{ "axes": [ "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY" ], "collapse_warning": "These axes are independent. An instrument may bind a State internationally and create no domestically enforceable rule (Medellin v. Texas). Do not reduce them to one flag.", "instruments": [ { "key": "UNDRIP", "title": "UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "A declaration, not a treaty; some provisions are argued to reflect or to be crystallising into customary law, which is a separate question from the Declaration's own status.", "Art. 43: the rights recognised constitute minimum standards.", "Art. 45: nothing may be construed as diminishing or extinguishing existing or future rights.", "Arts. 41-42 direct UN organs and the system toward implementation, participation and follow-up - a propagation mechanism, not merely passive acknowledgment.", "Supervisory route runs through EMRIP, the Special Rapporteur and the Permanent Forum rather than a treaty body." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "UNDRIP-2007", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "ADRIP_2016", "title": "American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (OAS, 2016)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Art. IX: States shall fully recognise the juridical personality of Indigenous peoples, respecting their forms of organisation.", "Art. XXXVII: access to financial and technical assistance.", "Art. XXXVIII: OAS organs, agencies and entities shall adopt measures to promote observance and endeavour to ensure efficacy - an institutional implementation duty inside the OAS.", "The United States stated objections to the text and prefers implementation through UNDRIP." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": "Do not model as a self-executing US treaty. That framing is legally vulnerable and unnecessary; the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man route is the durable one.", "canonical": { "id": "ADRIP-2016", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" } } }, { "key": "ADRDM", "title": "American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (1948)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "CONTESTED", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "CONTESTED", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "The IACHR treats the American Declaration as a source of international obligations for all OAS member States, including those not party to the American Convention.", "The United States disagrees with the Commission on its binding character; the disagreement is documented by the Commission.", "The disagreement does not remove the Commission's competence: its Statute authorises it, for non-parties to the Convention, to examine communications, request information and make recommendations on American Declaration rights." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": "This is the live US-facing regional channel. Model it as OAS Charter / IACHR Statute -> American Declaration -> IACHR supervision. Do not model it as the Inter-American Court commanding the United States.", "canonical": { "id": "AMERICAN-DECLARATION-1948", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "DISPUTED", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "ACHR", "title": "American Convention on Human Rights (1969)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "In force among its parties. The United States signed but has not ratified, so it is not bound by the Convention itself and has not accepted the Court's contentious jurisdiction." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "AMERICAN-CONVENTION", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" } } }, { "key": "IACHR_RULE_25", "title": "IACHR Rules of Procedure, art. 25 (precautionary measures)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "PARTIAL", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Test: seriousness + urgency + risk of irreparable harm.", "Beneficiaries may be individuals or determinable groups identified by membership in a people, community or organisation - which fits a function/order/community beneficiary better than a title claim.", "The Commission has directed such requests to the United States.", "Measures are stateful: they can be extended, modified or lifted when the risk predicate changes. The invocation and the case history are not thereby erased." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "IACHR-RULE-25", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NA", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NA", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "VCLT", "title": "Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "PARTIAL", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "Art. 26 pacta sunt servanda: every treaty in force binds its parties and must be performed in good faith.", "Art. 27: internal law is no justification for non-performance.", "The United States signed but has not ratified; the State Department has long treated many provisions as customary law, which is why the axis reads PARTIAL rather than NO.", "Two gates before art. 26 does any work: the treaty must actually bind the State, and the provision must actually apply to this actor, function and event." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "VCLT-26-27", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "CUSTOMARY", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } } }, { "key": "VCDR", "title": "Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "Implemented in the United States by the Diplomatic Relations Act.", "Privileges and immunities attach to the mission's functions, not to the person as a favour - but only once the receiving State's category predicate is actually satisfied." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": "An Indigenous source appointment and a VCDR category are separately proved predicates. Never infer either from the other, in either direction.", "canonical": { "id": "VCDR", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } } }, { "key": "VCCR", "title": "Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "CONTESTED", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "CONTESTED", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Art. 5 sets out consular functions; art. 43 covers official acts.", "In the US litigation the government treated art. 36 as self-executing, while the availability of a domestic judicial remedy remained a separate question - exactly the granularity these six axes exist to preserve.", "ICJ supervision existed via the Optional Protocol, from which the United States withdrew in 2005." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "VCCR", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" } } }, { "key": "UN_CHARTER_105", "title": "UN Charter art. 105", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Privileges and immunities such as are necessary for the independent exercise of functions by the Organization, by representatives of Members and by officials.", "Functional necessity is the architecture. It is not a general immunity generator, and it does not reach categories the Article does not cover." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "UN-CHARTER-105", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } } }, { "key": "CPIUN_1946", "title": "Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1946)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Applies only where the covered category is actually satisfied: the Organization, its property and archives, representatives of Members, officials, and experts on mission.", "The United States acceded with a reservation." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "CPIUN-VI-22", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "UN_HQ_AGREEMENT", "title": "UN Headquarters Agreement (1947, US-UN)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Section 11 addresses impediments to transit to and from the Headquarters district for the categories it covers.", "The operative question is which covered category a person travels under - not a general question of whether the host State chooses to recognise anyone.", "Disputes over interpretation are referable to arbitration." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "UN-US-HQ-AGREEMENT", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "VIENNA_REP_1975", "title": "Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in Their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character (1975)", "force": "NOT_IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "Requires 35 parties to enter into force and has not reached that threshold.", "Useful as a functional and protocol model only." