
- •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
Abbreviations
AFDI |
Annuaire français de droit international |
AJIL |
American Journal of International Law |
Annuaire IDI |
Annuaire de l’Insitut de droit international |
AöR |
Archiv des ö entlichen Rechts |
Art(s). |
Article(s) |
Asian YBIL |
Asian Yearbook of International Law |
ATF |
Arrêts du Tribunal Fédéral Suisse |
Australian LJ |
Australian Law Journal |
Australian LR |
Australian Law Reports |
Australian YBIL |
Australian Yearbook of International Law |
Austrian JPIL |
Austrian Journal of Public International Law |
Austrian RIEL |
Austrian Review of International and European Law |
AVR |
Archiv des Völkerrechts |
Berkeley JIL |
Berkeley Journal of International Law |
BBl |
Bundesblatt der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft |
Brooklyn JIL |
Brooklyn Journal of International Law |
BYBIL |
British Yearbook of International Law |
ca. |
circa |
Californian WILJ |
Californian Western International Law Journal |
Canadian YBIL |
Canadian Yearbook of International Law |
cf. |
confer |
CETS |
Council of Europe Treaty Series |
Chicago JIL |
Chicago Journal of International Law |
CHRYB |
Canadian Human Rights Yearbook |
CILJ Southern Africa |
Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern |
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Africa |
Columbia LR |
Columbia Law Review |
Columbia JTL |
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law |
Conf. |
Conference |
Connecticut JIL |
Connecticut Journal of International Law |
Cornell ILJ |
Cornell International Law Journal |
Cornell LQ |
Cornell Law Quarterly |
CoW |
Committee of the Whole (of the Vienna Conference on |
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the Law of Treaties of 1968/1969) |
Current LP |
Current Legal Problems |
CYBIL |
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law |
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abbreviations |
Denver JILP |
Denver Journal of International Law and Policy |
Duke LJ |
Duke Law Journal |
diss. op. |
dissenting opinion |
ed(s). |
edition, editor(s) |
e.g., |
exempli gratia, for instance |
ECHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
ECR |
European Court Reports |
EPIL |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law |
EJIL |
European Journal of International Law |
et al. |
et alii, and others |
f(f) |
and the following (page[s], para[s]., etc.) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
Finnish YBIL |
Finnish Yearbook of International Law |
GA |
General Assembly |
GAOR |
General Assembly O cial Records |
Georgia JICL |
Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law |
Georgetown LJ |
Georgetown LJ |
GYBIL |
German Yearbook of International Law |
Harvard ILJ |
Harvard International Law Journal |
Harvard LJ |
Harvard Law Journal |
Hastings ICLR |
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
ibid. |
ibidem, in the same place |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
ICJ Pleadings |
International Court of Justice. Pleadings, Oral Arguments, |
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Documents |
ICJ Reports |
International Court of Justice. Reports of Judgments, Advisory |
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Opinions and Orders |
ICLQ |
The International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
ICNT |
Informal Composite Negotiating Text |
ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
Id. |
Idem, the same person |
i.e. |
id est, that is, namely |
i.f. |
in fine, at the end |
IJIL |
Indian Journal of International Law |
ILA |
International Law Association |
ILC |
International Law Commission |
ILM |
International Legal Materials |
ILR |
International Law Reports |
Indiana LJ |
Indiana Law Journal |
Indian YBIA |
Indian Year Book of International A airs |
Institut |
Institut de Droit international |
Int. A . |
International A airs (London) |
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abbreviations |
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Iowa LR |
Iowa Law Review |
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Israel LR |
Israel Law Review |
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Israel YBHR |
Israel Yearbook on Human Rights |
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Ital YBIL |
Italian Yearbook of International Law |
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JDI |
Journal du Droit International |
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Journal CSL |
Journal of Conflict and Security Law |
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Journal MLC |
Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce |
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JT |
Journal des Tribunaux |
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lit. |
littera, letter |
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Leiden JIL |
Leiden Journal of International Law |
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LNOJ |
League of Nations O cial Journal |
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LNTS |
League of Nations Treaty Series |
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LoS |
Law of the Sea |
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Maine LR |
Maine Law Review |
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Michigan JIL |
Michigan Journal of International Law |
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n. |
footnote |
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N. |
Note (in the margin) |
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New York ULR |
New York University Law Review |
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NIEO |
New International Economic Order |
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NILR |
Netherlands International Law Review |
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Nordic JIL |
Nordic Journal of International Law |
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Nordisk TLR |
Nordisk Tidsskrift for International Ret. Acta Scandinavica Juris |
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Gentium |
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no(s). |
number(s) |
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NYBIL |
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law |
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OAS |
Organization of American States |
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ÖJZ |
