The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties A Commentary

Preamble
Huseyin Pazarci: Preamble (1969)
Eric David: Preamble (1986)
I. Introduction
Philippe Gautier: Article 1 (1969)
Philippe Gautier: Article 1 (1986)
Philippe Gautier: Article 2 (1969)
Philippe Gautier: Article 2 (1986)
Yves le Bouthillier & Jean-Francois Bonin: Article 3 (1969)
Yves le Bouthillier & Jean-Francois Bonin: Article 3 (1986)
Frederic Dopagne: Article 4 (1969)
Frederic Dopagne: Article 4 (1986)
David Anderson: Article 5 (1969)
David Anderson: Article 5 (1986)
II. Conclusion and Entry into Force of Treaties
Daniel Turp & Francois Roch: Article 6 (1969)
Nicolas Levrat: Article 6 (1986)
Peter Kovacs: Article 7 (1969)
Peter Kovacs: Article 7 (1986)
Nicolas Angelet & Tamara Leidgens: Article 8 (1969)
Nicolas Angelet & Tamara Leidgens: Article 8 (1986)
Maurice Kamto: Article 9 (1969)
Maurice Kamto: Article 9 (1986)
Jean-Marc Thouvenin: Article 10 (1969)
Jean-Marc Thouvenin: Article 10 (1986)
Sandra Szurek: Article 11 (1969)
Sandra Szurek: Article 11 (1986)
Cedric van Assche: Article 12 (1969)
Cedric van Assche: Article 12 (1986)
Cedric van Assche: Article 13 (1969)
Cedric van Assche: Article 13 (1986)
Rafia Ben Achour, Imed Frikha & Mounir Snoussi: Article 14 (1969)
Rafia Ben Achour, Imed Frikha & Mounir Snoussi: Article 14 (1986)
Jean-Francois Marchi: Article 15 (1969)
Jean-Francois Marchi: Article 15 (1986)
Ferhat Horchani: Article 16 (1969)
Ferhat Horchani: Article 16 (1986)
Carol Hilling: Article 17 (1969)
Carol Hilling: Article 17 (1986)
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Anne-Marie La Rosa & Makane Moise Mbengue: Article 18 (1969)
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Anne-Marie La Rosa & Makane Moise Mbengue: Article 18 (1986)
Alain Pellet: Article 19 (1969)
Alain Pellet: Article 19 (1986)
Daniel Muller: Article 20 (1969)
Daniel Muller: Article 20 (1986)
Daniel Muller: Article 21 (1969)
Daniel Muller: Article 21 (1986)
Alain Pellet: Article 22 (1969)
Alain Pellet: Article 22 (1986)
Alain Pellet & William Schabas: Article 23 (1969)
Alain Pellet & William Schabas: Article 23 (1986)
Anthony Aust: Article 24 (1969)
Anthony Aust: Article 24 (1986)
Denise Mathy: Article 25 (1969)
Denise Mathy: Article 25 (1986)
III. Observance, Application and Interpretation of Treaties
Jean Salmon: Article 26 (1969)
Jean Salmon: Article 26 (1986)
Annemie Schaus: Article 27 (1969)
Maxime Didat: Article 27 (1986)
Frederic Dopagne: Article 28 (1969)
Frederic Dopagne: Article 28 (1986)
Symeon Karagianis: Article 29 (1969)
Symeon Karagianis: Article 29 (1986)
Alexander Orakhelashvili: Article 30 (1969)
Alexander Orakhelashvili: Article 30 (1986)
Jean-Marc Sorel & Valerie Bore-Eveno: Article 31 (1969)
Jean-Marc Sorel & Valerie Bore-Eveno: Article 31 (1986)
Yves le Bouthillier: Article 32 (1969)
Yves le Bouthillier: Article 32 (1986)
Alain Papaux: Article 33 (1969)
Alain Papaux: Article 33 (1986)
Eric David: Article 34 (1969)
Emmanuel Klimis: Article 34 (1986)
Caroline Laly-Chevalier: Article 35 (1969)
Caroline Laly-Chevalier: Article 35 (1986)
Pierre d'Argent: Article 36 (1969)
Pierre d'Argent: Article 36 (1986)
Pierre d'Argent: Article 37 (1969)
Pierre d'Argent: Article 37 (1986)
Giorgio Gaja: Article 38 (1969)
Giorgio Gaja: Article 38 (1986)
IV. Amendment and Modification of Treaties
Philippe Sands: Article 39 (1969)
Philippe Sands: Article 39 (1986)
Karine Ardault & Daniel Dormoy: Article 40 (1969)
Karine Ardault & Daniel Dormoy: Article 40 (1986)
Joanna Spanoudis & Edith Weemaels: Article 41 (1969)
Joanna Spanoudis & Edith Weemaels: Article 41 (1986)
V. Invalidity, Termination and Suspension of the Operation of Treaties
