American Treaty on Pacific Settlement


The American Treaty on Pacific Settlement was signed by the independent republics of America gathered at the Ninth International Conference of American States in Bogotá, Colombia, on 30 April 1948.
The purpose of the treaty was to impose a general obligation on the signatories to settle their disputes through peaceful means. It also required them to exhaust regional dispute-settlement mechanisms before placing matters before the United Nations Security Council. It is one of the treaties that confer jurisdiction on the International Court of Justice.

Signed and ratified without reservations

Signed and ratified with reservations

Signed but not ratified

1 Signed with reservations.

Denounced