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INTERNATIONAL LAW - Coggle Diagram
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Public international law
a set of rules, laws, or legal principles that govern the rights and obligations of national States in relation to each other.
based on a number of sources, including customs, legislation, and treaties
‘an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law………’
treaties may take the form of conventions, agreements, charters, framework conventions, or general conventions.
custom, also called customary international law, is another mandatory source of law
The laws of war were a matter of customary law before they were codified in the Geneva Conventions and other treaties
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Supranational law
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refers to regional agreements in which the laws of the national state are not applicable if they contradict the supranational legal framework
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United Nations
develops new advisory standards, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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