Customary international law
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Template:Use American EnglishTemplate:Short descriptionTemplate:More footnotes Customary international law is an aspect of international law involving the principle of 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.
Many governments accept in principle the existence of customary international law, although there are differing opinions as to what rules are contained in it.
In 1950, the International Law Commission listed the following sources as forms of evidence to customary international law: treaties, decisions of national and international courts, national legislation, opinions of national legal advisors, diplomatic correspondence, and practice of international organizations.
See also
- Customary international humanitarian law
- Customary law
- Crimes against humanity
- Genocide
- Human rights
- Public international law
- International humanitarian law
- International human rights law
- Refugee Law
- Rule of law
- Rule according to higher law
- Soft law
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
