Reservations are essentially caveats to a state's acceptance of a treaty. Reservations are unilateral statements purporting to exclude or to modify the legal obligation and its effects on the reserving state. These must be included at the time of signing or ratification, i.e. "a party cannot add a reservation after it has already joined a treaty". COUNT 5
QSN1 What are caveats to a state's acceptance of a treaty? ANS1 Reservations QSN2 What are unilateral statements purporting to exclude or to modify the legal obligation and its effects on a state? ANS2 Reservations QSN3 When must reservations be included in a treaty? ANS3 at the time of signing or ratification QSN4 What are parties to a treaty forbidden to do after they have already joined a treaty? ANS4 add a reservation QSN5 A reserving party to a treaty may include a statement that attempts to do what to its legal obligations or their effects? ANS5 exclude or to modify