IAFS 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pacific Magazines, International Criminal Court, Statutory Interpretation
16 Sep 2016
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Treaties are a more direct and formal form of international law. Treaties resulted in: termination of disputes, territory acquisition, special interests determined, alliances established, international organizations created. *an international agreement concluded between states in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation. Consent the only way states can be bound to a treaty after consent the treaty should be then carried out and recognized by the un. Consent by signature: when a treaty states that once the signature is put into place on the paper, the treaty will be put into effect (not most common but still respected) Consent by exchange of instrument: treaty is put into effect when the instruments are exchanged between them. Consent by ratification: this ensures constitutional control and approval by the state (ex. Us house approves vs. just the foreign secretary of state)
