ТУМАЧЕЊЕ МЕЂУНАРОДНИХ УГОВОРА
THE INTERPRETATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Summary/Abstract: Two essential features emerge from the definition of interpreting legal acts in general and international conventions, in particular. The first is a free, intellectual act that is not subject to strict legal rules. Secondly, only the clauses of a convention that are not clear need interpretation, whether they are unclear, ambiguous, or polysemous. Interpretation is connected with the implementation of the convention, but also with the broader meaning of the notion of the convention as a whole. The sense and the significance of the interpretation of the convention lies in the fact that one does not go beyond what the contracting parties have decided. Seeing that international conventions are not concluded in empty space, but within a given international legal order, within which the contracting parties exist, attention will be paid to this background and foundation in the process of interpretation.

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