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Noting that the principles of free consent and of good
faith and the pacta sunt servanda rule are universally recognized,
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Affirming that the rules of customary international law will continue to
govern questions not regulated by the provisions of the present Convention,
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ARTICLE-3: International agreements not within the scope
of the present Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) the application to them of any of the rules set forth
in the present Convention to which they would be subject
under international law independently of the Convention; ...
ARTICLE-4: Non-retroactivity of the present Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... Without prejudice to the application of any rules
set forth in the present Convention to which treaties
would be subject under international law independently
of the Convention, the Convention applies only to treaties which
are concluded by States after the entry into force of the present Convention
with regard to such States. ...
ARTICLE-5: Treaties constituting international organizations and treaties adopted within
an international organization [go to this ARTICLE]
... The present Convention applies to any treaty which
is the constituent instrument of an international organization
and to any treaty adopted within an international organization
without prejudice to any relevant rules of the organization.
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ARTICLE-9: Adoption of the text [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The adoption of the text of a treaty takes
place by the consent of all the States participating
in its drawing up except as provided in paragraph 2.
2. The adoption of the text of a treaty at an international
conference takes place by the vote of two-thirds of the
States present and voting, unless by the same majority
they shall decide to apply a different rule. ...
ARTICLE-27: Internal law and observance of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal
law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.
This rule is without prejudice to article 46. ...
ARTICLE-30: Application of successive treaties relating to
the same subject-matter [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-31: General rule of interpretation [go to this ARTICLE]
... General rule of interpretation ...
... (c) any relevant rules of international law applicable in
the relations between the parties. ...
ARTICLE-34: General rule regarding third States [go to this ARTICLE]
... General rule regarding third States ...
ARTICLE-38: Rules in a treaty becoming binding on third States
through international custom [go to this ARTICLE]
... Nothing in articles 34 to 37 precludes a rule
set forth in a treaty from becoming binding upon a third
State as a customary rule of international law, recognized
as such. ...
... Nothing in articles 34 to 37 precludes a rule
set forth in a treaty from becoming binding upon a third
State as a customary rule of international law, recognized
as such. ...
ARTICLE-39: General rule regarding the amendment of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... A treaty may be amended by agreement between the
parties. The rules laid down in Part II apply to such
an agreement except in so far as the treaty may otherwise
provide. ...
ARTICLE-42: Validity and continuance in force of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
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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-46: Provisions of internal law regarding competence to conclude treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. A State may not invoke the fact that its consent
to be bound by a treaty has been expressed in violation
of a provision of its internal law regarding competence
to conclude treaties as invalidating its consent unless
that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of
fundamental importance.
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ARTICLE-69: Consequences of the invalidity of a treaty [go to this ARTICLE]
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4. In the case of the invalidity of a particular State's
consent to be bound by a multilateral treaty, the foregoing
rules apply in the relations between that State and the
parties to the treaty. ...
ARTICLE-79: Correction of errors in texts or in certified
copies of treaties [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The rules in paragraphs 1 and 2 apply also where the text
has been authenticated in two or more languages and it appears that there is
a lack of concordance which the signatory States and the contracting States
agree should be corrected.
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