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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... 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, ...


ARTICLE-51: Coercion of a representative of a State     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The expression of a State's consent to be bound by a treaty which has been procured by the coercion of its representative through acts or threats directed against him shall be without any legal effect. ...


ARTICLE-52: Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Coercion of a State by the threat or use of force ...
... A treaty is void if its conclusion has been procured by the threat or use of force in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations. ...