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Practice question: General Principles of Treaty Law

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What is the general rule of VCLT Article 34 regarding third States?
  1. A treaty binds every State that knows of it.
  2. A treaty always obliges neighboring States.
  3. A treaty creates neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent.
  4. A treaty makes all nonparties members of its institutions.
  5. A treaty eliminates every customary rule.

Legal references

  • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 2, 18, 26–27, 31–32, 34: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf

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