"Under international law, when a group of nations come together to create a treaty, they will often deposit that treaty with the Secretary-General of the U.N. The Secretary-General then becomes responsible for maintaining the list of members. It does not take much for a state to ratify a treaty; as long as they agree to abide by its terms, they can generally sign it, even while announcing their reservations with regard to particular points. In fact, there are plenty of treaties that nations will sign, but never fully incorporate into their law. The treaty process is literally how international law is created. International law involves actual states, making actual decisions about the law, and working together to make the world a better place. It is not known as the law of organizations, but the law of nations.
However, the PA has once again tried to abuse the treaty process for its own political agenda. This is not the first time; in 2014, after walking away from negotiations with Israel, the PA decided to sign a large group of international treaties and conventions all at once. Their reasoning is that since treaties and conventions can only be signed by states, their being allowed to sign them is now proof that they are a state.
That's not how treaties work. That's not how international law works. That's not how any of this works.
The very act of allowing non-state actors to 'sign' on to treaties and conventions makes a mockery of international law. It not only belittles the important topics of those treaties, but it weakens their enforcement and cheapens their effectiveness..."