– Amendments Article 43 – Consent to be bound

Article 47 – Amendments Article 43 – Consent to be bound

1. Any State Party may propose an The present Convention shall be subject to

amendment to the present Convention and ratification by signatory States and to formal

submit it to the Secretary-General of the United confirmation by signatory regional integration

Secretary-General shall organizations. It shall be open for accession by

Nations.

The

communicate any proposed amendments to any State or regional integration organization

States Parties, with a request to be notified which has not signed the Convention.

whether they favour a conference of States

Article 44 – Regional integration organizations

Parties for the purpose of considering and deciding upon the proposals. In the event that,

1. “Regional integration organization” shall within four months from the date of such

mean an organization constituted by sovereign communication, at least one third of the States States of a given region, to which its member

Parties favour such a conference, the States have transferred competence in respect

shall convene the of matters governed by this Convention. Such

Secretary-General

conference under the auspices of the United organizations

Nations. Any amendment adopted by a majority instruments of

shall declare,

in

their

of two thirds of the States Parties present and accession, the extent of their competence with

formal confirmation

or

voting shall be submitted by the Secretary- respect to matters governed by this Convention.

General to the General Assembly for approval Subsequently, they shall inform the depositary

and thereafter to all States Parties for of any substantial modification in the extent of

acceptance.

their competence.

2. References to “States Parties” in the accordance with paragraph 1 of this article present Convention shall apply to such

2. An amendment adopted and approved in

shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after organizations within the limits of their

the number of instruments of acceptance competence.

deposited reaches two thirds of the number of

3. For the purposes of article 45, paragraph States Parties at the date of adoption of the

1, and article 47, paragraphs 2 and 3, any amendment. Thereafter, the amendment shall instrument deposited by a regional integration

enter into force for any State Party on the organization shall not be counted.

thirtieth day following the deposit of its own

4. Regional integration organizations, in instrument of acceptance. An amendment shall matters within their competence, may exercise

be binding only on those States Parties which their right to vote in the Conference of States

have accepted it.

Parties, with a number of votes equal to the

3. If so decided by the Conference of States number of their member States that are Parties

Parties by consensus, an amendment adopted to this Convention. Such an organization shall

and approved in accordance with paragraph 1 not exercise its right to vote if any of its

of this article which relates exclusively to

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articles 34, 38, 39 and 40 shall enter into communications or is incompatible with force for all States Parties on the thirtieth day

the provisions of the Convention; after the number of instruments of acceptance

(c) The same matter has already been deposited reaches two thirds of the number of

examined by the Committee or has been or States Parties at the date of adoption of the

is being examined under another procedure amendment.

of international investigation or settlement;

Article 48 – Denunciation

(d) All available domestic remedies have not

A State Party may denounce the present been exhausted. This shall not be the rule Convention by written notification to the

where the application of the remedies is Secretary-General of the United Nations. The

unreasonably prolonged or unlikely to bring denunciation shall become effective one year

effective relief; after the date of receipt of the notification by

(e) It is manifestly ill-founded or not the Secretary-General.

sufficiently substantiated; or when (f) The facts that are the subject of the

communication occurred prior to the entry The text of the present Convention shall be

Article 49 – Accessible format

into force of the present Protocol for the made available in accessible formats.

State Party concerned unless those facts