International Treaties and Agreements

A comprehensive collection of international treaties, peace agreements, armistices, and diplomatic documents from antiquity to present day.

Purpose

This dataset supports:

1. Historical research - Track the evolution of international law
2. Pattern analysis - Identify recurring themes in diplomatic agreements
3. Legal analysis - Study treaty language and enforcement mechanisms
4. Investigation - Cross-reference with power structures and operations

Coverage

Peace Treaties

• Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
• Treaty of Paris (1783, 1815, 1856, 1898, 1919)
• Treaty of Versailles (1919)
• Treaty of Trianon (1920)
• Potsdam Agreement (1945)

Armistices

• Armistice of 1918
• Korean War Armistice (1953)

Geneva Conventions

• First Geneva Convention (1864)
• Geneva Conventions (1949)
• Additional Protocols (1977)

Nuclear & Arms Control

• Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968)
• SALT I & II
• START Treaties
• INF Treaty (1987)

Human Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• European Convention on Human Rights (1950)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

Economic

• Bretton Woods Agreement (1944)
• GATT (1947)
• Treaty of Rome (1957)
• Maastricht Treaty (1992)
• NAFTA (1994)

Secret Agreements & Operations

• Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939)
• Yalta Conference agreements (1945)
• Operation Paperclip documents
• Operation Gladio references

Ancient & Medieval

• Peace of Nicias (421 BCE)
• Treaty of Kadesh (1259 BCE) - oldest known peace treaty
• Treaty of Verdun (843 CE)

Data Structure

treaties/
├── images/
│   ├── versailles/
│   │   ├── signing_ceremony.jpg
│   │   ├── document_page_1.jpg
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── geneva_conventions/
│   └── ...
├── documents/
│   ├── versailles_1919_full_text.txt
│   ├── geneva_convention_1949.txt
│   └── ...
├── translations/
│   ├── versailles_1919_en.txt
│   ├── versailles_1919_fr.txt
│   └── ...
└── metadata.json

Schema

Each treaty entry contains:

{
  "id": "versailles_1919",
  "title": "Treaty of Versailles",
  "alternate_titles": ["Peace Treaty of Versailles"],
  "date_signed": "1919-06-28",
  "date_effective": "1920-01-10",
  "location_signed": "Palace of Versailles, France",
  "type": "peace_treaty",
  "conflict": "World War I",
  "signatories": [
    {"party": "Allied Powers", "representatives": ["Clemenceau", "Lloyd George", "Wilson"]},
    {"party": "Germany", "representatives": ["Müller", "Bell"]}
  ],
  "key_provisions": [
    "War guilt clause (Article 231)",
    "Territorial changes",
    "Military restrictions",
    "Reparations"
  ],
  "languages": ["en", "fr"],
  "images": ["signing_ceremony.jpg", "document_page_1.jpg"],
  "full_text_file": "versailles_1919_full_text.txt",
  "source_urls": ["https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/versailles_menu.asp"],
  "investigation_tags": ["wwi", "reparations", "league_of_nations"],
  "related_treaties": ["treaty_of_trianon", "treaty_of_saint_germain"],
  "enforcement": "League of Nations",
  "status": "superseded"
}

Investigation Integration

This dataset connects to the Global Investigation Nexus:

• Cross-reference signatories with nexus_of_money entities
• Link secret agreements to historical_investigation profiles
• Track power transfers via evolution_tracker
• Analyze patterns in treaty language and enforcement

Key Questions This Dataset Addresses

1. Who benefits? - Identify patterns in who gains from treaty terms
2. Enforcement asymmetry - Which treaties are enforced vs ignored?
3. Secret clauses - Track declassified secret provisions
4. Power consolidation - How do treaties transfer sovereignty?
5. Precedent chains - How do earlier treaties enable later ones?

Related Datasets

• PunkRockGirl/the-law - Modern legal codes
• PunkRockGirl/ancient-law - Ancient legal documents with images

License

Treaty texts: Public domain Images: Various (attributed) Metadata: CC-BY-4.0