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GENERAL LAW TREATIES [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • International Law
CONT

Customary international law are those aspects of international law that derive from custom. Along with general principles of law and treaties, custom is considered by the International Court of Justice, jurists, the United Nations, and its member states to be among the primary sources of international law.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • customary int'l law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Droit international
Key term(s)
  • droit coutumier int'l
  • droit coutumier des gens

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Derecho internacional
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Record 2 2004-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
CONT

The rules underlying the principle of international responsibility are the complement of all other rules of international law. They transform otherwise admonitory precepts into legal norms and, in this sense, may also be described... as sanctions of international law. It is the function of these rules to determine the legal consequences of the breach of any of the other rules of international law, be they those of treaties, international customary law or general principles of law recognised by civilised nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
DEF

Obligation incombant, selon le droit international, à l'État auquel est imputable un acte ou une omission contraire à ses obligations internationales, d'en fournir réparation à l'État qui en a été victime en lui-même ou dans la personne ou les biens de ses ressortissants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional
DEF

[...] institución dirigida a la restauración del ordenamiento internacional [...] ante aquellas conductas lesivas [...] atribuibles a determinados sujetos internacionales - bien Estados u organizaciones internacionales -, que conllevan la obligación de reparación.

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