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ARTICLE-30: Application of successive treaties relating to
the same subject-matter [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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-42: Validity and continuance in force of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
...
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]
...
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-54: Termination of or withdrawal from a treaty under its provisions or by consent
of the parties [go to this ARTICLE]
... Termination of or withdrawal from a treaty under its provisions or by consent
of the parties ...
ARTICLE-55: Reduction of the parties to a multilateral treaty
below the number necessary for its entry into force [go to this ARTICLE]
... Unless the treaty otherwise provides, a multilateral
treaty does not terminate by reason only of the fact
that the number of the parties falls below the number
necessary for its entry into force. ...
ARTICLE-56: Denunciation of or withdrawal from a treaty containing
no provision regarding termination, denunciation or withdrawal [go to this ARTICLE]
... Denunciation of or withdrawal from a treaty containing
no provision regarding termination, denunciation or withdrawal ...
... 1. A treaty which contains no provision regarding
its termination and which does not provide for denunciation
or withdrawal is not subject to denunciation or withdrawal
unless: ...
ARTICLE-59: Termination or suspension of the operation of
a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... Termination or suspension of the operation of
a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty ...
ARTICLE-60: Termination or suspension of the operation of
a treaty as a consequence of its breach [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A material breach of a bilateral treaty by
one of the parties entitles the other to invoke the breach
as a ground for terminating the treaty or suspending
its operation in whole or in part.
...
... (a) the other parties by unanimous agreement to suspend the
operation of the treaty in whole or in part or to terminate
it either: ...
ARTICLE-61: Supervening impossibility of performance [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A party may invoke the impossibility of performing
a treaty as a ground for terminating or withdrawing from
it if the impossibility results from the permanent disappearance
or destruction of an object indispensable for the execution
of the treaty. If the impossibility is temporary, it may be invoked
only as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty.
...
...
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]
... 1. A fundamental change of circumstances which
has occurred with regard to those existing at the time
of the conclusion of a treaty, and which was not foreseen
by the parties, may not be invoked as a ground for terminating or withdrawing
from the treaty unless: ...
... 2. A fundamental change of circumstances may not be invoked
as a ground for terminating or withdrawing from a treaty: ...
... 3. If, under the foregoing paragraphs, a party may invoke a
fundamental change of circumstances as a ground for terminating
or withdrawing from a treaty it may also invoke the change
as a ground for suspending the operation of the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-64: Emergence of a new peremptory norm of general
international law (jus cogens) [go to this ARTICLE]
... If a new peremptory norm of general international
law emerges, any existing treaty which is in conflict
with that norm becomes void and terminates. ...
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.
...
ARTICLE-67: Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating,
withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
... Instruments for declaring invalid, terminating,
withdrawing from or suspending the operation of a treaty ...
...
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-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: ...
... (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]
... 2. In the case of a treaty which becomes void and terminates
under article 64, the termination of the treaty: ...
... 2. In the case of a treaty which becomes void and terminates
under article 64, the termination of the treaty: ...
... (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. ...