Bluebook 20th ed.

• Rule 21: governs citations to International Law
  • —21.4 governs citations to Treaties
• Rule 18 governs citations to Electronic Media
  • see especially 18.2.1 and 18.2.2– internet sources
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CITATION FORMAT for treaties between 2 parties (B.B.R. 21.4)

CITATION  FORMAT for treaties between 3+ parties  (B.B.R. 21.4)

    Citation of a convention published by an international organization: (B.B.R. 21.4):

      Organization of American States, American Convention on Human Rights, Nov. 22,  

     1969, O.A.S.T.S. No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123.

    An alternative form one could adopt, revised from Bluebook 20th ed.

    Organization of American States, American Convention on Human Rights, Nov. 22, 1969 (entry       

     into force, July 18, 1978), O.A.S.T.S. No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123.