In international law and international relations, a protocol is generally a treaty or international agreement that supplements a previous treaty or international agreement. A protocol can amend the previous treaty, or add additional provisions. Parties to the earlier agreement are not required to adopt the protocol. Sometimes this is made clearer by calling it an "optional protocol", especially where many parties to the first agreement do not support the protocol. COUNT 5
QSN1 What is a treaty that supplements a previous treaty in international law? ANS1 a protocol QSN2 A protocol may either amend a previous treaty or do what? ANS2 add additional provisions QSN3 Do parties to a treaty have an obligation to adopt a later protocol? ANS3 not required QSN4 What do we sometimes call an agreement that supplements a treaty especially when few parties to the treaty support the protocol? ANS4 an "optional protocol" QSN5 A protocol may add additional provisions to a treaty or else do what? ANS5 amend the previous treaty