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "https://treaties.un.org/", "caution": "Never used as an operative gate. Citing it as though it were in force is a defect a competent reader will find immediately." }, { "key": "UNCJIS_2004", "title": "UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (2004)", "force": "NOT_IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "Requires 30 parties; the UN Treaty Collection records it as not yet in force.", "It nonetheless distinguishes State and property immunity from diplomatic and other mission immunities, and separates immunity from adjudication, from pre-judgment measures and from post-judgment execution - the three-way split this system uses.", "Customary law and forum-state statutes remain the operative sources." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "https://treaties.un.org/", "caution": null }, { "key": "GENEVA_CA1", "title": "Geneva Conventions (1949), Common Article 1", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Obligation to respect and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": "GATED. IHL applies only where there is an actual armed-conflict nexus governed by IHL. A humanitarian ministry being attacked does not by itself open this plane. Asserting it without the gate discredits the lanes that genuinely are open.", "canonical": { "id": "GENEVA-CA1", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" } } }, { "key": "CRC", "title": "Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "In force nearly universally. The United States signed but has not ratified, so for a US-facing matter the child-protection route runs through the IACHR and its child rapporteurship rather than the CRC committee." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null }, { "key": "ICCPR", "title": "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "The United States is a party and declared the substantive provisions non-self-executing; it is not party to the first Optional Protocol, so no individual communication lies.", "State reporting to the Human Rights Committee remains.", "This single entry is the clearest illustration of why the axes must stay separate: binding YES, self-executing NO." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "ICCPR", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "HRD_DECLARATION", "title": "UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (1998)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Recognises the right to communicate with non-governmental and intergovernmental bodies and unhindered access to competent international organs.", "Art. 12 addresses protection against violence, threats, retaliation, adverse discrimination, pressure and arbitrary action arising from legitimate human-rights activity.", "Special-procedure communications are the live route. This lane does not require any diplomatic status to be proved, which is precisely why it must not be folded into the Vienna lanes." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "HRD-DECLARATION", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "UN_REPRISALS", "title": "UN system response to intimidation and reprisals", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "The Secretary-General reports annually on intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the UN in the human-rights field; the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights is the senior official designated to lead that work.", "Trigger condition is a causal nexus between an adverse act and cooperation with the UN or its mechanisms - not a status.", "Impairment of participation and contribution is evidence going to the nature and consequence of the interference; it is not a source of immunity." ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": null, "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "UN-REPRISALS", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NA", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NA", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } } }, { "key": "UNDRIP-18-19", "title": "UNDRIP Arts. 18-19, Indigenous representative institutions", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Representatives are chosen by the people in accordance with their own procedures; States shall consult and cooperate in good faith through the people's own representative institutions. The institution and its representatives are established by the source act, not by the receiving party.", "UNGA Res. 61/295, Arts. 18, 19 (with 4, 5, 20); UNGA Res. 80/303 (31 Aug 2026), participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives and representative institutions in relevant UN bodies; ECOSOC Res. 2000/22 (UNPFII)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: representative_chosen_by_own_procedures", "canonical": { "id": "UNDRIP-18-19", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "SOURCE_ACT" ], "addressees": [ "States" ] }, { "key": "UNDRIP-42-43", "title": "UNDRIP Arts. 42-43, implementation duty and minimum standard", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Art. 42: the UN, its bodies incl. the Permanent Forum, specialized agencies incl. at country level, and States shall promote respect for and full application of the Declaration and follow up its effectiveness. Art. 43: the rights are minimum standards. Every recipient interaction is evaluated against this floor.", "UNGA Res. 61/295, Arts. 42, 43" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: recipient_is_art42_addressee", "canonical": { "id": "UNDRIP-42-43", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "United Nations", "UN bodies incl. UNPFII", "Specialized agencies incl. country level", "States incl. host States" ] }, { "key": "ICERD", "title": "Int'l Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Binds the U.S. internationally; non-self-executing declaration. CERD Committee reporting supervision; relevant to Indigenous equal-protection and cultural rights.", "660 U.N.T.S. 195; U.S. ratified 1994 (non-self-executing)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "ICERD", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "UN-CHARTER-103", "title": "UN Charter Art. 103 (Charter supremacy)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Conflict rule: Charter obligations prevail over obligations under any other international agreement. Protects existing Charter duties; creates no new right, status or immunity.", "1 U.N.T.S. XVI (1945), Art. 103" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: charter_obligation_identified, conflicting_agreement_identified", "canonical": { "id": "UN-CHARTER-103", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "JUS-COGENS", "title": "Peremptory norms (jus cogens)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Non-derogable; a conflicting treaty is void. ILC non-exhaustive annex: aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity, basic IHL rules, racial discrimination/apartheid, slavery, torture, self-determination. Indigenous self-determination is exercised per UNDRIP Arts. 3-4 within Art. 46; peremptory status confers no recognition, status or immunity by itself.", "VCLT Arts. 53, 64; ILC Draft Conclusions on Peremptory Norms (2022), Concl. 23 + Annex; ICJ Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, para. 233" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: peremptory_norm_identified, norm_applies_to_facts", "canonical": { "id": "JUS-COGENS", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "CUSTOMARY", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "SPECIAL-MISSIONS-1969", "title": "Convention on Special Missions (1969)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Binds parties only; the U.S. is NOT a party. Requires receiving-State consent to the mission (Art. 2). In U.S. practice customary special-mission immunity has followed an Executive suggestion of immunity, not self-assertion.", "1400 U.N.T.S. 231 (in force 21 June 1985)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: receiving_state_consent_to_mission", "canonical": { "id": "SPECIAL-MISSIONS-1969", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "IPP-1973", "title": "Convention on Internationally Protected Persons (1973)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Duty to criminalize and prevent attacks on internationally protected persons (Art. 1: heads of State/Government and foreign ministers abroad; State/IGO representatives entitled to special protection). Protection, not immunity. Category proved independently: 18 U.S.C. 1116(b)(2) foreign government irrespective of U.S. recognition; (b)(3)(A) head of State or political equivalent, cabinet rank and above; (b)(3)(B) persons of a foreign nationality duly notified to the U.S. and here on official business; (b)(4) internationally protected person. Criminal-law protection against attack; never immunity from jurisdiction.", "1035 U.N.T.S. 167; U.S. party; 18 U.S.C. 112, 878, 1116, 1201" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: ipp_category_proved", "canonical": { "id": "IPP-1973", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "CHICAGO-ANNEX-9", "title": "Chicago Convention Annex 9 (Facilitation) + ICAO Doc 9303", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "PARTIAL", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" }, "notes": [ "Annex 9 standards bind subject to Art. 38 filed differences; MRTD/eMRTD interoperability per Doc 9303. Issuer trust material reaches inspection systems via ICAO PKD participation or bilateral CSCA exchange; acceptance of a document class remains each State's decision. ICAO Digital Travel Credential: pre-arrival submission authenticated against the issuing State's trust chain, separate from later screening. Issuer signatures prove institutional authenticity, not travel-document acceptance.", "15 U.N.T.S. 295 (1944), Arts. 37-38, 84; Annex 9; ICAO Doc 9303" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: issuer_trust_material_distributed, receiving_state_accepts_document_class", "canonical": { "id": "CHICAGO-ANNEX-9", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "PARTIAL", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "PARTIAL", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "PARTIAL" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "JAY-TREATY-1794-III", "title": "Jay Treaty (1794) Art. III, Indigenous free passage", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "CONTESTED", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Art. III secured free passage for Indians across the U.S.