Treaty Convention, International Law Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties explained
Treaties as source of International public law
By Hesham Elrafei Lex Animata
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💥 Overview of one of the main sources of international public law as stated in Article 38 of the international court of justice ICJ statute : treaty, customary law, courts decisions, jurisprudence and law principles.
Treaties , explained , simplified and visualized.
Treaties are written agreements, used by countries to bind themselves by creating mutual rights and obligations.
They are one of the oldest international relations methods, and are considered a primary source of international law, also superior to customary rules, since they require explicit consent from states.
The obligatory nature of treaties, is founded upon the customary international law principle, that agreements are binding , and they are similar to contracts as they regulate the creation of agreements, their interpretation, and what happens when agreements are breached.
Treaties can cover various international agreements, ranging from Conventions, Pacts, Charters, Statutes, Declarations, Protocols, and Covenants, or exchange of letters. All these terms relate to the same thing: the creation of written agreements, whereby countries commit to act in a certain way, or to set up particular relations between themselves.
A treaty may cover a broad range of issues between countries, as almost everything needs an international agreement, to lay down the necessary conditions of operation.
Treaties are divided based on the scope of application and the extent of responsibilities they impose, into two main types:
law-making treaties, and treaty contracts.
Treaty contracts are agreements between two or small numbers of states, and they are usually concerned with technical or commercial issues.
Law making treaties are broader agreements, with universal or general relevance, as they create general norms, to govern the conduct of the parties; therefore, they have a direct influence on the content of international law,
While Treaties derive their power from State approval, they only bind Countries parties to them; Certain treaties however attempt to establish a ‘regime’ that extend to nonparties, like the Vienna Convention on the law of treaties and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, as well as various provisions of the United Nations Charter.
Such law-making treaties require the participation of a large number of states and may produce rules that will bind everyone, in particular when many states informally accept the provisions of the treaties, even without becoming parties to them. In that case, that treaty will be viewed as a source of international law for non-signatories states as well.
There are also many treaties which reflect or codify existing customary rules, like the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, such treaties bind non-parties, not because of the treaty provision itself, but because they reaffirm a rule of customary international law.
Treaties may also be constitutive, in the sense that they create an international organization and serve as its constitution, defining its powers and responsibilities, such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the United Nations Charter.
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An excellent programme with clear explanation. Thank you.
@lexanimata
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@lexanimata
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Most welcome 😊
Thank you for your wonderful explanation
@lexanimata
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure n thanks for your kind words
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@lexanimata
2 жыл бұрын
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Short video but useful. Thanks
@lexanimata
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@lexanimata
2 жыл бұрын
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@chenailuziboalyssasibanda
Жыл бұрын
Indeed
Well explained
@lexanimata
2 жыл бұрын
*thanks *
What are the elements of treaties ?
How do you make your videos
Just to understand clearly, when establishing a new organization that could serve as a branch of the United Nations, it has to be called a “constitutive treaty”?
@lexanimata
2 жыл бұрын
Yes any treatment to establish an organization as the treaty in that case is like the constitution of that new entity explaining the goals, membership, budget, votes etc
Why different countries adhere to various treaties?
@lexanimata
2 жыл бұрын
Put it simple: countries are like humans and treaties are equivalent to contracts
Hi please can a treaty still be binding even when it hasn't been enforced yet if so it is because of the good faith principle or something else ? Thank You
@lexanimata
3 ай бұрын
It depends but generally the answer is no as without ratification the treaty is not considered part of the local law of the country who signed it , very similar to a contract
@abenasarfo_appiah7464
3 ай бұрын
@lexanimata please thank you for replying what about the good faith principle
@lexanimata
3 ай бұрын
Good faith is a general principle for any agreement including contracts between individuals, it means that when you enter into a contract or agreement you are supposed to enforce it's terms in good faith " in fair n honest way" , it's one of the general principles and can include things like disclosure of information like if two countries in war and they agreed a post war peace agreement they have to exchange prisoners of war in good faith which means be transparent about the number of prisoners and not lie about their numbers etc
What about aireals sweety
The treaties are’nt above of any international source as explicit at the 84 article of International Court of Justice statute
@lexanimata
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for your comment, in practice Treaty is the first source of modern international law as most customary rules are now codified into treaties , in other words the first place to look into sources of IL is treaty
@giovannipaolo1441
3 жыл бұрын
You replied to yourself in your comment " icj statute" is itself a treaty and it has primacy over customary international law
@yashibasanil123
2 жыл бұрын
..there is no article 84 of the ICJ statute
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Just provide facts without those gimmicks.I stopped watching it because those gimmicks make my head spin
@lexanimata
3 ай бұрын
You are not forced to watch