TREATY SUCCESSION IN ANNEXED TERRITORY
Journal: International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Year: 2016

Abstract This article explores the question whether the territorial application of a treaty extends to unlawfully annexed territory. In this context, it examines State succession and the territorial application of treaties under general international law, as well as the moving treaty-frontiers rule and the extraterritorial application of certain treaties, specifically with respect to annexed territory. The article concludes that, while in some cases there is scope to find that a treaty applies e