Ratified conventions by Holy See
- 1951 - 2nd Geneva Convention For the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
- 1951 - 3rd Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- 1951 - 4th Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war
- 1951 - 1st Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
- 1956 - Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
- 1967 - Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
- 1969 - International Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- 1985 - Additional Protocol Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts
- 1985 - Additional Protocol Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts
- 1990 - Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 1998 - Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpilling, production and transfer and antipersonnel mines
- 1999 - Convention on the Prohibition of the development, production, stockpilling and use of chemical weapons
- 2001 - Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography
- 2001 - Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
- 2002 - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 2008 - Convention on Cluster Munitions
- Signature 1954 - Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons