Seventh Report on Unilateral Acts of States, by Mr. Víctor Rodríguez Cedeño, Special Rapporteur [Original: English/French/Spanish] [22 April 2004]
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UNILATERAL ACTS OF STATES [Agenda item 5] DOCUMENT A/CN.4/542*1 Seventh report on unilateral acts of States, by Mr. Víctor Rodríguez Cedeño, Special Rapporteur [Original: English/French/Spanish] [22 April 2004] CONTENTS Page Multilateral instruments cited in the present report ..................................................................................................................................... 207 Works cited in the present report ................................................................................................................................................................. 208 Paragraphs INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1–12 211 Chapter I. ACTS AND DECLARATIONS THAT MAY REPRESENT THE PRACTICE OF STATES................................................................................................. 13–201 212 A. Acts whereby States assume obligations .................................................................................................................................... 13–79 212 B. Acts by which a State waives a right or a legal claim................................................................................................................. 80–88 232 C. Acts by which a State reaffirms a right or a legal claim ............................................................................................................. 89–178 234 D. Some forms of State conduct which may produce legal effects similar to those of unilateral acts .......................................... 179–186 244 E. Silence and estoppel as principles modifying some State acts ................................................................................................. 187–201 247 II. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 202–231 250 Multilateral instruments cited in the present report Source Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (New York, 9 December United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 78, 1948) No. 1021, p. 277. Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva, 28 July 1951) Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545, p. 137. Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America (San Francisco, Ibid., vol. 131, No. 1736, p. 83. 1 September 1951) Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance (Warsaw, 14 May 1955) (Warsaw Pact) Ibid., vol. 219, No. 2962, p. 3. Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (Geneva, 29 April 1958) Ibid., vol. 516, No. 7477, p. 205. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (London, Moscow and Washington, D.C., Ibid., vol. 729, No. 10485, p. 161. 1 July 1968) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 23 May 1969) Ibid., vol. 1155, No. 18232, p. 331. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego Bay, 10 December 1982) Ibid., vol. 1833, No. 31363, p. 3. General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Paris, 14 December 1995) ILM, vol. XXXV, No, 1, January 1996, p. 89. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2303, 11 December 1997) No. 30822, p. 162. * Incorporating documents A/CN.4/542/Corr.2 and A/CN.4/542/Corr.3. 207 208 Documents of the fifty-sixth session Works cited in the present report ARCOS VARGAS, Marycruz COUSSIRAT-COUSTÈRE, Vincent and Pierre Michel EISEMANN, eds. “El reconocimiento de Estados: nuevos aspectos de la institución Repertory of International Arbitral Jurisprudence. Vol. I: 1794– tras las declaraciones de los doce respecto a las antiguas repúbli- 1918. Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff, 1989. 546 p. cas yugoslavas”, Anuario Hispano-Luso-Americano de Derecho Internacional, vol. 11, 1994, pp. 97–126. DEGAN, Vladimir-Djuro “Unilateral act as a source of particular international law”, Finnish BARALE, Jean Yearbook of International Law, vol. 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