Invalid Reservations to International Treaties

Abstract

Many Arab and Islamic States, including the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, formulated reservations on multilateral treaties, in particular human rights treaties, which are met by official objections by other parties under the pretext that these reservations are invalid. The problem lies in the absence of clear rules regarding the validity, and the legal consequences of an impermissible reservation. In this paper, we will discuss formal and substantive requirements for the reservations first. Then we will point to those who have the right to assess their validity. Next, we will explore the impact of objection to reservations by the parties Conarred, and finally discuss we will the legal effects of a reservation that do not meet the conditions of permissibility and formal validity established in the law of treaties.