Kamil Yasseen, Mustafa Keywords: Treaties | Interpretation | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 23 May 1969) | Mots clefs: Traités | Interprétation | Convention de Vienne sur le droit des traités (Vienne, 23 mai 1969) | ABSTRACT Mustafa Kamil Yasseen begins his course on the Interpretation of Treaties under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which has not yet entered into force at the time of writing this course, with a presentation of the general rule of interpretation, Article 31 of the Convention (good wil…

S. Kerno, Ivan Keywords: United Nations | International Court of Justice | Charter | Interpretation | Advisory opinions | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Cour internationale de Justice | Charte | Interprétation | Avis consultatifs | ABSTRACT In this course, Ivan Kerno reviews the first five years of operation of the International Court of justice. After a historical presentation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the Court concerning advisory opinions, he analyzes Article 96 (2) of the Charter, ex…

Berlia, G. Keywords: Interpretation | Treaties | Mots clefs: Interprétation | Traités | ABSTRACT The question of the interpretation of a legal act raises two main types of problems: the authority competent to interpret and the act to be interpreted. It is precisely the nature of the act to be interpreted, considers G. Berlia, as an essential element of his study. The author successively focuses on the true meaning of the terms "intention of the parties", the so-called clear act rule, the rule of useful effect…

B. Sohn, Louis Keywords: Treaties | Interpretation | Judicial settlement of international disputes | Mots clefs: Traités | Interprétation | Règlement judiciaire des différends internationaux | ABSTRACT Louis Sohn, Professor at Harvard University, devotes his course to the settlement of disputes relating to the treaty interpretation and application. After an introduction in which he addresses, inter alia, the question of the Dispute Settlement Code for the Law of the Sea Convention, the author examines the history of compr…