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  • Article 66 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Procedures for judicial settlement, arbitration and conciliation If, under paragraph 3 of article 65, no solution has been reached within a period of 12 months following the date on which the objection was raised, the following procedures shall be followed: (a) any one of the parties…

  • Article 65 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Procedure to be followed with respect to invalidity, termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty 1. A party which, under the provisions of the present Convention, invokes either a defect in its consent to be bound by a treaty or a ground…

  • Article 64 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Emergence of a new peremptory norm of general international law (“jus cogens”) If a new peremptory norm of general international law emerges, any existing treaty which is in conflict with that norm becomes void and terminates. See also: Article 63 Vienna Convention on the Law of…

  • Article 63 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Severance of diplomatic or consular relations The severance of diplomatic or consular relations between parties to a treaty does not affect the legal relations established between them by the treaty except insofar as the existence of diplomatic or consular relations is indispensable for the application of…

  • Article 62 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Fundamental change of circumstances 1. A fundamental change of circumstances which has occurred with regard to those existing at the time of the conclusion of a treaty, and which was not foreseen by the parties, may not be invoked as a ground for terminating or withdrawing…

  • Article 61 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Supervening impossibility of performance 1. A party may invoke the impossibility of performing a treaty as a ground for terminating or withdrawing from it if the impossibility results from the permanent disappearance or destruction of an object indispensable for the execution of the treaty. If the…

  • Article 60 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of its breach 1. A material breach of a bilateral treaty by one of the parties entitles the other to invoke the breach as a ground for terminating the treaty or suspending its operation…

  • Article 59 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty 1. A treaty shall be considered as terminated if all the parties to it conclude a later treaty relating to the same subject matter and: (a) it appears from the…

  • Article 58 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Suspension of the operation of a multilateral treaty by agreement between certain of the parties only 1. Two or more parties to a multilateral treaty may conclude an agreement to suspend the operation of provisions of the treaty, temporarily and as between themselves alone, if: (a)…

  • Article 57 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Suspension of the operation of a treaty under its provisions or by consent of the parties The operation of a treaty in regard to all the parties or to a particular party may be suspended: (a) in conformity with the provisions of the treaty; or (b)…