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ARTICLE-8: Subsequent confirmation of an act performed without
authorization [go to this ARTICLE]
... An act relating to the conclusion of a treaty
performed by a person who cannot be considered under
article 7 as authorized to represent a State for that
purpose is without legal effect unless afterwards confirmed by that State. ...
ARTICLE-17: Consent to be bound by part of a treaty and choice
of differing provisions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Without prejudice to articles 19 to 23, the
consent of a State to be bound by part of a treaty is
effective only if the treaty so permits or the other
contracting States so agree.
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ARTICLE-21: Legal effects of reservations and of objections
to reservations [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A reservation established with regard to another
party in accordance with articles 19, 20 and 23: ...
ARTICLE-27: Internal law and observance of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal
law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.
This rule is without prejudice to article 46. ...
ARTICLE-30: Application of successive treaties relating to
the same subject-matter [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Subject to Article 103 of the Charter of the
United Nations, the rights and obligations of States
parties to successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter
shall be determined in accordance with the following paragraphs.
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3. When all the parties to the earlier treaty are parties
also to the later treaty but the earlier treaty is not
terminated or suspended in operation under article 59,
the earlier treaty applies only to the extent that its provisions
are compatible with those of the latter treaty.
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... 5. Paragraph 4 is without prejudice to article 41, or to any
question of the termination or suspension of the operation
of a treaty under article 60 or to any question of responsibility
which may arise for a State from the conclusion or application
of a treaty the provisions of which are incompatible
with its obligations towards another State under another treaty. ...
... 5. Paragraph 4 is without prejudice to article 41, or to any
question of the termination or suspension of the operation
of a treaty under article 60 or to any question of responsibility
which may arise for a State from the conclusion or application
of a treaty the provisions of which are incompatible
with its obligations towards another State under another treaty. ...
ARTICLE-32: Supplementary means of interpretation [go to this ARTICLE]
... Recourse may be had to supplementary means of
interpretation, including the preparatory work of the
treaty and the circumstances of its conclusion, in order
to confirm the meaning resulting from the application of article 31, or
to determine the meaning when the interpretation according to article 31: ...
... Recourse may be had to supplementary means of
interpretation, including the preparatory work of the
treaty and the circumstances of its conclusion, in order
to confirm the meaning resulting from the application of article 31, or
to determine the meaning when the interpretation according to article 31: ...
ARTICLE-33: Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two
or more languages [go to this ARTICLE]
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4. Except where a particular text prevails in accordance
with paragraph 1, when a comparison of the authentic
texts discloses a difference of meaning which the application
of articles 31 and 32 does not remove, the meaning which
best reconciles the texts, having regard to the object and purpose of the
treaty, shall be adopted. ...
ARTICLE-37: Revocation or modification of obligations or rights
of third States [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. When an obligation has arisen for a third State
in conformity with article 35, the obligation may be
revoked or modified only with the consent of the parties
to the treaty and of the third State, unless it is established
that they had otherwise agreed.
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2. When a right has arisen for a third State in conformity
with article 36, the right may not be revoked or modified
by the parties if it is established that the right was
intended not to be revocable or subject to modification
without the consent of the third State. ...
ARTICLE-38: Rules in a treaty becoming binding on third States
through international custom [go to this ARTICLE]
... Nothing in articles 34 to 37 precludes a rule
set forth in a treaty from becoming binding upon a third
State as a customary rule of international law, recognized
as such. ...
ARTICLE-40: Amendment of multilateral treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
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4. The amending agreement does not bind any State already
a party to the treaty which does not become a party to
the amending agreement; article 30, paragraph 4(b), applies
in relation to such State.
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ARTICLE-44: Separability of treaty provisions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A right of a party, provided for in a treaty
or arising under article 56, to denounce, withdraw from
or suspend the operation of the treaty may be exercised
only with respect to the whole treaty unless the treaty otherwise
provides or the parties otherwise agree.
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2. A ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing
from or suspending the operation of a treaty recognized
in the present Convention may be invoked only with respect
to the whole treaty except as provided in the following
paragraphs or in article 60.
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... 4. In cases falling under articles 49 and 50 the State entitled
to invoke the fraud or corruption may do so with respect
either to the whole treaty or, subject to paragraph 3,
to the particular clauses alone.
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5. In cases falling under articles 51, 52 and 53, no
separation of the provisions of the treaty is permitted. ...
ARTICLE-45: Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating,
terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... A State may no longer invoke a ground for invalidating,
terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation
of a treaty under articles 46 to 50 or articles 60 and
62 if, after becoming aware of the facts: ...
... A State may no longer invoke a ground for invalidating,
terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation
of a treaty under articles 46 to 50 or articles 60 and
62 if, after becoming aware of the facts: ...
ARTICLE-48: Error [go to this ARTICLE]
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3. An error relating only to the wording of the text
of a treaty does not affect its validity; article 79
then applies. ...
ARTICLE-60: Termination or suspension of the operation of
a treaty as a consequence of its breach [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-65: Procedure to be followed with respect to invalidity, termination, withdrawal
from or suspension of the operation of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
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2. If, after the expiry of a period which, except in
cases of special urgency, shall not be less than three
months after the receipt of the notification, no party
has raised any objection, the party making the notification
may carry out in the manner provided in article 67 the measure which
it has proposed.
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3. If, however, objection has been raised by any other
party, the parties shall seek a solution through the
means indicated in article 33 of the Charter of the United
Nations.
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5. Without prejudice to article 45, the fact that a State
has not previously made the notification prescribed in
paragraph 1 shall not prevent it from making such notification
in answer to another party claiming performance of the
treaty or alleging its violation. ...
ARTICLE-66: Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration
and conciliation [go to this ARTICLE]
... If, under paragraph 3 of article 65, no solution
has been reached within a period of 12 months following
the date on which the objection was raised, the following
procedures shall be followed: ...
... (a) any one of the parties to a dispute concerning the application
or the interpretation of articles 53 or 64 may, by
a written application, submit it to the International
Court of Justice for a decision unless the parties
by common consent agree to submit the dispute to arbitration; ...
... (b) any one of the parties to a dispute concerning the application
or the interpretation of any of the other articles
in Part V of the present Convention may set in motion
the procedure specified in the Annex to the Convention
by submitting a request to that effect to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. ...
ARTICLE-67: Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating,
withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
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2. Any act declaring invalid, terminating, withdrawing
from or suspending the operation of a treaty pursuant
to the provisions of the treaty or of paragraphs 2 or
3 of article 65 shall be carried out through an instrument communicated
to the other parties. If the instrument is not signed by the Head
of State, Head of Government or Minister for Foreign Affairs, the representative
of the State communicating it may be called upon to produce full
powers. ...
ARTICLE-68: Revocation of notifications and instruments provided
for in articles 65 and 67 [go to this ARTICLE]
... A notification or instrument provided for in articles
65 or 67 may be revoked at any time before it takes effect. ...
ARTICLE-69: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. In cases falling under articles 49, 50, 51 or 52, paragraph
2 does not apply with respect to the party to which the
fraud, the act of corruption or the coercion is imputable.
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ARTICLE-71: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which
conflict
with a peremptory norm of general international law [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. In the case of a treaty which becomes void and terminates
under article 64, the termination of the treaty: ...
ARTICLE-78: Notifications and communications [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) if transmitted to a depositary, be considered as received
by the State for which it was intended only when the
latter State has been informed by the depositary in
accordance with article 77, paragraph 1 (e). ...
ARTICLE-83: Accession [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall remain open for accession
by any State belonging to any of the categories mentioned
in article 81. The instruments of accession shall be
deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...