Pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt
Pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt (English: “Contracts neither harm nor benefit third parties”) is a general legal principle originally derived from Roman law . This is particularly important in international law because, according to jurisprudence and teaching, it is part of customary international law and forms the basis for Article 34 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. According to this article, international treaties do not establish any obligations or rights for third countries and this legal principle thus represents an important norm on the third-party effect of international treaties .
The Pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt principle is closely related to the Erga omnes principles of international law and the absolute and relative rights of civil law.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Budislav Vukas: Treaties, Third-Party Effect, as of February 2011. In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL), no. 2.