@commonslibrary 14/9/20 CLEAR #IMB BRIEF:
"A party may NOT invoke the provisions of internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty"
"existence of the power to override a number of the UK's obligations may itself constitute a violation of international law"
@BinghamCentre on #InternalMarketBill
▪The Bill DELIBERATELY breaches #InternationalLaw
▪Passing the Bill will put UK in IMMEDIATE breach of WA
▪Introducing such a Bill is a breach of the Ministerial Code
Multiple THREADS - distinguished figures/experts on #RuleofLaw & #InternationalLaw & important @HLConstitution on SERIOUS implications of #InternalMarketBill - inc 3 former Cabinet Secretaries: Lord Butler, Lord O'Donnell & Lord Wilson.
DISHONOURABLE!
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