatelolco Treaty)
(Amendments: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish)

African Nuclear-Weapon-Free ZoneTreaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
(including Annexes and Protocols) and Cairo Declaration
Full Text - Cairo Declaration: Arabic | English | French | Russian | Spanish

South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty) (and Protocols)
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(Protocols: English | French | Russian | Spanish)

Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Bangkok)
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Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia (Treaty of Semipalatinsk, 2006)

The Structure and Content of Agreements between the Agency and States required in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

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Revision of the Standardized Text of the "Small Quantities Protocol" 

Model Protocol Additional to the Agreement(s) between State(s) and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards (Reproduced in Document INFCIRC/540 (Corrected))

NPT Nuclear Exporters Committee (Zangger Committee) (Reproduced in Document INFCIRC/209 Series)

Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) (Reproduced in Document (INFCIRC/254 Series)

1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
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Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Material
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Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes (to the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage)
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Protocol to Amend the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Full Text (with consolidated text of the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 21 May 1963 as amended by the Protocol of 12 September 1997 in Annex): 
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Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Material
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations

Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention
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Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
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Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Material
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Revised Guiding Principles and General Operating Rules to Govern the Provision of Technical Assistance by the Agency (Reproduced in Document INFCIRC/267)

Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology (RCA), 2017
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African Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) 
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Co-operative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (the 2017 ARASIA)
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Agreement to further extend the Co-operation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) - (Third Extension)
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(Extension: English | Spanish)
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Revised Supplementary Agreement Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA)
Model Texts: English
- Latest Status