Article 71 of the 1969 and 1986 Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties: Consequences of the Invalidity of a Treaty which Conflicts with a Peremptory Norm of General International Law
The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties – A Commentary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, 1613-1626
Posted: 28 May 2017
Date Written: May 18, 2016
Abstract
A brief review of Article 71 of the 1969 Vienna Convention, which deals with the consequences of treaty invalidity due to conflict with jus cogens norms as a hierarchically superior body of international legal norms.
Keywords: Vienna Convention, Article 71, International Law
JEL Classification: K33
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Crépeau, François, Article 71 of the 1969 and 1986 Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties: Consequences of the Invalidity of a Treaty which Conflicts with a Peremptory Norm of General International Law (May 18, 2016). The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties – A Commentary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, 1613-1626, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2781670
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