Law of Treaties

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LAW AND PRACTICE AS TO TREATIES
As far as the topic of treaties is concerned in International Law, it is studied under the guidance of the provisions set by a treaty known as ‘Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties’ which regulates the formation and termination of treaties between the states. This treaty was made on 22 May 1969 in Vienna, the Capital of Austria. The treaty was adopted in 1980. According to the current reports 114 states have ratified the treaty by 2014. It was drafted by the International Law Commission of the UN.

PROLOGUE
In the modern global village where isolation is no more less than the economic and political suicide for a state; states tend to indulge in signing numerous agreements and pacts with each other. These pacts are sometimes related to trade and economy while sometimes they are made to enhance the defence power and so on. These agreements in terms of international law are called ‘Treaties’ and the statute specifically dealing with this branch is ‘Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties’.

TREATY
“Treaty means an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation”.

These are the words which have been stated in Article-2(1-A) of the VCLT in order to define treaty. A treaty may also be known as an (international) agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, pact, or exchange of letters, among other terms. Regardless of terminology, all of these forms of agreements are, under international law, equally considered treaties and the rules are the same.

  • Formalities of a Treaty
  • Treaty the Written Instrument
  • International Personality