For example, we rig this up for neutrals.

Draft article 12 Status of third States as neutrals

It is this criterion which will determine relations between belligerents and neutrals .

Neutrals always report what they see, so I keep your Navy interested.

This Statute does not prescribe the rights and duties of belligerents and neutrals in time of war.

Security experts have written three words on a blackboard at the front of the room adversaries, neutrals, allies.

What we do or don't do is being constantly interpreted one way or another by friends and enemies... or neutrals.

The present draft articles are without prejudice to the status of third States as neutrals in relation to an armed conflict.

Status of third States as neutrals, Article 13. Cases of termination or suspension and Article 14. The revival of terminated or suspended treaties

Nineteen Russian athletes will be competing as neutrals at the World Athletics Championships which start in London on Friday, having met strict IAAF criteria.

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It was that criterion which would govern relations between belligerents and neutrals, although he conceded that the relevant practice had to be checked in order to see whether there existed the possibility of different solutions.

Similarly, the IDI resolution makes no distinction between the effect of armed conflict on a bilateral treaty between a belligerent and a neutral and the effect of armed conflict on a multilateral treaty between belligerents and neutrals.

Article 17 says that Warships of belligerents may make no repairs in the ports and roads of neutrals beyond those necessary for safety at sea, and may not in any way increase the fighting efficiency of the vessel.

In that regard, we reiterate our support for General Assembly resolution 59 31 of 1 December 2004, on the need to treat civilians throughout the Middle East as neutrals and to condemn acts of violence committed against all civilians, including extrajudicial killings.

It was sensible to say that war ended all treaties between belligerent states when most treaties were bilateral contract treaties' the rule has to be altered when many treaties are multilateral law making treaties', to which neutrals as well as belligerents are parties. Malanczuk, supra note 28, at 145 46.

Draft articles 11 to 14 contained a series of without prejudice clauses dealing with the legal effects of decisions by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter the status of third States as neutrals, the overlap with other aspects of the law of treaties and the question of the revival of terminated or suspended treaties.

For example, the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation has a provision stipulating that i n case of war, the provisions of this Convention shall not affect the freedom of action of any of the contracting States affected, whether as belligerents or as neutrals. In such cases, the express terms of the treaty will be applied and suspension or abrogation will occur.