Table of contents

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-xliv
Front Matter….Pages 7-7
Introduction: On the Role of Treaties in the Development of International Law….Pages 1-6
Preamble….Pages 9-16
Front Matter….Pages 17-17
Article 1. Scope of the present Convention….Pages 19-25
Article 2. Use of terms….Pages 27-48
Article 3. International agreements not within the scope of the present Convention….Pages 49-79
Article 4. Non-retroactivity of the present Convention….Pages 81-88
Article 5. Treaties constituting international organizations and treaties adopted within an international organization….Pages 89-99
Front Matter….Pages 101-101
Article 6. Capacity of States to conclude treaties….Pages 105-117
Article 7. Full powers….Pages 119-130
Article 8. Subsequent confirmation of an act performed without authorization….Pages 131-135
Article 9. Adoption of the text….Pages 137-146
Article 10. Authentication of the text….Pages 147-151
Article 11. Means of expressing consent to be bound by a treaty….Pages 153-162
Article 12. Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature….Pages 163-173
Article 13. Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an exchange of instruments constituting a treaty….Pages 175-179
Article 14. Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval….Pages 181-195
Article 15. Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by accession….Pages 197-208
Article 16. Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession….Pages 209-213
Article 17. Consent to be bound by part of a treaty and choice of differing provisions….Pages 215-217
Article 18. Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty prior to its entry into force….Pages 219-235
Front Matter….Pages 101-101
Article 19. Formulation of reservations….Pages 239-286
Article 20. Acceptance of and objection to reservations….Pages 287-306
Article 21. Legal effects of reservations and of objections to reservations….Pages 307-319
Article 22. Withdrawal of reservations and of objections to reservations….Pages 321-336
Article 23. Procedure regarding reservations….Pages 337-347
Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties….Pages 349-388
Article 24. Entry into force….Pages 391-406
Article 25. Provisional application….Pages 407-421
Front Matter….Pages 423-423
Article 26. Pacta sunt servanda ….Pages 427-451
Article 27. Internal law and observance of treaties….Pages 453-473
Article 28. Non-retroactivity of treaties….Pages 477-487
Article 29. Territorial scope of treaties….Pages 489-503
Article 30. Application of successive treaties relating to the same subject matter….Pages 505-518
Article 31. General rule of interpretation….Pages 521-570
Article 32. Supplementary means of interpretation….Pages 571-586
Article 33. Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two or more languages….Pages 587-601
Article 34. General rule regarding third States….Pages 605-643
Article 35. Treaties providing for obligations for third States….Pages 645-654
Article 36. Treaties providing for rights for third States….Pages 655-671
Article 37. Revocation or modification of obligations or rights of third States….Pages 673-684
Front Matter….Pages 423-423
Article 38. Rules in a treaty becoming binding on third States through international custom….Pages 685-696
Front Matter….Pages 697-697
Article 39. General rule regarding the amendment of treaties….Pages 699-707
Article 40. Amendment of multilateral treaties….Pages 709-717
Article 41. Agreements to modify multilateral treaties between certain of the parties only….Pages 719-727
Front Matter….Pages 729-729
Article 42. Validity and continuance in force of treaties….Pages 733-744
Article 43. Obligations imposed by international law independently of a treaty….Pages 745-751
Article 44. Separability of treaty provisions….Pages 753-763
Article 45. Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty….Pages 765-772
Article 46. Provisions of internal law regarding competence to conclude treaties….Pages 775-804
Article 47. Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of a State….Pages 805-814
Article 48. Error….Pages 815-833
Article 49. Fraud….Pages 835-848
Article 50. Corruption of a representative of a State….Pages 849-855
Article 51. Coercion of a representative of a State….Pages 857-869
Article 52. Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force….Pages 871-896
Article 53. Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law (“ jus cogens ”)….Pages 897-942
Article 54. Termination of or withdrawal from a treaty under its provisions or by consent of the parties….Pages 945-962
Article 55. Reduction of the parties to a multilateral treaty below the number necessary for Its entry into force….Pages 963-966
Article 56. Denunciation of or withdrawal from a treaty containing no provision regarding termination, denunciation or withdrawal….Pages 967-987
Article 57. Suspension of the operation of a treaty under its provisions or by consent of the parties….Pages 989-995
Front Matter….Pages 729-729
Article 58. Suspension of the operation of a multilateral treaty by agreement between certain of the parties only….Pages 997-1010
Article 59. Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty….Pages 1011-1020
Article 60. Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach….Pages 1021-1049
Article 61. Supervening impossibility of performance….Pages 1051-1065
Article 62. Fundamental change of circumstances….Pages 1067-1104
Article 63. Severance of diplomatic or consular relations….Pages 1105-1120
Article 64. Emergence of a new peremptory norm of general international law (“ jus cogens ”)….Pages 1121-1127
Article 65. Procedure to be followed with respect to invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty….Pages 1131-1150
Article 66. Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration and conciliation….Pages 1151-1157
Annex to Article 66….Pages 1159-1166
Article 67. Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty….Pages 1167-1172
Article 68. Revocation of notifications and instruments provided for in articles 65 and 67….Pages 1173-1176
Article 69. Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty….Pages 1179-1193
Article 70. Consequences of the termination of a treaty….Pages 1195-1210
Article 71. Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law….Pages 1211-1226
Article 72. Consequences of the suspension of the operation of a treaty….Pages 1227-1235
Front Matter….Pages 1237-1237
Article 73. Cases of State succession, State responsibility and outbreak of hostilities….Pages 1239-1266
Article 74. Diplomatic and consular relations and the conclusion of treaties….Pages 1267-1278
Article 75. Case of an aggressor State….Pages 1279-1293
Front Matter….Pages 1295-1295
Article 76. Depositaries of treaties….Pages 1297-1307
Front Matter….Pages 1295-1295
Article 77. Functions of depositaries….Pages 1309-1324
Article 78. Notifications and communications….Pages 1325-1330
Article 79. Correction of errors in texts or in certified copies of treaties….Pages 1331-1337
Article 80. Registration and publication of treaties….Pages 1339-1344
Front Matter….Pages 1345-1345
Article 81. Signature….Pages 1347-1353
Article 82. Ratification….Pages 1355-1356
Article 83. Accession….Pages 1357-1358
Article 84. Entry into force….Pages 1359-1362
Article 85. Authentic texts….Pages 1363-1364
Back Matter….Pages 1365-1423