AGLC4 Rule 9.2.2: Official Documents of the United Nations: Title

The title of the document is given in italics. Some UN documents, including most Security Council resolutions, have no title.

AGLC4 page 144

Formatting

  • The title is italic and followed by a comma.
  • Where the document has no title, the citation moves straight to the next element.
  • A superscript ordinal inside a title is set roman, interrupting the italics.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 144
  1. 5
    Human Rights Committee, General Comment No 33: Obligations of States Parties under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 94th sess, UN Doc CCPR/C/GC/33 (25 June 2009).

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.