High Contracting Parties

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state party to a treaty subject of international law treaty party

High Contracting Parties are the states that have ratified or acceded to an international treaty, thereby becoming legally bound by its provisions.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state party to a treaty ⓘ
subject of international law ⓘ
treaty party ⓘ
acquireStatusBy acceptance of a treaty when recognized by the treaty ⓘ
accession to a treaty ⓘ
approval of a treaty when recognized by the treaty ⓘ
ratification of a treaty ⓘ
alternativeTerm Contracting States ⓘ
States Parties ⓘ
areBoundFrom date of entry into force of the treaty for that state ⓘ
areDistinguishedFrom signatory states that have not ratified ⓘ
areListedIn treaty status tables maintained by depositaries ⓘ
areMentionedIn Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Geneva Conventions ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

arms control and disarmament treaties ⓘ
many humanitarian law treaties ⓘ
many multilateral human rights treaties ⓘ
areOpposedTo non‑parties to the treaty ⓘ
areRecordedBy treaty depositary ⓘ
areSubjectTo rules of treaty interpretation under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ
canAgreeTo amendments of the treaty ⓘ
canConclude subsequent agreements regarding interpretation of the treaty ⓘ
canMake reservations to the treaty when allowed ⓘ
composedOf sovereign states ⓘ
definedBy Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ
surface form: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (implicitly through the concept of "party")
hasLegalStatus bound by the provisions of the treaty ⓘ
hasRole party to an international treaty ⓘ
haveCollectiveResponsibilityFor ensuring respect for certain humanitarian law treaties ⓘ
haveCompetence to adopt implementing legislation ⓘ
to implement treaty obligations domestically ⓘ
haveObligation to perform the treaty in good faith (pacta sunt servanda) ⓘ
to respect the object and purpose of the treaty ⓘ
haveRight to invoke treaty provisions ⓘ
to participate in treaty bodies if established ⓘ
languageOrigin term commonly used in French- and civil-law–influenced treaty drafting ⓘ
mayBe original signatories that later ratify ⓘ
states that accede after the treaty enters into force ⓘ
mayBeHeldResponsibleFor internationally wrongful acts that breach treaty obligations ⓘ
mayBeSubjectTo dispute settlement procedures under the treaty ⓘ
monitoring by treaty bodies ⓘ
mayInclude international organizations when allowed by the treaty ⓘ
mayWithdrawBy denunciation of the treaty if permitted ⓘ
refersTo states that have ratified or acceded to a treaty ⓘ
scopeNote term refers to the parties collectively, not to a specific single state ⓘ
shareCharacteristic consent to be bound by the treaty ⓘ
usedIn international treaty law ⓘ
law of treaties ⓘ
public international law ⓘ

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Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → imposesObligationOn → High Contracting Parties ⓘ