Marcelo Kohen & Sarah Heathcote: Article 42 (1969)
Marcelo Kohen & Sarah Heathcote: Article 42 (1986)
Karine Bannelier-Christakis: Article 43 (1969)
Karine Bannelier-Christakis: Article 43 (1986)
Mohammed Bedjaoui & Tamara Leidgens: Article 44 (1969)
Mohammed Bedjaoui & Tamara Leidgens: Article 44 (1986)
Marcelo Kohen & Sarah Heathcote: Article 45 (1969)
Marcelo Kohen & Sarah Heathcote: Article 45 (1986)
Michael Bothe: Article 46 (1969)
Michael Bothe: Article 46 (1986)
Florian Hoffmann: Article 47 (1969)
Florian Hoffmann: Article 47 (1986)
Eric Wyler: Article 48 (1969)
Eric Wyler: Article 48 (1986)
Gerard Niyungeko: Article 49 (1969)
Gerard Niyungeko: Article 49 (1986)
Jean-Pierre Cot: Article 50 (1969)
Jean-Pierre Cot: Article 50 (1986)
Giovani Distefano: Article 51 (1969)
Giovani Distefano: Article 51 (1986)
Olivier Corten: Article 52 (1969)
Olivier Corten: Article 52 (1986)
Eric Suy: Article 53 (1969)
Anne Lagerwall: Article 53 (1986)
Vincent Chapaux: Article 54 (1969)
Vincent Chapaux: Article 54 (1986)
Vincent Chapaux: Article 55 (1969)
Vincent Chapaux: Article 55 (1986)
Theodore Christakis: Article 56 (1969)
Theodore Christakis: Article 56 (1986)
Rosario Huesa-Vinaixa: Article 57 (1969)
Rosario Huesa-Vinaixa: Article 57 (1986)
Marie-Pierre Lanfranchi: Article 58 (1969)
Marie-Pierre Lanfranchi: Article 58 (1986)
Francois Dubuisson: Article 59 (1969)
Francois Dubuisson: Article 59 (1986)
Bruno Simma & Christian J Tams: Article 60 (1969)
Bruno Simma & Christian J Tams: Article 60 (1986)
Pierre Bodeau-Livinec: Article 61 (1969)
Pierre Bodeau-Livinec: Article 61 (1986)
Malcolm N Shaw & Caroline Fournet: Article 62 (1969)
Malcolm N Shaw & Caroline Fournet: Article 62 (1986)
Nicolas Angelet: Article 63 (1969)
Corinne Clave: Article 63 (1986)
Anne Lagerwall: Article 64 (1969)
Anne Lagerwell: Article 64 (1986)
Mario Prost: Article 65 (1969)
Mario Prost: Article 65 (1986)
Helene Ruiz Fabri: Article 66 (1969)
Helene Ruiz Fabri: Article 66 (1986)
Antonios Tzanakopoulos: Article 67 (1969)
Didier Rouget: Article 67 (1986)
Antonios Tzanakopoulos: Article 68 (1969)
Didier Rouget: Article 68 (1986)
Joe Verhoeven: Article 69 (1969)
Joe Verhoeven: Article 69 (1986)
Herve Ascensio: Article 70 (1969)
Herve Ascensio: Article 70 (1986)
Francois Crepeau & Rene Cote: Article 71 (1969)
Francois Crepeau & Rene Cote: Article 71 (1986)
Philippe Couvreur & Carlos Espaliu Berdud: Article 72 (1969)
Philippe Couvreur & Carlos Espaliu Berdud: Article 72 (1986)
VI. Miscellaneous Provisions
Rene Provost: Article 73 (1969)
Christian Dominice & Robert Kolb: Article 73 (1986)
Nicolas Angelet & Corine Clavé: Article 74 (1969)
David Anderson: Article 74 (1986)
Christian Tomuschat: Article 75 (1969)
Nicolas Angelet & Corine Clavé: Article 75 (1986)
Christian Tomuschat: Article 76 (1986)
VII. Depositaries, Notifications, Corrections and Registration
Lucius Calfisch: Article 76 (1969)
Fatsah Ouguergouz, Santiago Villalpando & Jason Morgan-Foster: Article 77 (1969)
Lucius Calfisch: Article 77 (1986)
Riad Daoudi: Article 78 (1969)
Fatsah Ouguergouz, Santiago Villalpando & Jason Morgan-Foster: Article 78 (1986)
Robert Kolb: Article 79 (1969)
Riad Daoudi: Article 79 (1986)
Pierre Klein: Article 80 (1969)
Robert Kolb: Article 80 (1986)
Pierre Klein: Article 81 (1986)
Final Provisions
Nicolas Burniat: Article 81 (1969)
Nicolas Burniat: Article 82 (1969)
Nicolas Burniat: Article 82 (1986)
Nicolas Burniat: Article 83 (1969)
Nicolas Burniat: Article 83 (1986)
Catherine Denis: Article 84 (1969)
Nicolas Burniat: Article 84 (1986)
Catherine Denis: Article 85 (1969)
Catherine Denis: Article 85 (1986)
Catherine Denis: Article 86 (1986)
Mariano Aznar Gomez: Annex (1969)
Mariano Aznar Gomez: Annex (1986)

