Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/vienna-convention-on-the-law-of-treaties

1. What is the legal framework?
2. What is the adoption date?
3. When was the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties created and when did it start being used?
4. How do countries agree to a treaty under the Vienna Convention?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the legal framework?Codifies the law of treaties between sovereign states
2. What is the adoption date?May 23, 1969
3. When was the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties created and when did it start being used?It was created in 1969 and began to be used in 1980.
4. How do countries agree to a treaty under the Vienna Convention?Countries can sign the treaty, exchange official papers, ratify it, or accept it to show they agree to follow its rules.

Codification: The process of collecting and organizing laws into a systematic written code.
Customary International Law: Unwritten rules derived from consistent state practice accepted as law.
Reservations: A unilateral statement made by a state when signing or ratifying a treaty, intending to exclude or modify the legal effect of certain provisions.