- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Acknowledgments
- •Foreword
- •Abbreviations
- •How to employ this commentary
- •Issues of customary international law
- •History of the Convention
- •Preamble
- •Resolution relating to Article 1
- •Declaration on universal participation in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- •Articles 19–23—Subsequent developments
- •Article 26 Pacta sunt servanda
- •Declaration on the prohibition of military, political or economic coercion in the conclusion of treaties
- •Resolution relating to the Declaration on the prohibition of military, political or economic coercion in the conclusion of treaties
- •Annex to Article 66
- •Resolution relating to Article 66 and the Annex
- •Article 81 Signature
- •Final Act of the United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties
- •Status of the Convention
- •Reservations and declarations to the Convention and objections thereto
- •Bibliography
- •Table of cases
- •Submissions by States
- •Index
Table of cases
References are made, in alphabetical order, to the court cases and the respective articles and Notes; “n.” denotes a footnote. Abbreviations: Decl = Declaration; HoC = History of the Convention; ICIL = Issues of Customary International Law; Pre = Preamble; Res = Resolution.
A. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
Brazilian Loans Case (1929), 61 1
Certain German Interests in Polish Upper Silesia Case (1926), 18 1; 34 1 Chorzow Factory (Germany/Poland) Case (1927), 26 8; 61 9 n. 31; 62 20 n. 7
Customs Régime Between Austria and Germany Advisory Opinion (1931), 2 17 n. 52; 13 1 n. 2
Diversion of Water from the Meuse (Belgium/Netherlands) Case (1937), 60 1
Eastern Greenland (Denmark/Norway) Case (1933), 2 16 n. 49; 45 1 n. 3; 46 1; 48 1 n. 5;
67 3
Electricity Company of Sofia and Bulgaria Case (1939) 59 1
Employment of Women during the Night Advisory Opinion (1932), 31 3 n. 12 Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations Advisory Opinion (1925), 27 4 n. 14
Free Zones Case of Upper Savoy and the District of Gex (France/Switzerland) Case (1932), 34
1; 36 1; 46 1; 62 2, 22 n. 75
Greco-Bulgarian Communities Advisory Opinion (1930), 27 1 n. 2
Jurisdiction of the European Commission of the Danube Advisory Opinion (1927), 30 1 Lotus (Turkey/France) Case (1927), 31 3 n. 12
Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions Cases (1924), 33 1, 12
Oscar Chinn (Belgium/United Kingdom) Case (1934) 30 1; 41 1; 53 1 n. 4
Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission of the River Oder Case (1929), 14 1 n. 3; 34 1 n. 2
Treatment of Polish Nationals in Danzig Advisory Opinion (1932), 27 1 n. 3 Serbian Loans Case (1929), 61 1
S.S. “Wimbledon” Case (1923), 6 1 n. 1
B. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Admission of a State to UN Membership Advisory Opinion (1950), 31 3 n. 12 f Aegean Continental Shelf (Greece/Turkey) Case (1978) 13 5 n. 16
Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel/Bulgaria) (Preliminary Objections) Case, 34 1 Ambatielos (Greece/United Kingdom) (Preliminary Objection) Case (1952), 14 1 n. 3; 28 1;
70 1 n. 4
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (UK/ Iran) (Preliminary Objection) Case (1952), 2 20 n. 61 Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the UN Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 Advisory Opinion (1988), 27 1 n. 2
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Yugoslavia) (Preliminary Objections) Case (1996), 7 15; 8 5; 24 15 n. 34; 28
9 n. 22, 13 n. 25; 53 9 n. 41; 60 23 n. 73
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Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain (Honduras/Nicaragua) (1960), 45 1 n. 3
Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau/Senegal) Case (1991), 31 37 n. 121; 32 11 n. 20
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo/Rwanda) Case
(2006), 4 4 n. 10, 6; 19 13, 15 n. 73; 22 9 n. 22; 23 6 n. 17; 19–23 6; 28 9 n. 22; 53 19 n. 63; 65 27
Asylum (Colombia/Peru) Case (1950), Pre 2 n. 4
Barcelona Traction (Belgium/Spain) Case (1970), 53 7 n. 34, 19 n. 63
Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua/Honduras) Case (1988), 26 5 n. 27; 31
6 n. 31
Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libya) Case (1982), 38 1 Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (USA/Italy) Case (1989), 33 12 Fisheries (UK/Norway) Case (1951), ICIL 2 n. 2; 9
Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain/Canada) Case (1998), 31 35 n. 117
Fisheries Jurisdiction (UK/Iceland) Case (1973), 34 12 n. 32; 42 6 n. 21; 44 15 n. 35; 52 20 n. 57; 56 9 n. 34, 16 n. 48; 60 21 n. 71; 62 10 n. 36, 11, 17 n. 60; 70 10 n. 30
Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Mali) Case (1986), 2 7 n. 32; 62 19
Gabcikovo-Nagymaros (Hungary/Slovakia) Case (1997), 4 4 n. 10; 26 7, 8 n. 39, 9 n. 43; 42
13 n. 28; 53 27 n. 83; 56 7, 16 n. 48; 60 7 n. 30, 15 n. 51 f, 21 n. 7, 27 n. 85; 61 4, 10 n. 32, 15; 62 8 n. 31, 11, 13 n. 47, 30; 64 10 n 18; 65 6 n. 26, 16 n. 47
Gulf of Maine (USA/Canada) Case (1984), ICIL 3 n. 4
ICAO Council Jurisdiction (India/Pakistan) Case (1972), 60 6 n. 25, 13 n. 47, 21 n. 72 Interhandel (Switzerland/USA) Case (1959), 44 1 n. 1
Interpretation of Peace Treaties Advisory Opinion (1950), 31 14 n. 54
Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between theWHO and Egypt Advisory Opinion
(1980), 31 25 n. 77; 54 8 n. 29; 56 12, 16 n. 48; 65 6 n. 26
Judgment of the ILC Administrative Tribunal Advisory Opinion (1956), 31 3 n. 14 Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia) Case (1999), 4 4; 31 22, 37 n. 121; 32 11 n. 20; 33 8 n. 30
LaGrand (Germany/USA) Case (2001), 31 37 n. 121; 33 12, 16 n. 49
Land and Maritime Boundary (Cameroon/ Nigeria) Case (2002), 7 12; 16 6, 9 n. 18; 24 4 n. 8, 15 n. 34; 26 3 n. 20; 28 14 n. 27; 46 14
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro/Belgium) (Preliminary Objections) Case (2004),
31 32, 37 n. 121; 32 11 n. 20
Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions (Qatar/Bahrain) Case (1994), 2 13, 23; 7 15 n. 48; 13 6 n. 17; 31 32; 33 7 n. 25, 11 n. 40
Military and Paramilitary Activities (Nicaragua/USA) Case (1986), ICIL 3 n. 4, 5 n. 9, 10, 12 n. 15, 14 n. 18, 16 n. 21, 37, 44 n. 63, 46 n. 65; 38 1 n. 5; 43 4 n. 9; 52 6 n. 24
Minquiers and Ecrehos (United Kingdom/France) Case (1952), 59 1 n. 2
Namibia Advisory Opinion (1971), 31 24; 60 6 n. 26, 8, 13 n. 46, 21 n. 71, 23, n. 73, 27, 28
Northern Cameroons (Cameroon/UK) Case (1963), 70 1 n. 4
North Sea Cases (1969), ICIL 5 n. 9, 7 n. 11, 12 n. 15, 13, 14 n. 19, 17 n. 22, 28 n. 37, 36, 38 n. 50, 39 n. 53, 42 n. 62, 53 n. 72; 18 19 n. 40; 26 7 n. 34; 34 1; 38 1, 5 n. 16, 7
Norwegian Loans (France/Norway) Case (1957), 44 1 n. 1
Nuclear Tests (Australia/France) Cases (1974), 2 20 n. 66; 31 6 n. 29; 42 13; 54 7
Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion on the Threat or Use of Force of (1996), ICIL 3 n. 4, 39 n. 53, 48 n. 69; 31 11 n. 50, 22, 32; 52 6 n. 24 and 26; 53 27 n. 83
Oil Platforms (Iran/US) (Preliminary Objections) Case (1996), 31 32
Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention Arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libya/USA) (Provisional Measures) Case (1992), 30 10 n. 27;
75 4 n. 15
