Practice question
State A consents to State B’s official vessel entering a named harbor for two days. B remains for a month and invokes that consent as a defense for the entire stay. Assume no other defense or consent. Which Article 20 analysis is correct?
- Two-day consent necessarily covers thirty days
- Consent can never matter
- Consent permanently transfers sovereignty
- The vessel’s size decides the consent’s duration
- The consent defense does not cover conduct beyond the stipulated two-day limit
Legal references
- ILC Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001), Articles 20, 23, 26-27 and 35-39: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/draft_articles/9_6_2001.pdf
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