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Can a treaty between sovereign states be anulled in the future on the basis that one of the signatories was not a democracy or otherwise "free"?

Reparation from colonialism is a topic that comes up from time to time. Poland demanded €1.3t from Germany for WWII reparations as recently as 2022. Although the issue was settled by the Potsdam ...
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Validity of international treaties signed by autocrats

When a democratic country entries an international treaty, its democratically elected leader signs the treaty and democratically elected parliament ratifies it, making the treaty be accepted by a ...
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Difference between a signatory and a member of the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is an international treaty intended to standardize transactions involving movable property. However, I see that Chile only signed ...
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What international laws or treaties are there, if any, that encourage countries to prevent people from leaving their countries illegally

Related question: Are there international laws that compel Mexico to prevent migrants from crossing the border and into the U.S.?. My question is not a duplicate because the question I linked is about ...
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What happens when during the negotiation of a treaty all the members don't agree on a particular provision?

What happens when during the negotiation of a treaty all the members don't agree on a particular provision? For example, during the Iran deal, how did members solve their disagreements? Is there a ...
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On what grounds can NATO remove a member state from the organisation?

Is there any mechanism through which NATO member states can agree to remove a member state? If so, then what are the criteria through which a member state could be removed?
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How do the parties choose the location for international treaty?

How do the parties choose the exact place for carrying out the specific treaty, protocol, or agreement signing act? Can the place of treaty be considered a sign of something? What is the point of ...
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Which countries are at a prolonged war? [closed]

So I've just discovered Russia and Japan are still at war as they never signed the WW2 treaty. They are apparently hoping to get all 4 of the islands seized during the war back, but only 2 of them ...
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What are the possible actions against a signatory that fails to follow the Kyoto Protocol?

Kyoto Protocol's signatory member nations are grouped as annex I and II countries (Developed) and non-annex countries (Developing). It legally binding only on annex I and II nations. So, What ...
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