It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

The enormous changes in world politics have, however, thrown it into confusion, so much so that it is safe to say that all international law is now in need of reexamination and clarification in light of the social conditions of the present era.

Peace, it's wonderful, and `` world law '', it's wonderful, too, and shouldn't we get an international covenant extending it into space, before the Russians put some claim jumper on the moon??

To aid international law

What better affirmative step could be taken to this end than repeal of the Connally amendment -- an act which could expose the United States to no practical risk yet would put an end to our self-judging attitude toward the court, enable us to utilize it, and advance in a tangible way the cause of international law and order??

Once these conditions of international law are met, countries that try to run the blockade do so at their own risk.

In the century from 1815 to 1914 the law of nations became international law.

Essentially this imposed two conditions: First, international law had to recognize and be compatible with an international political system in which a number of states were competitive, suspicious, and opportunistic in their political alignments with one another ; ;

In both respects, international law was Europeanized.

More emphasis was put upon the fact that international law was the law of `` civilized nations '' ; ;

The European customs on which international law was based were to become, by force and fiat, the customs that others were to accept as law if they were to join this community as sovereign states.

A number of other nineteenth-century developments contributed to the transmutation of the law of nations into international law ; ;

The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality.

National identification was reflected jurisprudentially in law theories which incorporated this Hegelian abstraction and saw law, domestic and international, simply as its formal reflection.

In the international community this reduced law to Jellinek's auto-limitation.

There was no law, domestic or international, except that willed by, acknowledged by, or consented to by states.

In fact, some -- Anzilotti is the principle example -- went so far as to say that all international law could be traced to the single legal norm, Pacta sunt Servanda.

The displacement ( at least to a considerable extent ) of the ethical jurisprudence of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by positivism reshaped both international law theory and doctrine.

In the first place the new doctrine brought a formal separation of international from municipal law, rejecting the earlier view that both were parts of a universal legal system.

The legal meaning of genocide refers to the international treaty on genocide, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The practice of negative racial aspects of eugenics, after World War II, fell within the definition of the new international crime of genocide, set out in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

UN General Assembly Resolution n. 260 9 December 1948, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, was the first step towards the establishment of an international permanent criminal tribunal with jurisdiction on crimes yet to be defined in international treaties.

According to the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, the Front describes itself as " an international coalition fighting injustice ".

REMM is produced by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of Planning and Emergency Operations, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, with subject matter experts from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many US and international consultants.

The United States Public Health Service ( PHS ), led by the Surgeon General of the United States, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, headquartered in Atlanta, are involved with several international health activities, in addition to their national duties.

3240 the " International Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2009 " He has subsequently spoken several times on international child abduction generally and on International child abduction in Japan specifically.

Peace, Security and Diplomacy programmes enhance the capacity of Member States to support the United Nations in meeting its goals and objectives in these areas and include: International Law ( with a specific focus on international environmental law ); Multilateral Diplomacy ; Peacekeeping ; Peacemaking and Conflict Prevention.

* Ginny Lipke, international Disease Prevention for the Centers for Disease Control ( CDC )

There she launched a major international campaign for the release of her sister who was imprisoned in 1982 in under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Minhaj-ul-Quran Denmark held an international conference on Religion and Radicalism in which among others Mr Jakob Ilum ( Director of The Danish Security and Intelligence Service, Prevention Center ) was a guest speaker

The Akayesu judgement includes the first interpretation and application by an international court of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness ( IAPB ) is a coordinating, umbrella organization to lead an international effort in mobilizing resources for blindness prevention activities.

The first post-war international treaty to protect minorities, designed to protect them from the greatest threat to their existence, was the U. N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Examples of customary international law relevant to the environment include the duty to warn other states promptly about icons of an environmental nature and environmental damages to which another state or states may be exposed, and Principle 21 of the Stockholm Declaration (' good neighbourliness ' or sic utere ).

The advisory opinion set forth the international legal responsibilities and obligations of Sponsoring States AND the Authority to ensure that sponsored activities do not harm the marine environment, consistent with the applicable provisions of UNCLOS Part XI, Authority regulations, ITLOS case law, other international environmental treaties, and Principle 15 of the UN Rio Declaration.

The name " Chinese Taipei " is used in some international arenas since " Taiwan " suggests that Taiwan is a separate country and " Republic of China " suggests that there are two Chinas, and thus both violate the One-China Principle.

Cooperative federations are a means through which cooperative societies can fulfill the sixth Rochdale Principle, cooperation among cooperatives, with the ICA noting that " Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.

Principle I states, " Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefore and liable to punishment.

Principle II states, " The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.

Principle III states, " The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.

Principle IV states: " The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him ".

Principle V states, " Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts and law.

Principle VII states, " Complicity in the commission of a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity as set forth in Principle VI is a crime under international law.

Concerning Nuremberg Principle IV, and its reference to an individual ’ s responsibility, it could be argued that a version of the Superior Orders defense can be found as a defense to international crimes in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Under international law, ultimate " duty " or " responsibility " is not necessarily always to a " Government " nor to " a superior ," as seen in the fourth of the Nuremberg Principles, which states: This Nuremberg Principle of " moral choice ," " morality ," or " conscience " being the higher authority was subsequently formulated into International Law by the United Nations as we see in this quote: In 1998, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights document called “ Conscientious objection to military service, United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998 / 77 ” recognized that “ persons performing military service may develop conscientious objections ” while performing military service.

" One of those rulings is Nuremberg Principle IV, which reads, " The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.

In international environmental law it is mentioned in Principle 16 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.

Elaraby has served as Chairman for the First ( Disarmament and international security questions ) Committee of the General Assembly, the Informal Working Group on an Agenda for Peace, the Working Group on Legal Instruments for the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, and the UN Special Committee on Enhancing the Principle of the Prohibition of the Use of Force in International Relations.