Article 32 supplementary means of interpretation

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provision of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties treaty interpretation rule

Article 32 supplementary means of interpretation is a provision of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties that allows interpreters to use additional materials, such as preparatory work and circumstances of a treaty’s conclusion, to clarify or confirm its meaning.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provision of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ treaty interpretation rule ⓘ
adoptedAt	United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy	states participating in the United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties ⓘ
adoptedIn	1969 ⓘ
adoptedInCity	Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
allowsUseOf	context of treaty conclusion ⓘ historical background of the treaty ⓘ negotiating history of the treaty ⓘ travaux préparatoires ⓘ
appliedBy	International Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ World Trade Organization dispute settlement bodies NERFINISHED ⓘ international arbitral tribunals ⓘ regional human rights courts ⓘ
appliesTo	treaties between international organizations ⓘ treaties between states ⓘ treaties between states and international organizations ⓘ
articleNumber	32 ⓘ
codifiedIn	Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 NERFINISHED ⓘ
conditionForUse	interpretation under Article 31 leads to a manifestly absurd or unreasonable result ⓘ interpreter seeks confirmation of meaning already derived from Article 31 ⓘ meaning after applying Article 31 remains ambiguous or obscure ⓘ
doesNotEstablish	primacy of preparatory work over treaty text ⓘ
hierarchicalRelation	supplementary to Article 31 VCLT ⓘ
influencedBy	customary international law on treaty interpretation ⓘ
interpretedTogetherWith	Article 31 general rule of interpretation ⓘ
interpretiveApproach	textual and contextual confirmation through supplementary materials ⓘ
keyTerm	circumstances of the treaty’s conclusion ⓘ preparatory work of the treaty ⓘ
language	set out in the authentic texts of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ
legalSystem	public international law ⓘ
limitsUseOf	supplementary means to a confirmatory or problem-solving role ⓘ
partOf	Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	confirm meaning derived from Article 31 VCLT ⓘ
purpose	to allow use of supplementary means to avoid a manifestly absurd or unreasonable treaty interpretation ⓘ to allow use of supplementary means to confirm the meaning of a treaty provision ⓘ to allow use of supplementary means to resolve ambiguity or obscurity in a treaty ⓘ
recognizedAs	reflection of customary international law by many international courts and tribunals ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	good faith interpretation of treaties ⓘ
relatedTo	object and purpose of the treaty ⓘ
relatesTo	interpretation of treaties ⓘ
secondaryFunction	determine meaning when interpretation under Article 31 leads to a manifestly absurd or unreasonable result ⓘ determine meaning when interpretation under Article 31 leaves meaning ambiguous or obscure ⓘ
shortName	Article 32 VCLT ⓘ
status	widely accepted interpretive rule in international treaty practice ⓘ
subjectMatter	supplementary means of treaty interpretation ⓘ
usesConcept	supplementary means of interpretation ⓘ

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VCLT → articleContains → Article 32 supplementary means of interpretation ⓘ