-British North America line. The U.S. treats the article as abrogated (Karnuth); the operative U.S. right is the statute, 8 U.S.C. 1359.", "Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation (1794) Art. III; Karnuth v. United States, 279 U.S. 231 (1929); 8 U.S.C. 1359" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: born_in_canada, american_indian_blood_at_least_50_percent", "canonical": { "id": "JAY-TREATY-1794-III", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "DISPUTED", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "INA-289-8USC1359", "title": "8 U.S.C. 1359 (INA 289), American Indians born in Canada", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Right to pass the border into the U.S. for American Indians born in Canada with at least 50 percent American Indian blood. Exercised at inspection by proving both facts.", "8 U.S.C. 1359" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: born_in_canada, american_indian_blood_at_least_50_percent", "canonical": { "id": "INA-289-8USC1359", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "KICKAPOO-25USC1300b-13d", "title": "Texas Band of Kickapoo Act, 25 U.S.C. 1300b-13(d)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Notwithstanding the INA, all Band members may freely pass and repass U.S. borders and live and work in the U.S. Special legislation: the enacted Public Law text governs even where a Code display marks the section omitted; omission from the Code is not repeal.", "Pub. L. 97-429, sec. 4(d), 96 Stat. 2269 (1983); 25 U.S.C. 1300b-13(d)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: member_texas_band_of_kickapoo", "canonical": { "id": "KICKAPOO-25USC1300b-13d", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "WHTI-ETC-8CFR235-1e", "title": "WHTI Enhanced Tribal Card, 8 CFR 235.1(e)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "A tribe's DHS-designated Enhanced Tribal Card is a WHTI-compliant document for U.S. citizen members at land and sea ports of entry; not valid for air entry. Designation is per tribe, by DHS notice.", "8 CFR 235.1(e); WHTI land/sea final rule; DHS designation notices (e.g. Pascua Yaqui, 76 FR, 9 June 2011)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: tribe_etc_program_designated_by_dhs, card_issued_to_holder, land_or_sea_port_of_entry", "canonical": { "id": "WHTI-ETC-8CFR235-1e", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "CAN-IRPA-19-1", "title": "Canada IRPA s. 19(1), registered Indians' right of entry", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Canada-facing. Every person registered as an Indian under the Indian Act has the right to enter and remain in Canada; the officer shall allow entry once examination confirms registration.", "Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, s. 19(1)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: registered_under_indian_act", "canonical": { "id": "CAN-IRPA-19-1", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "CAN-INDIGENOUS-FAMILY-2024", "title": "Canada temporary measures, Indigenous family reunification (Oct 2024)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Canada-facing. Eligible Indigenous people in the U.S. with family in Canada may work or study in Canada with certain requirements waived; those in Canada may extend stay up to 3 years. Apply before travel or from within Canada; applications cannot be made at the port of entry. Temporary.", "IRCC, Supporting cross-border mobility for Indigenous Peoples, 10 Oct 2024; IRCC temporary public policies" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: eligible_indigenous_person_in_us, family_member_in_canada, approved_before_travel", "canonical": { "id": "CAN-INDIGENOUS-FAMILY-2024", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "VCDR-40", "title": "VCDR Art. 40, third-State transit", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "A third State through which a diplomatic agent passes (with a visa where required) to take up or return to post accords inviolability and immunities needed for transit; covers accompanying family, official correspondence and couriers. Separate from receiving-State privileges.", "500 U.N.T.S. 95, Art. 40" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: diplomatic_category_proved, journey_to_or_from_post, visa_where_required", "canonical": { "id": "VCDR-40", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "US-VISA-C2", "title": "C-2 visa, transit to UN Headquarters District", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Operational consular route for qualifying non-U.S. nationals invited to the UN HQ district under Sec. 11; exempt from most visa ineligibilities; travel conditions may apply. Event- and journey-bound.", "INA 101(a)(15)(C); 9 FAM 402.4; 9 FAM 402.3-6; HQ Agreement Sec. 11(3)-(5)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: section_11_category_proved, holder_not_us_national", "canonical": { "id": "US-VISA-C2", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "US-VISA-G", "title": "G-1 to G-4 visas, international organizations", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Separately gated classes: G-1/G-2 representatives of recognized member governments; G-3 representatives of governments not recognized by the U.S. or not members of the organization; G-4 IO officers/employees. Requires designation by the sending government and the organization; not inferred from meeting participation.", "INA 101(a)(15)(G); 9 FAM 402.3" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: g_class_proved, sending_government_designation, organization_accreditation", "canonical": { "id": "US-VISA-G", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "US-BORDER-INSPECTION", "title": "U.S. border inspection and patrol authority, 8 U.S.C. 1225, 1357", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Every arrival is inspected; officers' patrol and inspection powers apply at and near the border. Rights established by law or advance approval are evidenced at inspection, not bypassed. Preclearance (19 U.S.C. 4431 et seq.) relocates CBP inspection before departure at approved locations.", "8 U.S.C. 1225 (inspection of arrivals); 8 U.S.C. 1357 (powers of immigration officers)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: arrival_at_port_or_border", "canonical": { "id": "US-BORDER-INSPECTION", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "FARA-616B", "title": "FARA 22 U.S.C. 616(b), DOJ-to-State transmission", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "AG shall promptly transmit a copy of every registration statement (incl. exhibits, 611(k)) to the Secretary of State for comment and use re foreign relations. Transmission duty is not proof of delivery or of any State classification; failure to transmit is not a bar to prosecution.", "22 U.S.C. 611(k), 616(a)-(d); 28 C.F.R. 5.5" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: fara_statement_filed, transmission_record", "canonical": { "id": "FARA-616B", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW", "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "IOIA-288D-B", "title": "IOIA 22 U.S.C. 288d(b), official-acts immunity", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Representatives of foreign governments in or to international organizations, and IO officers/employees: immunity from suit and legal process for official-capacity acts; no U.S.-national exclusion (unlike 288d(a)). 