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Mr. Santiago Villalpando

Mr. Santiago Villalpando
Former Chief
Treaty Section
Office of Legal Affairs
United Nations

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Law of Treaties
The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: Lights and Shadows
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Law of Treaties
The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: Lights and Shadows

A. Legal Instruments

Charter of the United Nations, San Francisco, 26 June 1945.

Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, Vienna, 23 August 1978, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1946, p. 3.

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Vienna, 18 April 1961, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 500, p. 95.

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Vienna, 24 April 1963, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, p. 261.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, New York, 7 March 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, p. 195.

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, New York, 12 June 1968, General Assembly resolution 2373(XXII) of 12 June 1968.

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1155, p. 331.

Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, Vienna, 23 August 1978, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1946, p. 3.

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, 22 March 1985, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1513, p. 293.

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations, Vienna, 21 March 1986.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, New York, 9 May 1992, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, p. 107.

Minamata Convention on Mercury, Kumamoto, 10 October 2013.

B. Jurisprudence

International Court of Justice, Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (HungarylSlovakia), Judgment, I.C. J. Reports 1997, p. 7.

International Court of Justice, Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1970, p. 3.