LAWS 3602 Lecture : Lecture 04
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Signatories: article 12(1) provides that signature is only evidence of intent to be bound if the parties have agreed or the treaty itself provides that it is to have that effect, a signatory is a state which has signed a treaty subject to ratification or some other subsequent act expressing consent to be bound, article 18 of the vienna convention requires states which have signed but not yet ratified a treaty not to defeat the object and purpose of the treaty, often unclear what actions would have the effect of defeating the object and purpose. Ratification: ratification refers to the process of finally expressing its consent to be bound by the treaty, usually occurs after a state takes steps necessary under its domestic law to permit it to give final consent, often effected by exchanging or depositing an instrument of ratification with the other parties.