@ARTICLE{Costelloe_Daniel_Interpretation_No, author={Costelloe, Daniel and Fitzmaurice, Malgosia}, journal={Polish Yearbook of International Law}, howpublished={online}, year={No XXXV}, publisher={Institute of Law Studies PAS}, publisher={Committee on Legal Sciences PAS}, abstract={This article explores the legal principles that govern the interpretation of “secondary instruments” in international law. A “secondary instrument” under international law is, for the purposes of this article, a written document adopted by a body empowered by a treaty to take action with respect to the treaty, but which is not itself a treaty. Such instruments find increasing application in international law. The article specifically examines the interpretation of secondary instruments arising in five settings in international practice: the United Nations Security Council, the International Maritime Organization, the International Seabed Authority, the International Whaling Commission, and conferences/meetings of the parties under multilateral treaties. This selection of practice will serve to illustrate principles of interpretation across a range of international institutional settings for the purpose of determining the rights and obligations of state-parties to a treaty regime.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Interpretation of Secondary Instruments in International Law}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/106629/PDF-MASTER/02_Fitzmaurice.pdf}, doi={10.7420/pyil2015b}, keywords={conference of the parties, International Maritime Organization, International Seabed Authority, International Whaling Commission, interpretation, multilateral environmental treaty, secondary instrument, Security Council, VCLT}, }