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  2. Customary international law - Wikipedia

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    Customary international law consists of international obligations arising from established or usual international practices, which are less formal customary expectations of behavior often unwritten as opposed to formal written treaties or conventions. [1] [2] Customary international law is an aspect of international law involving the principle ...

  3. Customary international humanitarian law - Wikipedia

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    Customary international law, like international treaty law, is recognized as a primary source of public international law.While international treaties are written agreements by which States establish certain rules, customary international law consists of unwritten rules which derive from “general practice accepted as law”. [1]

  4. Michael Wood (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, the International Law Commission concluded the "Draft conclusions on identification of customary international law" under his supervision, which the General Assembly acknowledged by resolution 73/203 of 20 December 2018 and brought them to the attention of States.

  5. Customary law - Wikipedia

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    In international law, customary law refers to the Law of Nations or the legal norms that have developed through the customary exchanges between states over time, whether based on diplomacy or aggression. Essentially, legal obligations are believed to arise between states to carry out their affairs consistently with past accepted conduct.

  6. Opinio juris sive necessitatis - Wikipedia

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    In international law, opinio juris is the subjective element used to judge whether the practice of a state is due to a belief that it is legally obligated to do a particular act. [1] [2] When opinio juris exists and is consistent with nearly all state practice, customary international law emerges. Opinio juris essentially means that states must ...

  7. Sources of international law - Wikipedia

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    Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice is generally recognized as a definitive statement of the sources of international law. [2] It requires the Court to apply, among other things, (a) international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; (b) international custom, as evidence of a general ...

  8. International Law Commission - Wikipedia

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    Under the leadership of Sir Michael Wood, the ILC undertook an authoritative effort to codify customary international law. The ILC produced the Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law (ILC Conclusions), which seeks to clarify the process by which to identify customary international law. [5]

  9. Equidistance principle - Wikipedia

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    The equidistance principle represents one aspect of customary international law, but its importance is evaluated in light of other factors [2] such as history: "Historic rights" or titles of some or another kind will acquire enhanced, rather than diminished, importance as a result of the narrowing of the 'physical' rather than the 'legal ...