Practice question
What does pacta sunt servanda mean under VCLT Article 26?
- Only politically convenient treaty provisions matter
- Every signed draft binds all third States
- Any later domestic order automatically cancels a treaty
- Treaties never create legal obligations
- A treaty in force binds its parties and must be performed in good faith
Legal references
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 2, 11–14, 24, 26, 27, 34 and 38: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf
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