Avis consultatif du 28 mai 1951 - Cour international de Justice

it can in fact consider that the reserving State is a party to theConvention ;On Question III :by seven votes to five,(a) that an objection to a reservation made by a signatory Statewhich has not yet ratified the Convention can have the legal effectindicated in the reply to Question 1 only upon ratification. Untilthat moment it merely serves as a notice to the other State of theeventual attitude of the signatory State ;(b) that an objection to a reservation made by a State which isentitled to sign or accede but which has not yet done so, is withoutlegal effect.Done in French and English, the French text being authoritative,at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-eight day of May,one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, in two copies, one ofwhich will be placed in the archives of the Court and the othertransmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.(Signed) BASDEVANT,President.(Signed) E. HAMBRO,Registrar.Vice-President GUERRERO, Judges Sir Arnold RICNAIR, READand Hsu Mo, while agreeing that the Court has competence togive an Opinion, declare that they are unable to concur in theOpinion of the Court and have availed themselves of the nghtconferred on them by Articles 57 and 68 of the Statute and appendedto the Opinion the common statement of their dissenting opinion.Judge ALVAREZ, declaring that he is unable to concur in theOpinion of the Court, has availed himself of the right conferredon him by Articles 57 and 68 of the Statute and has appended tothe Opinion the statement of his dissenting opinion.(Initialled) J. B.(Initialled) E. H.