Österreichische Juristenzeitung |
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Oxford JLS |
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies |
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ÖZAP |
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Aussenpolitik |
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ÖZöR(VR) |
Österreichische Zeitschrift für ö entliches Recht (und Völker- |
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recht) |
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OR |
O cial Records (of the Vienna Conference on the Law of |
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Treaties of 1968/1969) |
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p(p). |
page(s) |
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para(s). |
paragraph(s) |
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passim |
throughout |
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PASIL |
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of |
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International Law |
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PCIJ |
Permanent Court of International Justice |
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Philippine LJ |
Philippine Law Journal |
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Plenary |
Plenary meetings (of the Vienna Conference on the Law of |
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Treaties of 1968/1969) |
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Polish YBIL |
Polish Yearbook of International Law |
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q.v. |
quod vide, which see |
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abbreviations |
RC |
Recueil des Cours. Collected Courses of the Hague Academy |
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of International Law |
RDE |
Rivista di diritto europeo |
RDI |
Rivista di diritto internazionale |
Res/res |
R(r)esolution |
Revista |
Revista española de derecho internacional |
Revue Belge |
Revue belge de droit international |
Revue DI |
Revue de droit international |
Revue DIDC |
Revue de droit international et de droit comparé |
Revue DISDP |
Revue de droit international, de sciences diplomatiques et |
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politiques |
Revue Egyptienne |
Revue egyptienne de droit international |
Revue Roumaine |
Revue roumaine des Sciences Sociales |
Revue Suisse |
Revue suisse de droit international et de droit européen |
RGDIP |
Revue générale de droit international Public |
RHDI |
Revue héllénique de droit international |
RJT |
Revue juridique Thémis |
RMC |
Revue du Marché Commun |
ROW |
Recht in Ost und West. Zeitschrift für Rechtsvergleichung |
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und innerdeutsche Rechtsprobleme |
RUDH |
Revue universelle des droits de l’homme |
sc. |
scilicet, in particular, namely |
sep. op. |
separate opinion |
Sess. |
Session |
SJIR |
Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für internationales Recht |
South African LJ |
South African Law Journal |
South African YBIL |
South African Yearbook of International Law |
SR |
Summary Records; Systematische Sammlung (systematic |
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collection of Swiss legislation) |
Stanford LR |
Stanford Law Review |
subpara(s). |
subparagraph(s) |
Su olk TLR |
Su olk Transnational Law Review |
suppl. |
Supplement |
Sydney LR |
Sydney Law Review |
SZIER |
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europä- |
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isches Recht |
Texas ILJ |
Texas International Law Journal |
Texas LR |
Texas Law Review |
Transactions |
Transactions of the Grotius Society |
UCDLR |
University of California at Davis Law Review |
UCLALR |
University of California at Los Angeles Law Review |
UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
UN(O) |
United Nations (Organisation) |
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UNCIO |
United Nations Conference on International Organisation |
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UNCITRAL |
UN Commission on International Trade Law |
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UNCLOS (III) |
(Third) UN Conference on the Law of the Sea |
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UNRIAA |
UN Reports of International Arbitral Awards |
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UNTS |
UN Treaty Series |
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UPLR |
University of Pennsylvania Law Review |
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UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
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US(A) |
United States (of America) |
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UTLJ |
University of Toronto Law Journal |
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Washington LR |
Washington Law Review |
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Wisconsin ILJ |
Wisconsin International Law Journal |
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Vanderbilt JTL |
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law |
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Virginia JIL |
Virginia Journal of International Law |
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vol(s). |
volume(s) |
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WHO |
World Health Organisation |
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Yale JIL |
Yale Journal of International Law |
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Yale StWPO |
Yale Journal of (Studies in) World Public Order |
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Yale LJ |
Yale Law Journal |
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YBAAA |
Yearbook of the Association of Attenders and Alumni of the |
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Hague Academy of International Law |
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YBILC |
Yearbook of the International Law Commission |
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ZaöRV |
Zeitschrift für ausländisches ö entliches Recht und Völker- |
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recht |
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ZöR |
Zeitschrift für ö entliches Recht |
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ZSR |
Zeitschrift für schweizerisches Recht |
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