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ARTICLE-2: Use of terms [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) “ratification”, “acceptance”, “approval”
and “accession” mean in each case the international
act so named whereby a State establishes on the international
plane its consent to be bound by a treaty; ...
ARTICLE-11: Means of expressing consent to be bound by a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty
may be expressed by signature, exchange of instruments
constituting a treaty, ratification, acceptance, approval
or accession, or by any other means if so agreed. ...
ARTICLE-14: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification,
acceptance or approval [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty is expressed
by acceptance or approval under conditions similar to
those which apply to ratification. ...
ARTICLE-16: Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession [go to this ARTICLE]
... Unless the treaty
otherwise provides, instruments of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession establish the consent of a State to be bound
by a treaty upon: ...
ARTICLE-18: Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose
of a treaty prior to its entry into force [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) it has signed the treaty or has exchanged instruments
constituting the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance
or approval, until it shall have made its intention
clear not to become a party to the treaty; or ...
ARTICLE-20: Acceptance of and objection to reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A reservation expressly authorized by a treaty
does not require any subsequent acceptance by the other
contracting States unless the treaty so provides.
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2. When it appears from the limited number of the negotiating
States and the object and purpose of a treaty that the
application of the treaty in its entirety between all
the parties is an essential condition of the consent
of each one to be bound by the treaty, a reservation requires acceptance
by all the parties.
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3. When a treaty is a constituent instrument of an international
organization and unless it otherwise provides, a reservation
requires the acceptance of the competent organ of that
organization.
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... (a) acceptance by another contracting State of a reservation
constitutes the reserving State a party to the treaty
in relation to that other State if or when the treaty
is in force for those States; ...
... (c) an act expressing a State's consent to be bound by the
treaty and containing a reservation is effective as
soon as at least one other contracting State has accepted
the reservation. ...
... 5. For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 4 and unless the treaty
otherwise provides, a reservation is considered to have
been accepted by a State if it shall have raised no objection
to the reservation by the end of a period of twelve months
after it was notified of the reservation or by the date on which
it expressed its consent to be bound by the treaty, whichever is later. ...
ARTICLE-22: Withdrawal of reservations and of objections to
reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Unless the treaty otherwise provides, a reservation
may be withdrawn at any time and the consent of a State
which has accepted the reservation is not required for
its withdrawal.
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ARTICLE-23: Procedure regarding reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A reservation, an express acceptance of a reservation
and an objection to a reservation must be formulated
in writing and communicated to the contracting States
and other States entitled to become parties to the treaty.
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2. If formulated when signing the treaty subject to ratification,
acceptance or approval, a reservation must be formally
confirmed by the reserving State when expressing its
consent to be bound by the treaty. In such a case the
reservation shall be considered as having been made on the date
of its confirmation.
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3. An express acceptance of, or an objection to, a reservation
made previously to confirmation of the reservation does
not itself require confirmation.
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ARTICLE-31: General rule of interpretation [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) any instrument which was made by one or more parties
in connection with the conclusion of the treaty and
accepted by the other parties as an instrument related
to the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-35: Treaties providing for obligations for third States [go to this ARTICLE]
... An obligation arises for a third State from a
provision of a treaty if the parties to the treaty intend
the provision to be the means of establishing the obligation
and the third State expressly accepts that obligation in writing. ...
ARTICLE-44: Separability of treaty provisions [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it appears from the treaty or is otherwise established
that acceptance of those clauses was not an essential
basis of the consent of the other party or parties
to be bound by the treaty as a whole; and ...
ARTICLE-53: Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of
general international law (jus cogens) [go to this ARTICLE]
... A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion,
it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international
law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory
norm of general international law is a norm accepted
and recognized by the international community of States as a whole
as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified
only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same
character. ...
ARTICLE-77: Functions of depositaries [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) informing the States entitled to become parties to the
treaty when the number of signatures or of instruments
of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
required for the entry into force of the treaty has
been received or deposited; ...