Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Advisory Opinion

ICJ Reports 1951, p. 15 · International Court of Justice

A reservation is admissible if it is compatible with the object and purpose of the treaty.

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Related sections:

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969, 26 — Pacta sunt servanda
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969, 31–32 — General rule and supplementary means of interpretation
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969, 52–53 — Coercion of a State; treaties conflicting with jus cogens
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969, 60 — Termination or suspension for material breach