http://www.englishforums.com/English/LegalEnglish/Forum34.htmInternational law and specific national laws can be discussed here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HighContractingParties/wxvmv/post.htm#740162Wed, 20 May 2009 21:15:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:740162Elida0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HighContractingParties/wxvmv/post.htm#740162http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments34-740162.xmlok. clear enough. thank you. Elly.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HighContractingParties/wxvmv/post.htm#738461Wed, 20 May 2009 00:43:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:738461Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HighContractingParties/wxvmv/post.htm#738461http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments34-738461.xmlHi, high contracting parties The representatives of states who have signed or ratified a treaty . From the point of view of international law it is immaterial where the treaty-making power resides (e.g. in a head of state, a senate, or a representative body): this is a question determinable by the constitutional law of the particular contracting state concerned. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O49-highcontractingparties.html Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HighContractingParties/wxvmv/post.htmTue, 19 May 2009 23:06:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:738314Elida2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HighContractingParties/wxvmv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments34-738314.xmlHI, I have this article about "Missing People" and here's a part of it: In the implementation of this Section, the activities of teh HIgh Contracting Parties , of the Parties to the conflict and of the international humanitarian organizations mentioned in the conventions and in theis protocol.. what are High contracting parties? Elly.