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ARTICLE-31: General rule of interpretation [go to this ARTICLE]
... General rule of interpretation ...
ARTICLE-34: General rule regarding third States [go to this ARTICLE]
... General rule regarding third States ...
ARTICLE-39: General rule regarding the amendment of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-53: Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of
general international law (jus cogens) [go to this ARTICLE]
... A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion,
it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international
law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory
norm of general international law is a norm accepted
and recognized by the international community of States as a whole
as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified
only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same
character. ...
... A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion,
it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international
law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory
norm of general international law is a norm accepted
and recognized by the international community of States as a whole
as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified
only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same
character. ...
... A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion,
it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international
law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory
norm of general international law is a norm accepted
and recognized by the international community of States as a whole
as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified
only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same
character. ...
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-66: Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration
and conciliation [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) any one of the parties to a dispute concerning the application
or the interpretation of any of the other articles
in Part V of the present Convention may set in motion
the procedure specified in the Annex to the Convention
by submitting a request to that effect to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. ...
ARTICLE-71: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which
conflict
with a peremptory norm of general international law [go to this ARTICLE]
... Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty which
conflict
with a peremptory norm of general international law ...
... (a) eliminate as far as possible the consequences of any
act performed in reliance on any provision which conflicts
with the peremptory norm of general international law;
and ...
... (b) bring their mutual relations into conformity with the
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-81: Signature [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall be open for signature
by all States Members of the United Nations or of any
of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic
Energy Agency or parties to the Statute of the International
Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General
Assembly of the United Nations to become a party to the Convention, as
follows: until 30 November 1969, at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Austria, and subsequently, until 30 April 1970, at
United Nations Headquarters, New York. ...
ARTICLE-82: Ratification [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention is subject to ratification.
The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
ARTICLE-83: Accession [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention shall remain open for accession
by any State belonging to any of the categories mentioned
in article 81. The instruments of accession shall be
deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
ARTICLE-85: Authentic texts [go to this ARTICLE]
... The original of the present Convention, of which
the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts
are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. ...