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ACU Library guide to referencing using AGLC4

Treaties

Footnotes

Note No

 Treaty Title, Date opened for signature or signed, Treaty Series Information (Date of entered into force) Pinpoint.
1 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, opened for signature 9 December 1948, 78 UNTS 277 (entered into force 12 January 1951) art 4.

Examples:

2     Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened for signature 20 November 1989, 1577 UNTS 3 (entered into force 2 September 1990) art 22.

3     International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opened for signature 16 December 1966, 993 UNTS 3 (entered into force 3 January 1976) art 7.

Bibliography

Treaty Title, Date opened for signature or signed, Treaty Series Information (Date of entered into force)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, opened for signature 9 December 1948, 78 UNTS 277 (entered into force 12 January 1951)

Examples:

Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened for signature 20 November 1989, 1577 UNTS 3 (entered into force 2 September 1990)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opened for signature 16 December 1966, 993 UNTS 3 (entered into force 3 January 1976)

Notes

  • The full rule for treaties can be found at Rule 8 on p 133.
  • Treaty title should be italicised.
  • Treaties in force include 'Date of Entry into Force'.
  • Treaties Not Yet in Force - 'not yet in force' should replace date of entry into force.
  • Include citation to treaty series.
  • Pinpoint reference should not be to a page, but to articles, paragraphs, sections etc.

United Nations materials

Footnotes

If the document can be easily located online using the UN document number through an official UN database, the following elements, where available, are only needed.

Note No

Author,

 Document Title, Resolution or Decision Number, Official Records, UN Document Number (Full Date) Pinpoint.
1

 

 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, GA Res 217A (III), UN GAOR, UN Doc A/810 (10 December 1948) art 6.

Examples:

2    Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Central African Republic, UN Doc A/HRC/12/2 (4 June 2009).

3    United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, GA Res 61/295, UN Doc A/RES/61/295 (2 October 2007, adopted 13 September 2007) art 28.

4    International Day of Peace, GA Res 55/282, UN Doc A/RES/55/282 (28 September 2001, adopted 7 September 2001) para 3.

Notes

  • United Nations materials are cited differently depending on the type of document, such as constitutive documents (e.g. the UN Charter), official documents, official records, resolutions or UN yearbooks.
  • Consult the table at Rule 9.2 (page 142) to ensure you list all required elements. 
  • Pages 149-150 outline the abbreviations for the various UN bodies, document types and components.
  • See Rule 9.6 p 158 for a table of commonly cited documents.
  • Bibliography entries do not end with a full stop. They also don't have a pinpoint.

International Court of Justice

Reported Decisions

Note No

 Case Name Parties' Names or Advisory Opinion (Phase) [Year] Report Series and Series Letter Starting Page and Case Number , Pinpoint.
1 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro (Judgment) [2007] ICJ Rep 43 , 602.

Example:

2    East Timor (Portugal v Australia) (Judgment) [1995] ICJ Rep 90, 93.

Unreported Decisions

Note No

 Case Name Parties' Names or Advisory Opinion (Phase) (International Court of Justice, General List No [Number], Judgment Date) Pinpoint.
1 Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v France) (Judgment) (International Court of Justice, General List No 136, 4 June 2008) 183.

 

Notes

  • The full rule for cases from the International Court of Justice can be found at Rule 10 on page 159.
  • Case name – include the case name in italics as it appears on the first page, but leave out 'The Case Concerning' and 'Case Concerning the'. Also leave out 'Question of the' and 'The Question of the'.
  • Bibliography entries do not end with a full stop. They also don't have a pinpoint.

Foreign domestic materials

Foreign domestic materials (Part IV)

Translations

  • Published translations – a citation to the source should be included in English, followed by a citation to the published translation in square brackets (Rule 26.1.2).
  • Non-English primary materials translated by an author this should be indicated at the end of the citation by including '[tr author]' (Rule 26.1).
  • Where another person has translated materials on behalf of the author indicate as '[Translator's Name]'.
    Code Civil [Civil Code] (France) art 147 [author / translator]
  • Consult Part V p 211 for guidance on citing cases and legislation from individual foreign jurisdictions.