Article 51: Coercion Of A Representative Of A State

M.E. Villiger

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Article 51: Coercion Of A Representative Of A State

In: Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

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Pages:: 629–637

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004168046.i-1058.315

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Coercion occurs through acts or threats, which may include physical force or moral pressure of different kinds including blackmail directed against a State representative or close person. The coercive acts induce fear, which becomes the motivating factor behind the conclusion of the treaty. Persuasion, influence, argument or advice do not constitute coercion unless carried out to such an extreme as to amount to undue pressure. Coercion relates to the expression of a State's consent to be bound by a treaty. A State's consent, which was procured by the coercion of its representative, shall be without any legal effect: It is void. Article 51 specifies neither who must have exercised the coercion nor which State may invoke the treaty's nullity. Article 51 is difficult to grasp as it deals with the State representative in a dual capacity: (i) as an individual; and (ii) as an organ of State.

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Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004180796

Publisher:: Brill | Nijhoff

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2009

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- International Law
  - Public International Law

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