Universal jurisdiction or ius cogens /ˌdʒʌs ˈkoʊdʒɛnz, ˌjʌs/; Latin for "compelling law" "Jus cogens | Definition of jus cogens in English by Oxford Dictionaries"...

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to the end of the Roman state. Ius publicum was used also to describe obligatory legal regulations, such as ius cogens, which is now a term used in public...

the end of the Roman state. Ius publicum was also used to describe obligatory legal regulations (today called ius cogens—this term is applied in modern...

of legal theory. He was an early proponent and chief theorist of the ius cogens doctrine and of the monist theory of the relationship between international...

'divine' law to modern peremptory norms of customary international law (ius cogens) and she has discussed Antigone's dilemma as a situation that invites...

Typically, this would address issues of self-defense or preemptive strikes. ius cogens compelling law A peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international...

His Highness internationally. A legal ground for it is a strengthened ius cogens within the Afghan royal family with gateways in the first written constitution...

relations with it, and in fact do so, in a situation where no rule of ius cogens is breached. For him, though, the international personality thus conferred...

among those commentators, those who accept the existence of international ius cogens and consider it to include the Covenant's provisions hold that such a...

necessitatis) due to standardized practice in state protocols that has risen to a ius cogens, surviving the abolishment of Muhammadzai rule in Afghanistan on the occasion...

prohibition of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law (or ius cogens) and consequently, no derogation from it is allowed. "Convention on the...

the right of a people to self-determination is commonly recognized as a ius cogens rule. Here, self-determination denotes that a people, based on respect...

prohibition on the death penalty, unlike that against torture, was not ius cogens, the logical conclusion of the Al-Jedda approach was that a direction...

unlawful territorial situation representing a continuing violation of ius cogens norms since over thirty years. In the Ali Yusuf case, the ECJ uphold that...

Typically, this would address issues of self-defense or preemptive strikes. ius cogens compelling law A peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international...

among those commentators, those who accept the existence of international ius cogens and consider it to include the Covenant's provisions hold that such a...

under the same Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties violations of ius cogens are sufficient basis for denunciation. The denial was challenged by Arista-Salado...

Some treaties expressly disallow derogations, related to the idea of jus cogens, or international norms from which derogation is considered unjustifiable...

older law of nations, a direct translation of the late medieval concepts of ius gentium, used by Hugo Grotius, and droits des gens, used by Emer de Vattel...

codified set of laws concerning citizenry, and how the laws apply to them. jus cogens compelling law Internationally agreed laws that bear no deviation, and do...

omnes, or owed to the entire world community, as well as the concept of jus cogens. In 1993, Belgium passed a law of universal jurisdiction to give its court's...