288e(a): only if notified to and accepted by the Secretary of State, or designated by the Secretary before formal notification; 288e(c) confers no broader diplomatic status. Zuza: acceptance documented after suit was filed still required dismissal of the pending proceeding.", "22 U.S.C. 288d(b), 288e(a)-(c); Zuza v. Office of the High Representative, No. 16-7027 (D.C. Cir. May 30, 2017)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: foreign_government_or_io_representative_proved, secstate_accepted_or_designated_288e_a, act_in_official_capacity", "canonical": { "id": "IOIA-288D-B", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "FMA-4302-A3B", "title": "Foreign Missions Act 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(3)(B), political-entity mission", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Mission of an organization representing a territory or political entity in international affairs; the Secretary of State determines applicability (4302(b)) and may accord or regulate benefits (4303); 4303(1): assists federal, state and municipal agencies in ascertaining and according benefits, privileges and immunities to which a foreign mission may be entitled. 4310: compliance is not an implied waiver and does not supersede other immunities. PIO v. Shultz: State may rely on FARA registration to classify functions under the FMA.", "22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(3)(B), 4302(b), 4303, 4310; Palestine Information Office v. Shultz, 853 F.2d 932 (D.C. Cir. 1988)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: political_entity_international_affairs_evidenced, secstate_determination", "canonical": { "id": "FMA-4302-A3B", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "US-254D", "title": "22 U.S.C. 254d, dismissal of actions against persons entitled to immunity", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Any action or proceeding brought AGAINST an individual entitled to immunity under the VCDR, 254b-254c or other laws extending diplomatic privileges and immunities shall be dismissed, on motion or suggestion. Operates in proceedings against the holder, incl. counterclaims against a holder who is plaintiff (Abdulaziz); it does not act on the holder's own claims. Status certified after commencement is a defense to pending suits (Abdulaziz, State Department certification conclusive); same temporal rule for IOIA acceptance (Zuza). Waiver: continuing to press one's own claim while invoking immunity against a counterclaim can waive it; no waiver where entitlement was unclear at filing and the holder moved to dismiss his own suit immediately on certification (Abdulaziz). See VCDR-32, VCCR-45.", "22 U.S.C. 254d; Abdulaziz v. Metropolitan Dade County, 741 F.2d 1328 (11th Cir. 1984); Zuza, No. 16-7027 (D.C. Cir. 2017)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: immunity_established_by_competent_record, proceeding_against_holder, immunity_scope_covers_proceeding", "canonical": { "id": "US-254D", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "CPIUN-II-4", "title": "1946 General Convention Art. II Sec. 4 (UN archives and documents)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Archives of the UN and all documents belonging to or held by it are inviolable wherever located. The privilege is the Organization's, waivable by the Secretary-General; it protects the UN-held copy (e.g. eSango correspondence) and confers nothing on the submitter or on copies held elsewhere.", "1 U.N.T.S. 15, Art. II Sec. 4; Brzak v. United Nations, 597 F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 2010)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: document_held_by_un, un_custody_proved", "canonical": { "id": "CPIUN-II-4", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "States incl. host States" ] }, { "key": "CPIUN-IV-11-15", "title": "1946 General Convention Art. IV Secs. 11-16 (representatives of Members)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Representatives of Members to UN organs and conferences: arrest/seizure immunity, official-act immunity, papers inviolable, travel facilities. Sec. 15: not applicable as between a representative and the authorities of the State of which he is a national. Sec. 16: 'representatives' means delegates of Members. HQ Sec. 11(5) is a separate category and is not excluded by Sec. 15.", "1 U.N.T.S. 15, Art. IV; Brzak (self-executing)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: member_state_representative_proved, not_national_of_receiving_state_sec15", "canonical": { "id": "CPIUN-IV-11-15", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "VCCR-71", "title": "VCCR Art. 71, consular members who are nationals or permanent residents", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "A consular officer who is a national or permanent resident of the receiving State enjoys only immunity from jurisdiction and personal inviolability for official acts performed in the exercise of functions, and Art. 44(3), unless the receiving State grants more. Separate from the VCDR Art. 38 nationality rule.", "596 U.N.T.S. 261, Arts. 43, 44(3), 71" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: consular_category_proved, nationality_determined, act_in_consular_function", "canonical": { "id": "VCCR-71", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "IOIA-288A", "title": "IOIA 22 U.S.C. 288, 288a, organizational immunities", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Immunity of the ORGANIZATION (suit, property, archives) only for a public international organization in which the U.S. participates under treaty or Act of Congress and which the President designates by Executive order (288). DESA civil-society registration is not designation; the foundation, trust and source government are separate juridical persons.", "22 U.S.C. 288, 288a; Jam v. Int'l Finance Corp., 139 S. Ct. 759 (2019)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: us_participation_by_treaty_or_act, presidential_designation_288", "canonical": { "id": "IOIA-288A", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "FSIA-SAMANTAR", "title": "28 U.S.C. 1603-1611 (FSIA) and common-law foreign-official immunity", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "FSIA: immunity of a foreign state and its agencies or instrumentalities, and of its property from attachment or execution, subject to the statutory exceptions; foreign-state status is a threshold question. Samantar: individual officials fall outside the FSIA and are governed by common law, where the Executive's suggestion of immunity carries decisive weight.", "28 U.S.C. 1603-1611; Samantar v. Yousuf, 560 U.S. 305 (2010)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: foreign_state_status_proved, official_capacity_act, executive_suggestion_or_statutory_basis", "canonical": { "id": "FSIA-SAMANTAR", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "HCCH-APOSTILLE-1961", "title": "Hague Apostille Convention (1961)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "EVIDENCE AUTHENTICATION ONLY. An apostille certifies the authenticity of the signature, the capacity of the signer and the seal on the public document it is placed on (Art. 5) - for a court apostille, the clerk's certification of a filed copy; it does not certify the contents of the underlying instrument. Art. 1 excludes documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents. Art. 7: the issuing authority keeps a register and verifies particulars on request.", "527 U.N.T.S. 189; U.S. party; Arts. 1, 3, 5, 7" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: apostille_verified_in_article7_register", "canonical": { "id": "HCCH-APOSTILLE-1961", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "VCDR-32", "title": "VCDR Art. 32, waiver, counterclaims, execution", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Waiver only by the sending State, always express (32(1)-(2)). A holder who initiates proceedings may not invoke immunity against a counterclaim directly connected with the principal claim (32(3)). Waiver of jurisdiction does not imply waiver of immunity from execution; separate waiver required (32(4)).", "500 U.N.T.S. 95, Art. 32; 22 U.S.C. 254d; Abdulaziz, 741 F.2d 1328" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: diplomatic_category_proved, holder_initiated_proceedings, counterclaim_directly_connected", "canonical": { "id": "VCDR-32", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "VCCR-45", "title": "VCCR Art. 45, waiver, counterclaims, execution", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Consular counterpart of VCDR Art. 32: express waiver by the sending State (45(1)-(2)); initiating proceedings precludes immunity against a directly connected counterclaim (45(3)); execution needs a separate waiver (45(4)).", "596 U.N.T.S. 261, Art. 45" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: consular_category_proved, holder_initiated_proceedings, counterclaim_directly_connected", "canonical": { "id": "VCCR-45", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "UN-CH-1946-S23", "title": "UN-Switzerland Agreement (1946) Art. VII Sec. 23, travel on UN business", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Geneva host-State route, separate from the New York Headquarters Agreement. Sec. 23: Sec. 22 travel facilities for experts and other persons without a UN laissez-passer who hold a certificate that they travel on UN business. An event badge is evidence toward that