Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

E36795

international convention multilateral treaty source of international law

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties is a cornerstone international agreement that codifies the rules and principles governing the creation, interpretation, and termination of treaties between states.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties canonical	14
1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties	1
Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties	1
United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties	1
Vienna Convention 1969	1
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (drafting work)	1
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (implicitly through the concept of "party")	1
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international convention ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ source of international law ⓘ
adoptedAt	Vienna ⓘ
adoptedOn	1969-05-23 ⓘ
appliesTo	treaties between states ⓘ
articleCount	85 ⓘ
citedBy	International Court of Justice ⓘ domestic courts in treaty interpretation cases ⓘ international arbitral tribunals ⓘ
codifies	customary international law on treaties ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations ⓘ
containsArticle	Article 26 ⓘ Article 31 ⓘ Article 32 ⓘ Article 53 ⓘ Article 60 ⓘ
defines	invalidity of a treaty ⓘ jus cogens ⓘ material breach of a treaty ⓘ reservation to a treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	international agreements with international organizations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1980-01-27 ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	consent of states to be bound ⓘ contextual interpretation of treaties ⓘ good faith performance of treaties ⓘ interpretation in good faith ⓘ ordinary meaning of treaty terms ⓘ pacta sunt servanda ⓘ supplementary means of interpretation ⓘ
field	public international law ⓘ
governs	amendment of treaties ⓘ application of treaties ⓘ conclusion of treaties between states ⓘ entry into force of treaties ⓘ interpretation of treaties ⓘ modification of treaties ⓘ suspension of treaties ⓘ termination of treaties ⓘ
hasPreamble	yes ⓘ
influenced	subsequent treaty practice ⓘ
influencedBy	customary international law on treaties ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedBy	states participating in the United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties ⓘ
negotiationConferenceHeldIn	Vienna ⓘ
negotiationConferenceOrganizedBy	United Nations ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1969-05-23 ⓘ
partCount	8 ⓘ
recognizesConcept	peremptory norms of general international law ⓘ
shortName	VCLT ⓘ
subject	law of treaties ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

Article XII → relatedInstrument → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XII of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

State Party → governedBy → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations → relatedTo → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

Article 11 of the Genocide Convention → interpretedInLightOf → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

International Law Commission → notableWork → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (drafting work)

Treaties of Spain → legalFramework → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

VCLT → fullName → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

VCLT → abbreviationOf → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

VCLT → adoptedBy → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties

VCLT → inspired → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations

VCLT → alsoKnownAs → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention 1969

VCLT → alsoKnownAs → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

United Nations Treaty Collection → includesInstrument → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → governedBy → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

Treaties of Belgium → hasPart → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

GATT Article XXI(b) is not entirely self-judging → basedOn → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

VCCR → relatedTo → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

High Contracting Parties → definedBy → Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (implicitly through the concept of "party")