Full text search :

entry into force

A term used in a treaty stating the circumstances in which and the time at which the treaty will become operative.

In the case of a bilateral treaty which requires ratification, the date in question will necessarily be linked with the treaty\'s ratification by both parties: it might be three calendar months after the exchange of instruments of ratification. In the case of a multilateral treaty requiring ratification, it might be a certain time after ratification by a stated number or a majority of the signatories, and that group may have to include certain specified signatories. In the case of a general multilateral treaty which is likely to receive many signatures, it might be 30 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification or accession. Some multilateral instruments, however, provide for entry into force as regards any particular state as and when that state accedes to the instrument. The General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations is such an instrument.

When a multilateral treaty enters into force, it does so only between those states that have ratified it. However, a growing number of treaties permit any of the signatories to give provisional effect to the treaty\'s obligations prior to that state\'s ratification of the treaty, whether or not the treaty has entered into force. This can result in a treaty being brought provisionally into force â€“ and some treaties even offer mechanisms for bringing them into force provisionally if there is an undue delay in obtaining the number of ratifications necessary to bring them formally into force.

Bookmark this page:

<< former term		next term >>
entente		envoy

Other Terms : special passport | serial summit | stagiaire

entry into force

<< former term

next term >>

entente

envoy