Palestine & the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Implications of Ratification of international law within international treaties. It grants States the right to sign, accede or ratify international conventions. CEDAW is compliant in this way and thus allows for all States to sign, ratify and accede to it with no restrictions. The Vienna Convention differentiates between signing, ratification and accession to the convention, as each of these acts has its own specific legal implication. For example, a diplomatic representative or a member of the government of the State expressing its principled position should conduct the signing of international conventions. The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty is to be expressed by the signature of its representative or a member of its government. The signing of a convention shall not have a binding effect unless the document also provides that the signature shall have that effect; it is otherwise established that the negotiating States agree that the signing should have that effect, or the intention of the State to give that effect to the signing appears from the full powers of its representative or was expressed during the negotiation. States can also ratify and accede to conventions, and ratification is considered as an expression by the State of its readiness to be bound by a treaty. A State accedes to a treaty by expressing its consent to be bound by the treaty after the negotiations if it is not among the negotiating States. However, CEDAW does not include any provisions or have any indication in respect to whether its signature is binding. It is subject to ratification by States, and ratification instruments are deposited with the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations. Meanwhile, it is open to accession by all States. Accession shall be effected by depositing an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Vienna Convention also provides for the dates of an international treaty to be entered into force. It states “an international treaty enters into force as soon as consent to be bound by the treaty has been established for all the negotiating States. When the consent of a State to be bound by a treaty is established on a date after the treaty has come into force, the treaty enters into force for that State on that date, unless the treaty otherwise provides. CEDAW does provide that it is to enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession; for each State ratifying or acceding to it after the deposit of the twentieth instrument 17