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The Vienna Face Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) examines the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) as the central doctrinal "face" of modern treaty law. The article argues that the VCLT not only codifies customary rules but also structures how international law conceptualizes consent, interpretation, and the stability of treaty obligations.
It briefly traces the Convention's historical development, analyzes its core mechanisms of state consent and treaty interpretation, and evaluates its rules on invalidity, termination, and withdrawal. The piece highlights emerging tensions between the VCLT's sovereignty-based architecture and contemporary pressures from human rights, environmental regimes, and erga omnes obligations. It concludes that the VCLT remains foundational yet increasingly challenged by the evolving normative landscape of international law. A law review article written by Rebecca A. Clark.
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