Comments Attached to the Briand-Kellogg Pact

Takó, Dalma (2025) Comments Attached to the Briand-Kellogg Pact. PRO&CONTRA : CENTRAL EUROPEAN STUDIES IN HUMANITIES, 7 (2). pp. 33-50. ISSN 2630-8916

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Abstract

The Briand-Kellogg Pact was signed in Paris on 27 August 1928, which was an important step for international law, especially for the process of the prohibition of the use of force. The contracting states of the Pact renounced the use of war as a national political instrument and pledged to settle their disputes henceforth by peaceful means. The signing and entry into force of the Pact were preceded by considerable preparatory work, during which the contracting parties made different notes, which were then attached to the treaty. The classification of these comments is not uniform throughout scholarly literature. Some authors consider that the statements can be regarded as reservations, while other sources refer to them as interpretative declarations. For legal and historical reasons it is highly important to find the correct classification for the comments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze which of the two categories the notes would qualify based on the intention of the contracting parties and the nature and the content of the comments.

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