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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, ...


ARTICLE-10: Authentication of the text     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The text of a treaty is established as authentic and definitive: ...


ARTICLE-12: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States were agreed that signature should have that effect; or ...
... (a) the initialling of a text constitutes a signature of the treaty when it is established that the negotiating States so agreed; ...


ARTICLE-13: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by an exchange of instruments constituting a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that those States were agreed that the exchange of instruments should have that effect. ...


ARTICLE-14: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by ratification, acceptance or approval     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States were agreed that ratification should be required; ...


ARTICLE-15: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by accession     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States were agreed that such consent may be expressed by that State by means of accession; or ...


ARTICLE-16: Exchange or deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Unless the treaty otherwise provides, instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession establish the consent of a State to be bound by a treaty upon: ...


ARTICLE-21: Legal effects of reservations and of objections to reservations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A reservation established with regard to another party in accordance with articles 19, 20 and 23: ...


ARTICLE-24: Entry into force     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Failing any such provision or agreement, a treaty enters into force as soon as consent to be bound by the treaty has been established for all the negotiating States. ...
... 3. When the consent of a State to be bound by a treaty is established on a date after the treaty has come into force, the treaty enters into force for that State on that date, unless the treaty otherwise provides. ...


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-31: General rule of interpretation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. A special meaning shall be given to a term if it is established that the parties so intended. ...


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. ...


ARTICLE-36: Treaties providing for rights for third States     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. A State exercising a right in accordance with paragraph 1 shall comply with the conditions for its exercise provided for in the treaty or established in conformity with the treaty. ...


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. ...
... 2. When a right has arisen for a third State in conformity with article 36, the right may not be revoked or modified by the parties if it is established that the right was intended not to be revocable or subject to modification without the consent of the third State. ...


ARTICLE-44: Separability of treaty provisions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) it appears from the treaty or is otherwise established that acceptance of those clauses was not an essential basis of the consent of the other party or parties to be bound by the treaty as a whole; and ...


ARTICLE-56: Denunciation of or withdrawal from a treaty containing no provision regarding termination, denunciation or withdrawal     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) it is established that the parties intended to admit the possibility of denunciation or withdrawal; or ...


ARTICLE-59: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) it appears from the later treaty or is otherwise established that the parties intended that the matter should be governed by that treaty; or ...
... 2. The earlier treaty shall be considered as only suspended in operation if it appears from the later treaty or is otherwise established that such was the intention of the parties. ...


ARTICLE-63: Severance of diplomatic or consular relations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The severance of diplomatic or consular relations between parties to a treaty does not affect the legal relations established between them by the treaty except in so far as the existence of diplomatic or consular relations is indispensable for the application of the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-69: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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. ...
... (a) each party may require any other party to establish as far as possible in their mutual relations the position that would have existed if the acts had not been performed; ...


ARTICLE-72: Consequences of the suspension of the operation of a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) does not otherwise affect the legal relations between the parties established by the treaty. ...