SAADI v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT
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recreation and general association and on-site legal advice is available.
There is a canteen, a library, a medical centre, a social visits room and a
religious observance room. Applicants and their dependents are generally
free to move about the site, but must eat and return to their rooms at fixed
times. Male applicants are accommodated separately from women and
children and cannot stay with their families overnight. Detainees must open
their correspondence in front of the security guards and produce
identification if requested, comply with roll-calls and other orders.
III. RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL LAW DOCUMENTS
A. International treaties, declarations, conclusions, guidelines and
reports
1. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)
26. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which entered into
force on 27 January 1980, provides in Article 31:
“General rule of interpretation
1. A treaty shall be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary
meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its
object and purpose.
2. The context for the purpose of the interpretation of a treaty shall comprise, in
addition to the text, including its preamble and annexes:
(a) any agreement relating to the treaty which was made between all the parties in
connection with the conclusion of the treaty;
(b) any instrument which was made by one or more parties in connection with the
conclusion of the treaty and accepted by the other parties as an instrument related to
the treaty.
3. There shall be taken into account, together with the context:
(a) any subsequent agreement between the parties regarding the interpretation of the
treaty or the application of its provisions;
(b) any subsequent practice in the application of the treaty which establishes the
agreement of the parties regarding its interpretation;
(c) any relevant rules of international law applicable in the relations between the
parties.