Article 3: Scope of Application
A considerable number of international law treaties contain a provision on the scope of application, i.e. they regulate the subject matter covered by the rules which they contain. Mostly, that kind of provision forms part of the preliminary articles of th
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drafting History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 General Remark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 The Expert Draft (July 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 The Non-Exhaustive List of Cultural Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Wording of Article 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 The Notion of “Policies” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 The Notion of “Measures” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 The Wording “Adopted by the Parties” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 The Wording “Related” to the “Protection” and “Promotion” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Practical Implications of Article 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 The Question of Coherence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Critical Appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction
A considerable number of international law treaties contain a provision on the scope of application,1 i.e. they regulate the subject matter covered by the rules which they contain. Mostly, that kind of provision forms part of the preliminary articles of the treaty concerned. Generally, the rationale of a provision on the scope of application is to clarify the purview of the treaty and the ambit of its obligations with regard to rightsholders and duty-bearers (ratione materiae), in certain cases also with regard to its territorial dimension (ratione loci) or the time-frame of the applicable law (ratione temporis).
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However, there are treaties which do not contain a provision on the scope of application. For example the text of WHC (1972) does not contain a provision specifically designed to define the scope of application. Instead it gives a legal definition o
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