وقد نُسجت هذه المادة على منوال المادة 55 من مشاريع المواد المتعلقة بمسؤولية الدول عن الأفعال غير المشروعية دولياً(3).
It was observed that the commentary to article 55 noted that for the principle to apply “it is not enough that the same subject matter is dealt with by two provisions; there must be some actual inconsistency between them, or else a discernible intention that one provision is to exclude the other.”