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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]
... 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. ...


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]
... Loss of a right to invoke a ground for invalidating, terminating, withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty ...
... 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-46: Provisions of internal law regarding competence to conclude treaties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A State may not invoke the fact that its consent to be bound by a treaty has been expressed in violation of a provision of its internal law regarding competence to conclude treaties as invalidating its consent unless that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of fundamental importance. ...


ARTICLE-47: Specific restrictions on authority to express the consent of a State     [go to this ARTICLE]
... If the authority of a representative to express the consent of a State to be bound by a particular treaty has been made subject to a specific restriction, his omission to observe that restriction may not be invoked as invalidating the consent expressed by him unless the restriction was notified to the other negotiating States prior to his expressing such consent. ...


ARTICLE-48: Error     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A State may invoke an error in a treaty as invalidating its consent to be bound by the treaty if the error relates to a fact or situation which was assumed by that State to exist at the time when the treaty was concluded and formed an essential basis of its consent to be bound by the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-49: Fraud     [go to this ARTICLE]
... If a State has been induced to conclude a treaty by the fraudulent conduct of another negotiating State, the State may invoke the fraud as invalidating its consent to be bound by the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-50: Corruption of a representative of a State     [go to this ARTICLE]
... If the expression of a State's consent to be bound by a treaty has been procured through the corruption of its representative directly or indirectly by another negotiating State, the State may invoke such corruption as invalidating its consent to be bound by the treaty. ...


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]
... Procedure to be followed with respect to invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty ...


ARTICLE-69: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty ...
... 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. ...
... (b) acts performed in good faith before the invalidity was invoked are not rendered unlawful by reason only of the invalidity of the treaty. ...
... (b) acts performed in good faith before the invalidity was invoked are not rendered unlawful by reason only of the invalidity of the treaty. ...
... 4. In the case of the invalidity of a particular State's consent to be bound by a multilateral treaty, the foregoing rules apply in the relations between that State and the parties to the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-71: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which conflict with a peremptory norm of general international law     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which conflict with a peremptory norm of general international law ...