Qatar Diplomatic Institute Issues New Study on Treaties

Doha, September 08 (QNA) - As part of the series of its publications, the Diplomatic Institute issued a new study on treaties: legal and practical reading and stages of preparation and implementation in the State of Qatar. The study is considered a guide for conclusion of treaties, particularly for those involved in international relations in various ministries of the state in general employees of the Foreign Ministry's Headquarters and diplomatic missions in particular. It can be used as a reference to help in all matters related to the conclusion of international conventions and treaties. Director of the Diplomatic Institute Dr. Hassan bin Ibrahim Al Mohannadi said the study covered the major axes related to the conclusion of treaties in terms of the definition of the treaty, its main elements and validity terms, drafting and and legal stages of conclusion and entry into force. The study also linked characteristically between the theoretical and practical aspect of a text while taking into account the international and national legal rules governing treaties. The study focused prominently on Qatar's constitutional and legal legislations related to procedures for drafting and executing treaties at the international and domestic levels. In an introduction to the study, Dr. Al-Muhannadi explained that treaties played an undeniable role in developing the international law in various fields starting from issues of war and peace and ending with economic cooperation and technical assistance, thus assumed an outstanding status in regulating international relations. "They are also viewed as one of the genuine sources of the general international law and a main source of international covenants," Dr. Al-Muhannadi said. He added that understanding the issue of international conventions will not be realized for diplomats and others interested in this matter unless they are combined with the knowledge of three essential elements, namely: the international law relating to the conclusion of treaties in its both written and cognitive aspects, the relevant internal national legislations, then the practical practice of concluding treaties and bringing them into force at the international and domestic levels." Accordingly, the international community paid special attention over time to treaties, and that was embodied in the adoption of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969 with matters not governed by this Convention left subject to the rules of the Customary International Law. The study, prepared by Dr. Abdel Moneim Al-Qadi, legal expert at the Foreign Ministry, came in four sections of which the first was a research defining of the treaty and its types, with the second covering stages of legal conclusion of the treaty and bringing it into force. The the third dealt with the application of treaties and their interpretation with the fourth section covering Qatari legislations for the drafting of international treaties and bringing them into force.(QNA)