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At the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2010–11 / Au ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international en 2010–11

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Alan H. Kessel
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Canadian Practice in International Law / Pratique canadienne en matière de droit international
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Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 49 , 2012 , pp. 381 - 418
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Copyright © The Canadian Council on International Law / Conseil Canadien de Droit International, representing the Board of Editors, Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Comité de Rédaction, Annuaire Canadien de Droit International 2012

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Footnotes

Allan H. Kessel, The Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada. The extracts from official correspondence contained in this survey have been made available by courtesy of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Some of the correspondence from which extracts are given was provided for the general guidance of the enquirer in relation to specific facts that are often not described in full in the extracts within this compilation. The statements of law and practice should not necessarily be regarded as definitive.

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1 Canadian diplomatic and consular missions do not have a distinct legal personality from that of their sending State, Canada. This explains why state immunity law is the source to the answers sought.

2 Garnett, Richard, “State Immunity in Employment Matters” (1997) 46 Int’l & Comp LQ 81 at 82.Google Scholar

3 Ibid at 82–83.

4 Dickinson, A et al, State Immunity (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004) at 120, 122.Google Scholar

5 Case Concerning the Gabakovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v Slovakia), [1997] ICJ Rep 7 [Gabakovo-Nagymaros case].

6 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, 19 November 1990, 30 ILM 6 (1991),online: <http://www.osce.org/documents/doclib/1990/11/13752_en.pdf>.

7 President of Russia, “Information on the Decree On Suspending the Russian Federation’’s Participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and Related International Agreements,” 14 July 2007, online: <http://kremlin.ru/eng/text/docs/2007/07/137839.shtml>.

8 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 1155 UNTS 331 [VCLT].

9 Alliance statement on the Russian Federation’s “suspension” of its CFE obligations, NATO Press Release no 139 (12 December 2007), online: <http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_15500.htm?mode=pressrelease>.

10 Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Strasbourg/Kehl, NATO Press Release no 044 (2009), 4 April 2009, online: <http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_52837.htm?mode=pressrelease>.

11 Lisbon Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Lisbon, NATO Press Release no 155 (2010), 20 November 2010, online: <http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_68828htm?mode=pressrelease>.

12 Agreement on the Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, 19 November 1999, online: <http://www.osce.org/documents/doclib/1999/11/13760_en.pdf>.

13 VCLT, supra note 8, Article 61(1).

14 Cited in Aust, Anthony, Modern Treaty Law and Practice, 2nd edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007) at 297.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

15 VCLT, supra note 8, Article 62.

16 Gabctkovo-Nagymaros case, supra note 5 at para 104.

17 VCLT, supra note 8, Article 60.

18 Ibid. Article 60(3).

19 Gabčikovo-Nagymaros case, supra note 5 at para 106.

20 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Statement by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding Suspension by Russian Federation of Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, 12 December 2007, online: <http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/e78a48070f128a7b43256999005bcbb3/10da6dd509e4d164c32573af004cc4be?>.

21 UNGA Resolution A/RES/56/83, adopted on 28 January 2002.