Frédéric Mégret: Declaration on the Prohibition of Military, Political or Economic Coercion in the Conclusion of Treaties

Edited by Olivier Corten, Professor of International Law, Centre of International Law, Université libre de Bruxelles, and Pierre Klein, Professor of International Law, Centre of International Law, Université libre de Bruxelles

Olivier Corten teaches public international law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), and director of the Revue belge de droit international/Belgian Review of International Law. He is the author or co-author of four books (Droit d'ingérence ou obligation de réaction ? - Les possibilités d'action visant à assurer le respect des droits de la personne face au principe de non-intervention (Bruylant, Brussels, 1992, et 2nd ed., 1996), L'utilisation du raisonnable par le juge international (Bruylant, Brussels, 1997), Ex-Yougoslavie : droit international, politique et idéologie (Bruylant, Brussels, 1998) and Le droit contre la guerre - L'interdiction du recours à la force en droit international contemporain, Pedone, Paris, 2008) and of more than sixty articles.

Pierre Klein teaches public international law and is Director of the Centre of International Law of the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). He taught as visiting lecturer, then professor, at the Université catholique de Louvain, the University of Ottawa, McGill University, the Abomey-Calavi University (Bénin), the University of Paris XI and the Hague Academy of International Law. He is the author or co-author of three books (Droit d'ingérence ou obligation de réaction ? - Les possibilités d'action visant à assurer le respect des droits de la personne face au principe de non-intervention (Bruylant, Brussels, 1992, et 2nd ed., 1996), La responsabilité des organisations internationales dans les ordres juridiques internes et en droit international (Bruylant, Brussels, 1998) and Bowett's Law of International Institutions (5th ed., Sweet and Maxwell, London, 2001 - 5th ed. forthcoming, 2009)) and of fifty articles.

Contributors:
David Anderson
Nicolas Angelet
Karine Ardault
Herve Ascensio
Anthony Aust
Mariano Aznar Gomez
Karine Bannelier-Christakis
Mohammed Bedjaoui
Rafia Ben Achour
Pierre Bodeau-Livinec
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Jean-Francois Bonin
Valerie Bore-Eveno
Michael Bothe
Nicolas Burniat
Lucius Calfisch
Vincent Chapaux
Theodore Christakis
Corinne Clave
Michael Cosnard
Jean-Pierre Cot
Rene Cote
Philippe Couvreur
Francois Crepeau
Pierre d'Argent
Riad Daoudi
Eric David
Catherine Denis
Maxime Didat
Giovani Distefano
Christian Dominice
Frederic Dopagne
Daniel Dormoy
Francois Dubuisson
Carlos Espaliu Berdud
Caroline Fournet
Imed Frikha
Giorgio Gaja
Philippe Gautier
Carol Hilling
Ferhat Horchani
Rosario Huesa-Vinaixa
Maurice Kamto
Symeon Karagianis
Emmanuel Klimis
Marcelo Kohen
Robert Kolb
Peter Kovacs
Anne-Marie La Rosa
Anne Lagerwall
Caroline Laly-Chevalier
Marie-Pierre Lanfranchi
Yves le Bouthillier
Tamara Leidgens
Nicolas Levrat
Jean-Francois Marchi
Denise Mathy
Makane Moise Mbengue
Jason Morgan-Foster
Daniel Muller
Gerard Niyungeko
Alexander Orakhelashvili
Fatsah Ouguergouz
Alain Papaux
Huseyin Pazarci
Alain Pellet
Rene Provost
Francisco Rezek
Anne Rigaux
Francois Roch
Didier Rouget
Helene Ruiz Fabri
Jean Salmon
Philippe Sands
William Schabas
Malcolm N Shaw
Bruno Simma
Denys Simon
Mounir Snoussi
Jean-Marc Sorel
Eric Suy
Sandra Szurek
Christian J Tams
Jean-Marc Thouvenin
Christian Tomuschat
Daniel Turp
Cedric van Assche
Joe Verhoeven
Santiago Villalpando
Eric Wyler