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Reparation for Injuries Advisory Opinion (1949), 31 3 n. 14
Reservations to Genocide Advisory Opinion (1951), ICIL 40 n. 55 f; HoC 2 n. 8; 12 1 n. 8;
18 10 n. 21; 19 2, 13; 20 17 n. 67; 19–23 7; 28 9 n. 22
Right of Passage over Indian Territory (India/Portugal) Case (1960), 10 3 n. 11; 16 6 n. 14 Rights of US Nationals in Morocco (France/USA) Case, (1952), Pre 2 n. 4
South West Africa (Preliminary Objections) Cases (1962), 2 17 n. 52; 31 9 n. 41 Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land (Belgium/Netherlands) Case (1959), 42 13 n. 27;
Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Spadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) Case (2002), 4 4 n. 10; 31 13 n. 53
Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia/Thailand) Case (1961), 45 1; 48 1, 11 Territorial Dispute (Libya/Chad) Case (1994), 31 32; 32 11 n. 20; 62 19 n. 67 Western Sahara Advisory Opinion (1975), 31 27 n. 87
C. EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Golder v. United Kingdom, Pre 2 n. 3
Ireland v. United Kingdom, 27 10 n. 27; 60 24 n. 77
Loizidou v. Turkey, 44 22 n. 66; 53 24 n. 71
Wemho v. Germany, 33 1 n. 3
D. INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Costa Rica Naturalization Provisions Advisory Opinion, 31 11 n. 51, 32 n. 106 Habeas Corpus in Emergency Situations Advisory Opinion, 31 32 n. 106, 37 n. 120 Meaning of “Laws” Advisory Opinion, 31 32 n. 106
Right to Reply Advisory Opinion, 31 32 n. 106
Velasquez Rodriguez (Preliminary Objection) Case, 31 11 n. 51, 32 n. 106
E. OTHER INTERNATIONAL CASES
Air Transport (France/UK) Arbitration, ICIL 60 n. 78; 31 22 n. 69 Alabama Claims Arbitration, 27 N. 1
Amoco Iran Oil Company v. Islamic Republic of Iran and Others Case, 27 7 n. 25; 46 17 n. 58; 47 7 n. 16
Beagle Channel Arbitration, Pre 5 n. 20; 31 22 n. 69, 32 BP v. Libyan Arab Republic Arbitration, 60 6 n. 25, 27
Continental Shelf (UK/France) Arbitration, ICIL 4 n. 8; 41; 44 n. 63; 60 n. 78; 2 36 n. 103;
20 4 n. 23; 21 8; 19–23 6; 38 4 n. 15
Dubai-Sharjah Border Arbitration, 51 3 n. 12, 4 n. 16, 13 n. 37 Esphahanian Claimant v. Bank Tejarat Case, 31 26 n. 84
Government of Kuwait v. American Independent Oil Company, 51 7 n. 24; 52 11, 15 n. 47;
62 11 n. 39
Heathrow Airport User Charges (US/UK) Arbitration, 31 6 n. 31, 32 n. 106, 40 n. 124 Interpretation of the Algerian Declarations of 19 January 1981, 31 6 n. 31 International Arbitral Tribunal (Argentina/Chile), 62 18 n. 63
Ina Corporation v. Iran Case, 65 23 n. 68 Island of Palmas Case, 34 1 n. 3
Kuwait v. Aminoil, 25 12
La Bretagne (Canada/France) Arbitration, 31 26 n. 84, 32
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Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company v. Burundi Arbitration, 61 9 n. 31, 14 n. 42 Maritime Delimitation (Guinea/Guinea-Bissau) Arbitral Award, 31 32; 32 11 n. 20 Maritime Frontier (Guinea-Bissau/Senegal) Case, 46 8 n. 35, 14 n. 48, 19 n. 60
Sedco Inc v. National Iranian Oil Company and the Islamic Republic of Iran Case, 54 12 n. 34
Opel Austria GmbH v. Council of the European Union, 18 20 n. 44 Phillips Petroleum Company v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 47 7 n. 16 Prosecutor v. Furundzija Case, 31 25 n. 80; 53 10 n. 45, 27 n. 83
Racke GmbH and Co. v. Hauptzollamt Mainz, 62 11, 13 n. 47, 30; 65 17 n. 49, 27 Rainbow Warrior (New Zealand/France) Case, 70 10
Southern Pacific Properties (Middle East) Ltd. v. Arab Republic of Egypt Case, 49 8 n. 38; 50
10 n. 31
Tacna-Arica Arbitration (1925), 60 1
Young Loan Arbitration, 31 9 n. 38, 22 n. 69, 27 n. 88; 32 6 n, 10; 33 5, 11 n. 40
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