Fitzmaurice, MalgosiaAlzaidi, Norah2024-01-072024-01-072023-01-10Oxfordnonehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/70543The VCLT’s system of treaty reservations is a huge leap forward from the system established by the League of Nations, since the latter did not allow individual states to issue reservations.The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is one of the cornerstones of international law, setting forth the rules and procedures for forming, terminating, and interpreting treaties between states. An important aspect of the Convention relates to reservations, or the ability of states to make declarations and statements that modify certain treaty provisions. In effect, a reservation enables a state to be party to a treaty while excluding the legal impact of a specific treaty provision to which it is opposed. The only limitations that the Convention imposes on reservations concern those that a treaty expressly bans, or specific reservations that are explicitly authorised. Moreover, the reservation must not contradict the treaty's intent or purpose, as determined by the parties themselves.18enVienna Conventionhuman rights treatiesLaw of TreatiesThesis