In Reservations to the Convention on Genocide (Advisory Opinion), 1951 ICJ Rep 15, the ICJ:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. The ICJ Advisory Opinion (1951) addressed reservations to the Genocide Convention 1948.
2. The Court rejected the strict 'unanimous consent' (League of Nations) rule and held: a State which has made a reservation incompatible with the OBJECT AND PURPOSE of the Convention cannot be regarded as a party.
3. The test was later codified in Article 19(c) VCLT.
4. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: UN Charter 1945 / Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties 1969 / ICJ Statute / ARSIWA 2001 — Reservations to the Convention on Genocide, Advisory Opinion, 1951 ICJ Rep 15_
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