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Public International Lawtreaties

John Palmer

Class 3: February 8, 2011

Outline

Making Treaties

Interpreting Treaties

Modifying, Breaking, and Terminating Treaties

Making Treaties

New START, Munich, Feb. 5, 2011.

Making Treaties

New START, Munich, Feb. 5, 2011.

Making Treaties

Why did the US and Russia enter START?

Making Treaties

How are treaties negotiated?

How do states become party to a treaty?

Making Treaties

Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.

Making Treaties

Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.

Making Treaties

PrepCom.

Making Treaties

PrepCom.

Making Treaties

PrepCom.

Making Treaties

PrepCom.

Making Treaties

PrepCom.

Making Treaties

Barcelona Climate Change Talks, 2009.

Making Treaties

Maldives Cabinet signs climate declaration underwater, 2009.

Making Treaties

Making Treaties

Who can bind a state to a treaty?

Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus

What is Greece’s position?

What is Turkey’s position?

Cyprus

Making Treaties

Why does the US look to the Vienna Convention?

Why does the US not ratify the Vienna Convention?

Making Treaties

Did Cyprus have the capacity to enter into the 1960 accords?

Did Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Kutchuk have authority tobind Cyprus?

Should Cyprus be bound by the 1960 accords?

Making Treaties

Is the 1960 treaty invalid due to coercion?.

Why did Bosnian Serb leadership sign Dayton in 1995?

Why did Serbia sign the Kumanovo agreement in 1999?

Making Treaties

Should we take into account equality of states?

Is there an reason small states might not want this?