certificate, not the certificate. Sec. 27: UN-Swiss arbitration, a right of the treaty parties.", "UN-Swiss Federal Council Agreement on Privileges and Immunities, 19 Apr 1946, Secs. 22-23, 27" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_business_travel_certificate, covered_journey_to_geneva_seat", "canonical": { "id": "UN-CH-1946-S23", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Switzerland" ] }, { "key": "HRC-58-13-IGWG", "title": "HRC res. 58/13, IGWG on the human rights of older persons", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "OP1: open-ended intergovernmental working group to draft a legally binding instrument on the human rights of older persons. OP5: considers inputs from all stakeholders. OP6: civil society, older persons and their representative organizations invited to contribute. OP7: meaningful participation. Session 2: 26-30 Oct 2026, Palais des Nations. Contribution route, not State-party or negotiating status.", "A/HRC/RES/58/13 (2025), OP1, OP5-OP7; UNDRIP Arts. 21-23; A/HRC/RES/60/23" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_event_credential, contribution_submitted, secretariat_receipt", "canonical": { "id": "HRC-58-13-IGWG", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "OHCHR Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "HRC-60-13", "title": "HRC res. 60/13, human rights and Indigenous Peoples", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "OP19: Council continues discussions on participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives and institutions, incl. accreditation principles such as self-determination and self-identification. OP23: States protect Indigenous children. OP25: States recognize, observe and enforce existing treaties, agreements and constructive arrangements and support new ones. OP26: transitional justice, peace processes; OHCHR and UN agencies build capacity. OP28: HRC President organizes Indigenous participation in dialogues with the Special Rapporteur and EMRIP and the annual panel. OP39: reprisals; visa delay or denial.", "A/HRC/RES/60/13 (2025), OP19, OP23, OP25, OP26, OP28, OP39" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_engagement_record", "canonical": { "id": "HRC-60-13", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW", "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "HRC", "HRC President", "OHCHR", "UN agencies", "States" ] }, { "key": "GA-80-303", "title": "GA res. 80/303, participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives and institutions", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Enhancing the participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives and representative institutions in meetings of relevant UN bodies on issues affecting them; workshop and Secretary-General compilation of practices, acknowledgments and barriers. Draft A/80/L.107 (transmitted 20 Aug 2026): GA continues consideration of further measures; PGA appoints two co-facilitators and two Indigenous Peoples' advisers (84th-85th session); PGA workshop alongside UNPFII 28th session; SG compilation from Member States and Indigenous Peoples of practices, acknowledgements and barriers before the 83rd session.", "A/RES/80/303 (31 Aug 2026), adopted 139-3-6" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: representative_institution_record", "canonical": { "id": "GA-80-303", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "General Assembly", "Secretary-General", "UN bodies" ] }, { "key": "HRC-60-11", "title": "HRC res. 60/11, human rights of older persons (Independent Expert)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "OP5: Independent Expert works in close coordination with the IGWG and takes part in its sessions. OP8: High Commissioner brings the Independent Expert's reports to the IGWG and the General Assembly.", "A/HRC/RES/60/11 (2025), OP5, OP8" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_event_credential", "canonical": { "id": "HRC-60-11", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Independent Expert", "High Commissioner" ] }, { "key": "ECOSOC-2000-22-UNPFII", "title": "ECOSOC res. 2000/22, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "UNPFII: annual session; organizations of indigenous people participate as observers in accordance with procedures previously applied by the Working Group on Indigenous Populations; governments, IGOs and ECOSOC-status NGOs also observers.", "E/RES/2000/22" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: unpfii_registration", "canonical": { "id": "ECOSOC-2000-22-UNPFII", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "ECOSOC", "UNPFII Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "UN-AT-1995-SEAT", "title": "UN-Austria Seat Agreement (1995), Vienna", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Vienna host-State route, separate from New York and Geneva. Persons invited by the UN to its seat on official business; advance communication of names by the Director-General (per source analysis; article text readback pending; primary text not retrieved: UNTS vol. 2023, pp. 253-315).", "UN-Austria Agreement regarding the Seat of the UN in Vienna, 29 Nov 1995 (UNTS No. 34923), Art. XXIX(a)(viii)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_invitation_vienna_seat, names_communicated_by_dg", "canonical": { "id": "UN-AT-1995-SEAT", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Austria", "UNOV Director-General" ] }, { "key": "UNDRIP-36", "title": "UNDRIP Art. 36, cross-border relations and cooperation", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Indigenous peoples maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation across borders, incl. political, economic, social, cultural and spiritual activities; States, in consultation and cooperation, take effective measures to facilitate and ensure implementation (per source analysis).", "A/RES/61/295, Art. 36" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: cross_border_purpose", "canonical": { "id": "UNDRIP-36", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "States" ] }, { "key": "ICCPR-12", "title": "ICCPR Art. 12, freedom to leave and to enter one's own country", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Freedom to leave any country; no arbitrary deprivation of the right to enter one's own country; subject to the provision's qualifications (per source analysis).", "999 U.N.T.S. 171, Art. 12" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: current_travel_document_reference", "canonical": { "id": "ICCPR-12", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "States parties" ] }, { "key": "ILO169-32", "title": "ILO Convention 169 Art. 32, cross-border cooperation", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Ratifying States take measures, incl. international agreements, to facilitate contacts and cooperation between Indigenous and tribal peoples across borders. Binds ratifying States only; the United States has not ratified (per source analysis).", "ILO C169 (1989), Art. 32" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: destination_state_ratified_ilo169", "canonical": { "id": "ILO169-32", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "Ratifying States" ] }, { "key": "UN-AT-1995-SEAT-30", "title": "UN-Austria Seat Agreement (1995) Sec. 30, consultation for persons outside Sec. 29", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Distinct consultation mechanism to facilitate entry and transport for persons outside Sec. 29, on request of a party to the Agreement (per source analysis).", "UN-Austria Seat Agreement (UNTS No. 34923), Sec. 30" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: party_request_under_s30", "canonical": { "id": "UN-AT-1995-SEAT-30", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION" ], "addressees": [ "Austria", "United Nations" ] }, { "key": "CH-HOST-STATE-IO", "title": "Swiss host-State framework, International Geneva invitees", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Facilitates qualifying international-organization invitees and official visitors through the FDFA/visa procedure; Switzerland distinguishes IO-invitee and NGO-invitee processing categories (per source analysis).", "Applicable UN-Swiss headquarters agreement; Swiss implementing rules (FDFA)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: fdfa_category_determined", "canonical": { "id": "CH-HOST-STATE-IO", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION" ], "addressees": [ "Switzerland (FDFA)", "UNOG" ] }, { "key": "UNGA-4C-HEARING", "title": "GA Fourth Committee petitioner hearing", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "UN organ act: named petitioner approved to be heard on the Question of the United States Virgin Islands.", "Fourth Committee Secretariat approval (Oct 2026); A/C.4/81/11" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: named_approval", "canonical": { "id": "UNGA-4C-HEARING", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Fourth Committee", "Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "CESCR-TREATY-BODY", "title": "Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Treaty