ويجب على أية حال التمييز بين الاعتراضات على التحفظات "غير المشروعة" والاعتراضات على التحفظات "المشروعة".
A unilateral statement by which a State purports to exclude the application of a treaty or some of its provisions to a territory to which that treaty would be applicable in the absence of such a statement constitutes a reservation.