• According to Fitzmaurice[1] , there are three main schools of treaty

interpretation :

1. “Teleological school”; interpretation in accordance with the aims and

purposes of the treaty .

2. “Intention school”;interpretation in accordance with the intension of

the parties .

3. “Textual school”;interpretation in accordance with the ordinary

meaning of the words of the treaty .

**The general rule primarily adopts the “textual approach” based on

the International customary law , ILC commentaries and the advisory
opinions of the ICJ mentioned in the lecture slides .
• Reference :
[1]Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Olufemi Elias & Panos Merkouris (eds), TREATY INTERPRETATION
AND THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES: 30 Years on , volume1