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TREATIES
REPORTERS:
JUANZON, C.
MANAOG, M.
DEFINITION
A TREATY may be defined as
a formal agreement, usually
but
not
necessarily
in
writing, which is entered into
by
states
or
entities
possessing
the
treatymaking capacity, for the
purpose of regulating their
mutual relations under the
FUNCTIONS OF TREATIES
1. Enable parties to settle finally actual
ESSENTIAL REQUISITES OF A
VALID TREATY
1.TREATY-MAKING CAPACITY
2.AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVES
3.FREEDOM OF CONSENT
4.LAWFUL SUBJECT MATTER
5.COMPLIANCE WITH
CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES
TREATY-MAKING PROCESS
1.NEGOTIATION
2.SIGNATURE
3.RATIFICATION
4.EXCHANGE OF THE
INSTRUMENTS OF
RATIFICATION
Observance of
treaties
Treaty
interpretation
TERMINATION OF TREATIES
A TREATY MAY BE TERMINATED IN ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
1. By expiration of the term, which may be
fixed or subject to a resolutory condition.
2. By accomplishment of the purpose.
3. By impossibility of performance.
4. By loss of the subject matter.
5. By desistance of the parties, through
express mutual consent; desuetude, or
the exercise of the right of denunciation
for withdrawal, when allowed.
6. By novation.
7. By extinction of one of the parties if the
treaty is bipartite.
8. By vital chance of circumstances under
the doctrine of rebus sic stantibus.
9. By outbreak of war between the parties
in most cases.
10. By voidance of the treaty because of
defects in its conclusion, violation of its
provisions by one of the parties or
incompatibility with international law or
the U.N. Charter.