s.V Avoiding or Exiting Treaty Commitments, 22 The Validity and Invalidity of Treaties
Jan Klabbers
From: The Oxford Guide to Treaties
Edited By: Duncan B. Hollis
- Subject(s):
- Treaties, invalidity, termination, suspension, withdrawal — Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties — Coercion & harassment — Corruption — Peremptory norms / ius cogens
It may well be the case, as a seasoned international law practitioner once suggested, that the validity or invalidity of treaties is a topic of no practical significance whatsoever.1 Few treaties have ever been declared invalid and, indeed, it is quite rare for States even to argue that a treaty they are parties to should be declared invalid.2 Moreover, it is by no means clear who should declare a treaty invalid and whether, for instance, this could be done by a court in one of the States that are parties to the treaty. In short, validity is a topic shrouded in...
