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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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Having in mind the principles of international
law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, such as the principles of
the equal rights and self-determination of peoples, of the sovereign equality
and independence of all States, of non-interference in the domestic affairs
of States, of the prohibition of the threat or use of force and of universal
respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all,
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ARTICLE-2: Use of terms [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) “'full powers”' means a document emanating
from the competent authority of a State designating
a person or persons to represent the State for negotiating,
adopting or authenticating the text of a treaty, for expressing
the consent of the State to be bound by a treaty, or for accomplishing
any other act with respect to a treaty; ...
ARTICLE-25: Provisional application [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Unless the treaty otherwise provides or the negotiating
States have otherwise agreed, the provisional application
of a treaty or a part of a treaty with respect to a State
shall be terminated if that State notifies the other
States between which the treaty is being applied provisionally of its
intention not to become a party to the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-28: Non-retroactivity of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... Unless a different intention appears from the
treaty or is otherwise established, its provisions do
not bind a party in relation to any act or fact which
took place or any situation which ceased to exist before the date
of the entry into force of the treaty with respect to that party. ...
ARTICLE-29: Territorial scope of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... Unless a different intention appears from the
treaty or is otherwise established, a treaty is binding
upon each party in respect of its entire territory. ...
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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3. If the ground relates solely to particular clauses,
it may be invoked only with respect to those clauses
where: ...
... 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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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. ...
... (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-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 ...
... 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-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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