Abstract
Art 17 para 1 sets out the general rule that ratification must extend to the entire treaty, unless the treaty permits otherwise or the other contracting States so agree. Art 17 para 2 contains the corresponding rule that an expressly allowed choice between different treaty provisions should be made in a clear manner. The whole article is therefore designed to provide for clarity as to when and how partial consent to be bound by a treaty can be expressed. It is scarcely relevant in practice or jurisprudence and may be seen as one of the more superfluous provisions of the Convention.
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Part XIII of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, Part XIII of the 1919 Treaty of St-Germain-en-Laye, Part XII of the 1919 Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Part XIII of the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
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According to Art 387 para 2 Treaty of Versailles, the original members of the League of Nations were also members of the ILO; moreover, according to the same provision, being admitted to the League at a later stage also conferred membership to the ILO.
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MO Hudson The Membership of the United States in the International Labor Organization (1934) 28 AJIL 669, 672–673.
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Resolution of Congress of 19 June 1934, 78 Congressional Record 12359, cited in full by Hudson (n 3) 669–670.
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S Bastid Les traités dans la vie internationale – conclusion et effets (1985) 69 n 1.
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Art 38 of the 1949 Revised General Act for the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes 71 UNTS 102; Art 34 of the 1957 European Convention on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes ETS 23.
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See eg Art 25 of the 1947 ILO Convention No 96 on Labour Inspection; for more ILO examples see C Hilling in Corten/Klein Art 17 MN 5.
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Art 20 of the 1961 European Social Charter ETS 35; Arts A and B of the 1996 Revised European Social Charter ETS 163.
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[1962-II] YbILC 174 et seq.
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Final Draft, Commentary to Art 14, 201 para 1.
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C Hilling in Corten/Klein Art 17 MN 8.
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Art 12 of the 1985 European Charter of Local Self-Government ETS 122.
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Art 2 of the 1992 European Charter on Regional and Minority Languages ETS 148, requiring the ratification of Part II on the protection of the language in question, while leaving a choice on Part III concerning the promotion of such languages.
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Summary of Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Treaties, UN Doc ST/LEG/7/Rev.1, para 146.
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MO Hudson The Membership of the United States in the International Labor Organization (1934) 28 AJIL 669–684.
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Dörr, O., Schmalenbach, K. (2012). Article 17. Consent to be bound by part of a treaty and choice of differing provisions. In: Dörr, O., Schmalenbach, K. (eds) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19291-3_19
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