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Recalling the determination of the peoples of the United Nations to establish
conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from
treaties can be maintained,
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ARTICLE-18: Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose
of a treaty prior to its entry into force [go to this ARTICLE]
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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... (b) as between a State party to both treaties and a State
party to only one of the treaties, the treaty to which
both States are parties governs their mutual rights
and obligations. ...
... 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-34: General rule regarding third States [go to this ARTICLE]
... A treaty does not create either obligations or
rights for a third State without its consent. ...
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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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-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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... 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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ARTICLE-41: Agreements to modify multilateral treaties between
certain of the parties only [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) does not affect the enjoyment by the other parties
of their rights under the treaty or the performance
of their obligations; ...
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-58: Suspension of the operation of a multilateral
treaty by agreement between certain of the parties only [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) does not affect the enjoyment by the other parties
of their rights under the treaty or the performance
of their obligations; ...
ARTICLE-60: Termination or suspension of the operation of
a treaty as a consequence of its breach [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) any party other than the defaulting State to invoke the
breach as a ground for suspending the operation of
the treaty in whole or in part with respect to itself
if the treaty is of such a character that a material
breach of its provisions by one party radically changes the position
of every party with respect to the further performance of its
obligations under the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-61: Supervening impossibility of performance [go to this ARTICLE]
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2. Impossibility of performance may not be invoked by
a party as a ground for terminating, withdrawing from
or suspending the operation of a treaty if the impossibility
is the result of a breach by that party either of an obligation
under the treaty or of any other international obligation owed to
any other party to the treaty. ...
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2. Impossibility of performance may not be invoked by
a party as a ground for terminating, withdrawing from
or suspending the operation of a treaty if the impossibility
is the result of a breach by that party either of an obligation
under the treaty or of any other international obligation owed to
any other party to the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-62: Fundamental change of circumstances [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) the effect of the change is radically to transform the
extent of obligations still to be performed under the
treaty. ...
... (b) if the fundamental change is the result of a breach by
the party invoking it either of an obligation under
the treaty or of any other international obligation
owed to any other party to the treaty. ...
... (b) if the fundamental change is the result of a breach by
the party invoking it either of an obligation under
the treaty or of any other international obligation
owed to any other party to 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]
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4. Nothing in the foregoing paragraphs shall affect the
rights or obligations of the parties under any provisions
in force binding the parties with regard to the settlement
of disputes.
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ARTICLE-70: Consequences of the termination of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) does not affect any right, obligation or legal situation
of the parties created through the execution of the
treaty prior to its termination. ...
ARTICLE-71: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which
conflict
with a peremptory norm of general international law [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) does not affect any right, obligation or legal situation
of the parties created through the execution of the
treaty prior to its termination; provided that those
rights, obligations or situations may thereafter be
maintained only to the extent that their maintenance
is not in itself in conflict with the new peremptory norm of
general international law. ...
... (b) does not affect any right, obligation or legal situation
of the parties created through the execution of the
treaty prior to its termination; provided that those
rights, obligations or situations may thereafter be
maintained only to the extent that their maintenance
is not in itself in conflict with the new peremptory norm of
general international law. ...
ARTICLE-72: Consequences of the suspension of the operation
of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) releases the parties between which the operation of the
treaty is suspended from the obligation to perform
the treaty in their mutual relations during the period
of the suspension; ...
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-76: Depositaries of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
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2. The functions of the depositary of a treaty are international
in character and the depositary is under an obligation
to act impartially in their performance. In particular,
the fact that a treaty has not entered into force between
certain of the parties or that a difference has appeared between
a State and a depositary with regard to the performance of the latter's
functions shall not affect that obligation. ...
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2. The functions of the depositary of a treaty are international
in character and the depositary is under an obligation
to act impartially in their performance. In particular,
the fact that a treaty has not entered into force between
certain of the parties or that a difference has appeared between
a State and a depositary with regard to the performance of the latter's
functions shall not affect that obligation. ...