body session participation; receives information from civil society and Indigenous organizations under its own rules.", "ICESCR; CESCR rules of procedure; UNOG credential 30 Jun 2026" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_event_credential", "canonical": { "id": "CESCR-TREATY-BODY", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "CESCR", "OHCHR" ] }, { "key": "UNCITRAL-COMMISSION", "title": "UN Commission on International Trade Law, 59th session", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "UN Commission (GA subsidiary organ); 59th session at UNHQ New York, delegate meeting passes issued against government ID, entry via the 46th Street gate. Secretariat: OLA International Trade Law Division, Vienna International Centre; sessions alternate New York and Vienna, one Commission across both seats.", "UNGA res. 2205 (XXI) (1966); UNCITRAL Secretariat correspondence, 23 Jun 2026" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_meeting_pass_issued", "canonical": { "id": "UNCITRAL-COMMISSION", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "UNCITRAL Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "ABHR-FORUM-2026", "title": "5th African Business and Human Rights Forum (online)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Registration approved for online participation, 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2026 (Dakar time).", "ABHR Secretariat via Indico.UN, approval 25 Sep 2026" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_registration_approved", "canonical": { "id": "ABHR-FORUM-2026", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "ABHR Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "UNCC-BKK-EVENT", "title": "UN Conference Centre Bangkok event registration", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Approved: commemorative event honouring HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha, UNCC-BKK, 20 Jul 2026; badge issued on QR code and passport/photo ID. Received, pending approval: Briefing for Diplomats and Officials from Lao PDR, UNCC-BKK, 9 Sep 2026.", "Indico.UN acknowledgment, 17 Jul 2026" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: secretariat_approval", "canonical": { "id": "UNCC-BKK-EVENT", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "UNCC-BKK Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "SR-JUDGES-LAWYERS", "title": "Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Submission received by OHCHR for the mandate. Mandate-holders review submissions and decide whether action is taken; a communication sent stays confidential 60 days, then is published with any reply. The mandate does not intervene in ongoing national proceedings on behalf of a party.", "HRC special procedure; OHCHR automated acknowledgment (saved 19 Oct 2026)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: submission_received", "canonical": { "id": "SR-JUDGES-LAWYERS", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Special Rapporteur", "OHCHR Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "UN-SECRETARIAT", "title": "UN Secretariat (Charter Ch. XV)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Art. 97: the Secretariat comprises the Secretary-General and staff; the SG is the chief administrative officer of the Organization. Art. 98: the SG acts in that capacity in all meetings of the GA, Security Council, ECOSOC and Trusteeship Council and performs functions entrusted by them. Central Secretariat registration, approval and correspondence systems serve UN meetings at every duty station.", "UN Charter Arts. 97-98; DGACM (Indico.UN, dgacm-noreply-indico@un.org)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_secretariat_record", "canonical": { "id": "UN-SECRETARIAT", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Secretary-General", "DGACM", "UN Secretariat" ] }, { "key": "CCPCJ-35", "title": "Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, reconvened 35th session", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Reconvened 35th session, 2-4 Dec 2026, VIC. Registration and designation of the Head of Delegation submitted 16 Oct 2026; protocol referral to UNOV Protocol and NGO Liaison Office requested.", "ECOSOC functional commission; UNODC Secretariat to the Governing Bodies, Vienna International Centre; Indico.UN event 1026297" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: secretariat_registration_decision", "canonical": { "id": "CCPCJ-35", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD", "ADVANCE_APPLICATION" ], "addressees": [ "UNODC SGB", "UNOV Protocol and NGO Liaison Office" ] }, { "key": "UNDESA-SONGDO-SYMPOSIUM", "title": "UN DESA 10th Regional Symposium on Effective Governance and AI Transformation", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "UN DESA public-institutions and digital-government programme; same department as the iCSO 707554 organizational relationship. Two registration records retained independently.", "Indico.UN event 1025419; UN DESA DPIDG and UNPOG with the Republic of Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Incheon Metropolitan City (per event programme); Songdo Convensia, 25-27 Nov 2026" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: registration_acknowledged", "canonical": { "id": "UNDESA-SONGDO-SYMPOSIUM", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "UN DESA DPIDG", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2006", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Technical Cooperation Trust Fund Agreement (2006)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route, separate from New York, Geneva and Vienna. UNPOG (UN DESA) in the Republic of Korea; Songdo symposium co-organized with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Incheon Metropolitan City.", "ROK-UN Technical Cooperation Trust Fund Agreement, June 2006 (establishing UNPOG, UN DESA); host-country provisions are in the 2016 UNPOG Agreement (I-53805)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_event_registration_korea, host_provisions_text", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2006", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-13-1", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 13(1)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route (per source analysis). Privileges and immunities under the 1946 General Convention for invited representatives of UN Member States exercising their functions at UNPOG meetings and symposiums.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78; primary text read back, Art. 13(1)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: invited_member_state_representative", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-13-1", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-13-2", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 13(2)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route (per source analysis). Protection of freedom of expression for all participants in UNPOG-organized meetings, seminars, symposiums and workshops.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78; primary text read back, Art. 13(2)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: unpog_event_participation", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-13-2", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-6", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 6", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. 1946 General Convention applies to the Office, its officials, experts, property and assets; does not itself appoint a participant.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 6; primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: office_subject", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-6", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-9", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 9", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Protection of the Office's official communications.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 9; primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: office_subject", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-9", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-11", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 11", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Immunity of the Office's property and assets.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 11; primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: office_subject", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-11", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-15-D", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 15 chapeau and (d)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Entry, exit, movement and sojourn facilitation for personnel of associated UN offices or programmes, or persons participating in UN programmes, travelling for the purpose of official business of the Office. Independent of 15(e).", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 15 chapeau and (d); primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: travel_for_official_business_of_office", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-15-D", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-15-E", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 15 chapeau and (e)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Entry, exit, movement and sojourn facilitation for other persons invited by the Office on official business.