Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00687:schedule:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00687
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 5/6)
Character Range: 200086–202847

Article 13
SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION AND ACCESSION
 1. This Convention shall be open for signature until 31 December 1956 on behalf of any Member of the United Nations, any non‑member State which is a Party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, or member of a specialized agency, and any other non‑member State which has been invited by the Economic and Social Council to become a Party to the Convention.

 2. This Convention shall be ratified. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General.

 3. This Convention may be acceded to at any time on behalf of any of the States referred to in paragraph 1 of this article. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General.

Article 14
ENTRY INTO FORCE
 1. This Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the third instrument of ratification or accession in accordance with article 13.

 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the third instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.

Article 15
DENUNCIATION

 1. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention by notification to the Secretary‑General. Such denunciation may also apply to some or all of the territories mentioned in Article 12.

 2. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary‑General, except that it shall not prejudice cases pending at the time it becomes effective.
Article 16
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

 If a dispute should arise between Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of this Convention, and if such dispute has not been settled by other means, it shall be referred to the International Court of Justice. The dispute shall be brought before the Court either by the notification of a special agreement or by a unilateral application of one of the parties to the dispute.
Article 17
RESERVATIONS

 1. In the event that any State submits a reservation to any of the articles of this Convention at the time of ratification or accession, the Secretary‑General shall communicate the text of the reservation to all States which are Parties to this Convention, and to the other States referred to in article 13. Any Contracting Party which objects to the reservation may, within a period of ninety days from the date of the communication, notify the Secretary‑General that it does not accept it, and the Convention shall not then enter into force as between the objecting State and the State making the reservation. Any State thereafter acceding may