While obligations erga omnes have increasingly been referred to in the jurisprudence, the legal consequences of those obligations are not adequately clarified in international law. Thus this article explores the legal effects of obligations erga omnes in general international law. After an examination of the criteria for the identification of obligations erga omnes, this article considers three possible legal consequences of those obligations: (1) the obligation not to recognize illegal situations, (2) third-party countermeasures, and (3) the locus standi of not directly injured States in response to a breach of obligations erga omnes. There is little doubt that the concept of obligations erga omnes is key in protecting the fundamental values and common interests of the international community as a whole or community interests. However, it cannot pass unnoticed that the legal effects of obligations erga omnes can be restricted by several factors. In this sense, it may have to be admitted that the concept of obligations erga omnes remains ambivalent as a means of protecting community interests in international law.

虽然判例中普遍提到了普遍义务，但国际法并未充分阐明这些义务的法律后果。因此，本文探讨了一般国际法中普遍义务的法律效力。在研究了确定普遍义务的标准之后，本文考虑了这些义务的三种可能的法律后果：（1）不承认非法情况的义务，（2）第三方对策，以及（3）根源standi不直接响应违反义务的受害国普遍性。毫无疑问，义务的概念普遍适用于保护整个国际社会或社区利益的基本价值和共同利益。但是，不能忽视的是，普遍义务的法律效力可能受到几个因素的限制。从这个意义上讲，也许必须承认，普遍义务概念在保护国际法中的社区利益的手段上仍然含混不清。