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 15 chapeau and (e); primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: unpog_invitation_official_business, travel_for_official_business_of_office", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-15-E", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-16-1", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 16(1)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Identity cards issued by the Office to persons referred to in Art. 15.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 16(1); primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: art15_category_established", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-16-1", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-19", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 19", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Persons enjoying privileges and immunities observe the laws and regulations of the Republic of Korea, within the Agreement's terms.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78, Art. 19; primary text read back" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: covered_person", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-19", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-17", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 17", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route (per source analysis). Functional immunity for UNPOG staff and experts on mission under the applicable categories of the 1946 General Convention.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78; primary text read back, Art. 17" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: un_official_or_expert_on_mission_appointment", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-17", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-10", "title": "Republic of Korea - United Nations, UNPOG Agreement (2016), Art. 10; General Convention Art. II s.4", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Korea host-State route. Inviolability of the archives and documents of the Office; subject is the Office, not every participant.", "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations regarding the United Nations Project Office on Governance, signed 2 Jun 2016, in force 12 Jul 2016 (UNTS I-53805); UN Juridical Yearbook 2016 pp. 71-78; primary text read back, Art. 10; General Convention Art. II s.4" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: unpog_event_participation", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-10", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNPOG" ] }, { "key": "UN-KR-UNCITRAL-RCAP-2012", "title": "UN - Republic of Korea Agreement, UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (2012)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Art. 13(1): representatives of Member States invited to Centre events enjoy General Convention Art. IV privileges and immunities. Art. 13(2): the Government respects the complete freedom of expression of all participants in meetings, seminars, training courses, symposiums and workshops of the Centre; the General Convention applies to them.", "Agreement between the UN and the Government of the Republic of Korea, Incheon, 10 Jan 2012, Art. 13; UN Juridical Yearbook 2012, ch. II" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: uncitral_rcap_event_registration", "canonical": { "id": "UN-KR-UNCITRAL-RCAP-2012", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "PARTIAL", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "ADVANCE_APPLICATION", "AT_INSPECTION" ], "addressees": [ "Republic of Korea", "UNCITRAL RCAP" ] }, { "key": "US-TRIBE-TREATIES", "title": "Ratified U.S.-Tribe Treaties (pre-1871)", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Self-executing supreme law for the SPECIFIC treaty tribe; reserved-rights doctrine; Indian canons. Runs to that tribe - not to a self-declared authority that is not the party. 25 U.S.C. 71 ended treaty-making in 1871.", "U.S. Const. art. VI; Worcester (1832); Winters (1908)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "US-TRIBE-TREATIES", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "YES", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "PARTIAL", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "ILO-169", "title": "ILO Convention No. 169", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" }, "notes": [ "Art. 32: ratifying governments shall facilitate contacts and co-operation between Indigenous peoples across borders, including by international agreements. The U.S. has NOT ratified; no U.S. domestic obligation. Binding only on ratifying states (mostly Latin America), where invoked in constitutional courts.", "ILO C169 (1989; in force 1991)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "ILO-169", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NO", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NO", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NO" } }, "activation": [], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "BERNE-5-2", "title": "Berne Convention Arts. 2, 5(1)-(2), 6bis, protection without formality", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Literary and scientific works, incl. compilations (2(5)), are protected in all Union countries other than the country of origin; enjoyment and exercise are not subject to any formality and are independent of protection in the country of origin (5(2)). Moral rights of attribution and integrity (6bis). Protects the expression of the institution's documents, credentials, compilations and code; not bare facts or a name as such.", "1161 U.N.T.S. 3, Arts. 2, 5(1)-(2), 6bis; U.S. party (Berne Convention Implementation Act 1988, 17 U.S.C. 104(c))" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "BERNE-5-2", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "Countries of the Union" ] }, { "key": "WCT-12", "title": "WIPO Copyright Treaty Art. 12, rights management information", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Contracting Parties shall provide adequate and effective legal remedies against any person knowingly removing or altering electronic rights management information without authority, or distributing works knowing such information has been removed or altered, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know it will induce, enable, facilitate or conceal an infringement (12(1)). RMI identifies the work, author, owner, terms and conditions, and numbers or codes representing them, attached to or appearing with the work (12(2)).", "2186 U.N.T.S. 121, Arts. 11-12; U.S. party (17 U.S.C. 1201-1205); EU (Dir. 2001/29/EC Arts. 6-7)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: rmi_attached_to_work, knowing_removal_or_alteration", "canonical": { "id": "WCT-12", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "Contracting Parties" ] }, { "key": "TRIPS-41", "title": "TRIPS Arts. 9(1), 41, enforcement of copyright", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Members comply with Berne Arts. 1-21 (except 6bis) (9(1)) and ensure enforcement procedures permitting effective action against infringement, including expeditious remedies (41); civil remedies (42-49), border measures (51-60), criminal procedures for wilful copyright piracy on a commercial scale (61). State-to-State via WTO DSU.", "1869 U.N.T.S. 299, Arts. 9(1), 41-61; WTO DSU" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": null, "canonical": { "id": "TRIPS-41", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "WTO Members" ] }, { "key": "US-17USC1202", "title": "17 U.S.C. 1202-1204, integrity of copyright management information", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "No person shall knowingly provide or distribute false CMI with intent to induce, enable, facilitate or conceal infringement (1202(a)); or, without authority, intentionally remove or alter CMI, or distribute works knowing CMI has been removed or altered, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know it will induce, enable, facilitate or conceal an infringement (1202(b)). CMI includes title, author, copyright owner, terms and conditions, identifying numbers or symbols conveyed with the work (1202(c)). Civil action and statutory damages (1203); criminal if wilful for commercial advantage (1204).", "17 U.S.C. 1202(a)-(c), 1203, 1204" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: cmi_conveyed_with_work, knowing_removal_or_alteration", "canonical": { "id": "US-17USC1202", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [] }, { "key": "EU-INFOSOC-7", "title": "Directive 