Reservations to the Convention on Genocide.

Abstract

Treaties — Interpretation of-Preparatory Work.

International Court of Justice — Advisory Jurisdiction — Scope of — Right of General Assembly to ask for Advisory Opinion Bearing on Interpretation of Convention Concluded under the Auspices of the United Nations.

Treaties — Conclusion of — Reservations — Objection to Reservation — Whether State Making the Reservation Can be Regarded as Party to the Convention — Right to Make Reservations — Absence of Specific Conventional Provision on the Subject — Relevance of Object of the Convention — Relevance of Universality as Object of the Convention — Requirement of Express or Tacit Assent of the Contracting Parties — Effect of Reservation in relation (a) to Parties Objecting to the Reservation and (b) to Parties who Accept It — Objection Made by a Signatory who has Not Ratified the Convention — Objection Made by a Party Entitled to Accede who has Not Yet Done So — Reservations to Genocide Convention — Advisory Jurisdiction — Competence of the Court — Request by a Body which is not a Party to the Convention.