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The States Parties to the present
Convention,
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Believing that the codification and progressive
development of the law of treaties achieved in the present Convention will promote
the purposes of the United Nations set forth in the Charter, namely, the maintenance
of international peace and security, the development of friendly relations and
the achievement of co-operation among nations,
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Affirming that the rules of customary international law will continue to
govern questions not regulated by the provisions of the present Convention,
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ARTICLE-1: Scope of the present Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... Scope of the present Convention ...
ARTICLE-2: Use of terms [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. For the purposes of the present Convention: ...
... 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 regarding the use of terms
in the present Convention are without prejudice to the
use of those terms or to the meanings which may be given
to them in the internal law of any State.
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ARTICLE-3: International agreements not within the scope
of the present Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... The fact that the present Convention does not apply to international
agreements concluded between States and other subjects
of international law or between such other subjects of
international law, or to international agreements not
in written form, shall not affect: ...
... (b) the application to them of any of the rules set forth
in the present Convention to which they would be subject
under international law independently of the Convention; ...
... (b) the application to them of any of the rules set forth
in the present Convention to which they would be subject
under international law independently of the Convention; ...
... (c) the application of the Convention to the relations of
States as between themselves under international agreements
to which other subjects of international law are also
parties. ...
ARTICLE-4: Non-retroactivity of the present Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... Non-retroactivity of the present Convention ...
... Without prejudice to the application of any rules
set forth in the present Convention to which treaties
would be subject under international law independently
of the Convention, the Convention applies only to treaties which
are concluded by States after the entry into force of the present Convention
with regard to such States. ...
... Without prejudice to the application of any rules
set forth in the present Convention to which treaties
would be subject under international law independently
of the Convention, the Convention applies only to treaties which
are concluded by States after the entry into force of the present Convention
with regard to such States. ...
... Without prejudice to the application of any rules
set forth in the present Convention to which treaties
would be subject under international law independently
of the Convention, the Convention applies only to treaties which
are concluded by States after the entry into force of the present Convention
with regard to such States. ...
... Without prejudice to the application of any rules
set forth in the present Convention to which treaties
would be subject under international law independently
of the Convention, the Convention applies only to treaties which
are concluded by States after the entry into force of the present Convention
with regard to such States. ...
ARTICLE-5: Treaties constituting international organizations and treaties adopted within
an international organization [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention applies to any treaty which
is the constituent instrument of an international organization
and to any treaty adopted within an international organization
without prejudice to any relevant rules of the organization.
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ARTICLE-42: Validity and continuance in force of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The validity of a treaty or of the consent
of a State to be bound by a treaty may be impeached only
through the application of the present Convention.
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2. The termination of a treaty, its denunciation or the
withdrawal of a party, may take place only as a result
of the application of the provisions of the treaty or
of the present Convention. The same rule applies to suspension
of the operation of a treaty. ...
ARTICLE-43: Obligations imposed by international law independently of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... The invalidity, termination or denunciation of
a treaty, the withdrawal of a party from it, or the suspension
of its operation, as a result of the application of the
present Convention or of the provisions of the treaty, shall
not in any way impair the duty of any State to fulfil any obligation embodied
in the treaty to which it would be subject under international law independently
of the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-44: Separability of treaty provisions [go to this ARTICLE]
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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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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-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]
... 1. A party which, under the provisions of the
present Convention, invokes either a defect in its consent
to be bound by a treaty or a ground for impeaching the
validity of a treaty, terminating it, withdrawing from it or suspending
its operation, must notify the other parties of its claim. The notification
shall indicate the measure proposed to be taken with respect to
the treaty and the reasons therefor.
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ARTICLE-66: Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration
and conciliation [go to this ARTICLE]
... (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. ...
... (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-69: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A treaty the invalidity of which is established
under the present Convention is void. The provisions
of a void treaty have no legal force.
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ARTICLE-70: Consequences of the termination of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Unless the treaty otherwise provides or the
parties otherwise agree, the termination of a treaty
under its provisions or in accordance with the present
Convention: ...
ARTICLE-72: Consequences of the suspension of the operation
of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Unless the treaty otherwise provides or the
parties otherwise agree, the suspension of the operation
of a treaty under its provisions or in accordance with
the present Convention: ...
ARTICLE-73: Cases of State succession, State responsibility and outbreak of hostilities [go to this ARTICLE]
... The provisions of the present Convention shall
not prejudge any question that may arise in regard to
a treaty from a succession of States or from the international
responsibility of a State or from the outbreak of hostilities
between States. ...
ARTICLE-75: Case of an aggressor State [go to this ARTICLE]
... The provisions of the present Convention are without
prejudice to any obligation in relation to a treaty which
may arise for an aggressor State in consequence of measures
taken in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations
with reference to that State's aggression. ...
ARTICLE-77: Functions of depositaries [go to this ARTICLE]
... (h) performing the functions specified in other provisions
of the present Convention. ...
ARTICLE-78: Notifications and communications [go to this ARTICLE]
... Except as the treaty or the present Convention
otherwise provide, any notification or communication
to be made by any State under the present Convention
shall: ...
... Except as the treaty or the present Convention
otherwise provide, any notification or communication
to be made by any State under the present Convention
shall: ...
ARTICLE-81: Signature [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall be open for signature
by all States Members of the United Nations or of any
of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic
Energy Agency or parties to the Statute of the International
Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General
Assembly of the United Nations to become a party to the Convention, as
follows: until 30 November 1969, at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Austria, and subsequently, until 30 April 1970, at
United Nations Headquarters, New York. ...
... The present Convention shall be open for signature
by all States Members of the United Nations or of any
of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic
Energy Agency or parties to the Statute of the International
Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General
Assembly of the United Nations to become a party to the Convention, as
follows: until 30 November 1969, at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Austria, and subsequently, until 30 April 1970, at
United Nations Headquarters, New York. ...
ARTICLE-82: Ratification [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention is subject to ratification.
The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
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. ...
ARTICLE-84: Entry into force [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The present Convention shall enter into force
on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of
the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification or accession.
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2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention
after the deposit of the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification
or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on
the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its
instrument of ratification or accession. ...
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2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention
after the deposit of the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification
or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on
the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its
instrument of ratification or accession. ...
ARTICLE-85: Authentic texts [go to this ARTICLE]
... The original of the present Convention, of which
the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts
are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. ...
... IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries,
being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments,
have signed the present Convention.
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