2001/29/EC Art. 7, rights-management information", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Member States provide adequate legal protection against any person knowingly performing without authority the removal or alteration of electronic rights-management information, or distribution of works from which it has been removed or altered, where the person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that this induces, enables, facilitates or conceals an infringement.", "OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, Art. 7" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: rmi_attached_to_work, knowing_removal_or_alteration", "canonical": { "id": "EU-INFOSOC-7", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "EU Member States" ] }, { "key": "WPPT-19", "title": "WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Art. 19, rights management information", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "With WCT the WIPO Internet Treaties. Contracting Parties provide remedies against any person knowingly removing or altering electronic RMI without authority, or distributing performances or phonograms knowing RMI was removed or altered (19(1)); RMI identifies the performer, performance, producer, owner and terms of use (19(2)). Covers recorded statements, audio and video of the institution's officeholders.", "2186 U.N.T.S. 203, Arts. 18-19; U.S. party (17 U.S.C. 1201-1205)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: rmi_attached_to_work, knowing_removal_or_alteration", "canonical": { "id": "WPPT-19", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NO", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "Contracting Parties" ] }, { "key": "IRC-6721-6722", "title": "26 U.S.C. 6721-6724, information returns and payee statements with incorrect name or TIN", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Penalty on the filer for each information return or payee statement that omits or misstates required information, including the payee's name and TIN; intentional disregard is penalized per return with no annual cap (6721(e)). Reasonable-cause relief requires solicitation of the correct TIN and correction once notified (6724).", "26 U.S.C. 6721, 6722, 6724; 26 C.F.R. 301.6721-1, 301.6724-1" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: return_filed_naming_subject_or_entity, name_or_tin_mismatch_with_authoritative_record", "canonical": { "id": "IRC-6721-6722", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Filers of information returns" ] }, { "key": "IRC-3406", "title": "26 U.S.C. 3406, backup withholding on name/TIN mismatch (B-notice)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "On IRS notice that a payee's name/TIN is incorrect the payer must solicit a certified TIN and backup-withhold until it is corrected.", "26 U.S.C. 3406; 26 C.F.R. 31.3406" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: irs_mismatch_notice", "canonical": { "id": "IRC-3406", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Payers" ] }, { "key": "OECD-CRS", "title": "OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS MCAA) and FATCA IGAs, account-holder reporting", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "Reporting financial institutions in participating jurisdictions identify account holders by self-certification checked for reasonableness and report name, address, TIN and account data; each jurisdiction must have effective enforcement provisions for non-compliance.", "Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters; CRS MCAA (2014); FATCA IGAs" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: account_reported_naming_subject_or_entity, name_or_tin_mismatch_with_authoritative_record", "canonical": { "id": "OECD-CRS", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "Participating jurisdictions", "Reporting financial institutions" ] }, { "key": "FATF-R16", "title": "FATF Recommendation 16 (revised 13 June 2025), payment transparency", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "PARTIAL", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Cross-border transfers carry verified originator and beneficiary name and account (or unique reference); legal entities carry a BIC, LEI or other unique official identifier; beneficiary institutions use the data to detect misdirected payments; structured formats such as ISO 20022. Implemented through domestic law; compliance by end-2030.", "FATF Recommendations, R.16 and INR.16 (June 2025); U.S. 31 C.F.R. 1010.410(f)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: payment_message_naming_subject_or_entity, name_mismatch_with_authoritative_record", "canonical": { "id": "FATF-R16", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "PARTIAL", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "FATF members and FSRB jurisdictions", "Financial institutions" ] }, { "key": "ISO-17442-LEI", "title": "ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier (GLEIF), entity reference data", "force": "IN_FORCE", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" }, "notes": [ "Each LEI record carries the entity's authoritative legal name and reference data; anyone may challenge inaccurate LEI data and the managing LOU must investigate and correct. FATF R.16 accepts the LEI as the entity identifier.", "ISO 17442; GLEIF data quality and challenge process; Regulatory Oversight Committee" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: lei_record_naming_entity", "canonical": { "id": "ISO-17442-LEI", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "NA", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "NO", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "NO", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "NA", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "YES" } }, "activation": [ "AGENCY_RECORD" ], "addressees": [ "GLEIF", "Local Operating Units" ] }, { "key": "EU-DSM-4-3", "title": "Directive (EU) 2019/790 Art. 4(3); Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 Art. 53(1)(c)", "force": "NOT_A_TREATY", "reference_state": "US", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NOT_APPLICABLE", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NOT_APPLICABLE" }, "notes": [ "The text-and-data-mining exception applies only where use has not been expressly reserved by rightholders in an appropriate manner, such as machine-readable means for content made publicly available online (4(3)). Providers of general-purpose AI models must put in place a policy to identify and comply with such reservations (AI Act 53(1)(c)). Binds private crawlers and model providers directly.", "OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, Art. 4(1)-(3); AI Act Art. 53(1)(c)" ], "as_of": "2026-09-21", "verify": "instruments_matrix.py", "caution": "gate: machine_readable_reservation_published", "canonical": { "id": "EU-DSM-4-3", "axes": { "INTERNATIONALLY_BINDING": "YES", "DOMESTICALLY_SELF_EXECUTING": "NA", "PRIVATE_RIGHT_CREATED": "YES", "PRIVATE_CAUSE_OF_ACTION": "YES", "IMPLEMENTING_LEGISLATION": "YES", "INTERNATIONAL_SUPERVISORY_REMEDY": "NA" } }, "activation": [ "OPERATION_OF_LAW" ], "addressees": [ "EU Member States", "general-purpose AI model providers" ] } ], "operative_gates": [ "VCDR", "VCCR", "UN_CHARTER_105", "CPIUN_1946", "UN_HQ_AGREEMENT", "GENEVA_CA1", "ICCPR", "ICERD", "UN-CHARTER-103", "IPP-1973", "VCDR-40", "CPIUN-II-4", "CPIUN-IV-11-15", "VCCR-71", "HCCH-APOSTILLE-1961", "VCDR-32", "VCCR-45", "UN-CH-1946-S23", "UN-AT-1995-SEAT", "ICCPR-12", "ILO169-32", "UN-AT-1995-SEAT-30", "UN-SECRETARIAT", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2006", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-13-1", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-13-2", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-6", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-9", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-11", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-15-D", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-15-E", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-16-1", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-19", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-17", "UN-KR-UNPOG-2016-10", "UN-KR-UNCITRAL-RCAP-2012", "US-TRIBE-TREATIES", "BERNE-5-2", "WCT-12", "TRIPS-41", "WPPT-19", "OECD-CRS" ], "supervisory_routes": [ "UNDRIP", "ADRIP_2016", "ADRDM", "IACHR_RULE_25", "VCCR", "UN_CHARTER_105", "CPIUN_1946", "UN_HQ_AGREEMENT", "GENEVA_CA1", "ICCPR", "HRD_DECLARATION", "UN_REPRISALS", "UNDRIP-18-19", "UNDRIP-42-43", "ICERD", "JUS-COGENS", "IPP-1973", "CHICAGO-ANNEX-9", "CPIUN-II-4", "CPIUN-IV-11-15", "UN-CH-1946-S23", "HRC-58-13-IGWG", "HRC-60-13", "GA-80-303", "HRC-60-11", "ECOSOC-2000-22-UNPFII", "UN-AT-1995-SEAT", "UNDRIP-36", "ICCPR-12", "ILO169-32", "UN-AT-1995-SEAT-30", "CESCR-TREATY-BODY", "SR-JUDGES-LAWYERS", "TRIPS-41", "FATF-R16", "ISO-17442-LEI" ], "validation": { "ok": true, "count": 96, "errors": [] } }