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    Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions: An exploration of its applicability to legitimise the legal regulation of cannabis markets (2018)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101255
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.1163/18719732-12341385
    
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    Brill
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    1388-9036
    1871-9732
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    Authors
    Boister NB
    Jelsma M
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    Abstract

    © 2018 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Legal tensions are growing as more jurisdictions move towards legal regulation of the cannabis market in contravention of the obligation under UN drug control treaties to limit cannabis exclusively to medical and scientific purposes. Reaching a global consensus to amend the conventions does not appear to be a viable political option in the foreseeable future. Amongst the limited options not requiring consensus, inter se modification - based on article 41 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties - provides a useful safety valve for collective action to adjust a treaty regime arguably frozen in time. Restrictions imposed on inter se modification require a clear commitment to the original treaty aim to promote the health and welfare of humankind and to the original treaty obligations vis-à-vis states not party to the agreement. A coordinated collective response has benefits compared to a chaotic scenario of multiple unilateral reservations and questionable re-interpretations.

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    Boister NB, Jelsma M (2018). Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions: An exploration of its applicability to legitimise the legal regulation of cannabis markets. International Community Law Review. 20(5). 456-492.
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    Keywords
    cannabis; international drug control; Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; inter se modification
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    48 - Law and legal studies::4803 - International and comparative law::480306 - International criminal law
    48 - Law and legal studies::4804 - Law in context::480412 - Medical and health law
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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