Treaty Limitations and Consent Quiz

True or false: Treaties must be concluded on the basis of mutual consent of the state parties.

True or false: A treaty is void if at the time of its conclusion it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law.

True or false: The Saramakas are a tribe that lives in the territory of Suriname and comprises former African slaves who settled there after fleeing from their Dutch owners.

True or false: Under Article 64 of the Convention, any existing treaty inconsistent with a new peremptory norm of general international law will become void and shall be terminated thereby.

True or false: An agreement recorded in the minutes of a conference or in the exchange of diplomatic notes can be considered a treaty.

True or false: The adoption of the text of a treaty always requires the consent of all the states participating in the drawing.

According to Article 51 & 52 of the Convention, any treaty concluded through threats or duress will be ______ and of no legal effect

A treaty must not violate a norm of ______ and the provisions of the UN Charter

According to the Aloeboetoe Case, the treaty between the Saramakas and the Netherlands is ______ and void because it contravened jus cogens principles of international law

According to Article 9 of the Convention, the text of a treaty is adopted by the consent of all the states participating in the drawing, except where the adoption is to take place at an international conference. In the latter case, the text is adopted by a vote of ______ of the states present and voting.

The making of treaties involves negotiating the adoption or authenticating the text of the treaty. A state that participates in the drawing up and adoption of the text of the treaty is called a ______ state.

Once the terms of the treaty have been negotiated, they are reduced to a text which is then ______ by the negotiating parties.