CYIL vol. 10 (2019)

CYIL 10 ȍ2019Ȏ VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES AND TREATIES ON ARMS … VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES AND TREATIES ON ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT Jan Ondřej, Magda Uxová Abstract: This article deals with the application of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969 to the international treaties in the field of arms control and disarmament. The authors reflect on how these treaties differ from the other international treaties and what is specific about them. Furthermore, the paper is focused on selected issues of contracts in the field of armament control and disarmament, connected with the conclusion of the treaties and in particular the suspension of treaties, withdrawal of the contracting party from the treaty, and termination of its validity. These questions are analysed in terms of the special provisions of the treaties on arms control and disarmament and also in terms of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969. The article also deals with the relationship between the general provisions of the Vienna Convention and the special provisions of the treaties on arms control and disarmament. Resumé : Článek se zabývá aplikací Vídeňské úmluvy o smluvním právu z roku 1969 na me- zinárodní smlouvy v oblasti kontroly zbraní a odzbrojení. Autoři v článku uvádějí, jak se tyto smlouvy liší od ostatních mezinárodních smluv a co je na nich specifické. Příspěvek se dále zaměřuje na vybrané otázky smluv v oblasti kontroly zbrojení a odzbrojení, které souvisejí s uzavíráním smluv a zejména s pozastavením smluv, odstoupením smluvní stra- ny od smlouvy a ukončením její platnosti. Tyto otázky autoři analyzují z hlediska zvlášt- ních ustanovení smluv o kontrole zbraní a odzbrojení a také z hlediska Vídeňské úmluvy o smluvním právu z roku 1969. Článek se také zabývá vztahem mezi obecnými ustanovení- mi Vídeňské úmluvy a zvláštní ustanovení smluv o kontrole zbraní a odzbrojení. Key words: disarmament, international treaties, withdrawal, extraordinary events. About the Authors: Doc. JUDr. Jan Ondřej, CSc., DSc. , is an Associate Professor (Docent) of International Law at the Charles University Law School in Prague and former Vice-Rector and Head of the Department of Law and Security at the Private University College of Economics Studies in Prague. Mr. Ondřej is the author of a textbook of International Public, Private and Trade Law (2014) and of many publications on international spaces (space law, law of the sea, Antarctica), e.g. the publication The Law of International Spaces (2004), disarmament and international security, e.g. the publication Disarmament – Means of Ensuring the International Security (2008). He also co-authored the publication International Humanitarian Law (2010). Mgr. Ing. Magda Uxová, DiS. is a Senior Lecturer in International Economic Relations at the Private University College of Economic Studies and postgraduate student at the Department of International Law of Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law. She teaches and does research in the fields of International economic relations and international security.

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