AGLC4 Rule 8.3.2: Signed by All Parties (Closed Multilateral or Bilateral Treaties)

A treaty signed by all its parties and not open to others, usually a bilateral or trilateral treaty, uses the word signed and the signing date in place of opened for signature. When signature and entry into force happened on the same day, the date is given once, after the treaty series, in a single bracket.

AGLC4 page 136

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 136
Treaty Title, signed Date of Conclusion, Treaty Series (entered into force Date of Entry into Force).
Treaty Title, Treaty Series (signed and entered into force Date of Conclusion and Entry into Force).

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The word signed is roman and lower case, preceded by the comma after the title (or after the parties).
  • A comma follows the signing date, then the treaty series citation.
  • The entry into force date follows in round brackets after a single space, introduced by the roman words entered into force.
  • Where signature and entry into force share a date, no date appears after the title; instead the series citation is followed by a space and a bracket reading signed and entered into force with the date.
  • The same day form keeps the parties, where rule 8.2 requires them, between the title and the series, each set off by commas.
  • The citation ends with a full stop.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 136
  1. 7
    Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed 23 August 1990, [1994] ATS 27 (entered into force 1 September 1994).
  2. 8
    Agreement Relating to Co-operation on Antitrust Matters, Australia– United States of America, 1369 UNTS 43 (signed and entered into force 29 June 1982).

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.