Practice question
A lawyer treats an Article 19 convention and an Article 21 regulation as having exactly the same member-consent mechanism. The convention has not been accepted by State A; the valid regulation has been duly notified, and State A made no rejection or reservation within the stipulated period. Assume no other relevant exception. Which analysis follows Articles 19 and 22?
- Neither instrument can ever have legal effects
- The convention requires the stated acceptance, while Article 22 supplies a different notified-regulation mechanism.
- Every Assembly act uses only Article 19
- Every instrument is binding only after a private vote
- A State’s silence always has the same legal effect for every instrument
Legal references
- Constitution of the World Health Organization, Articles 19-23: https://apps.who.int/gb/bd/PDF/bd47/EN/constitution-en.pdf
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