MR. EDITOR:
Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, warned that the Chilean vessel "Danstar" must request authorization to head to the South Atlantic islands, alluding to Decree 256 signed in 2010 by President Cristina Fernández.
In this regard, we should recall that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties establishes: "Internal law and observance of treaties. A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty" (Article 27).
Consequently, the "Danstar" should not request such authorization, by virtue of the aforementioned provision of the Vienna Convention; of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea —of which Argentina is a State party— and of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Republic of Chile and the Argentine Republic, of 1984.
Adolfo Paúl Latorre
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CommentsTO THE EDITOR:Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, warned that the Chilean ship "Danstar" must request authorization to head to the South Atlantic islands, alluding to Decree 256 signed in 2010 by President Cristina Fernández. In this regard, we must remember that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties establishes: "Internal law and observance of treaties. A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty" (Article 27). Consequently, the "Danstar" should not request such authorization, by virtue of the aforementioned provision of the Vienna Convention; of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea —of which Argentina is a State party— and of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Republic of Chile and the Argentine Republic, of 1984. Adolfo Paúl LatorreLawyerMore about:International LawArgentinaLaw of the sea