DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Peremptory Norm, International Humanitarian Law, Main Source
Document Summary
War and peace: deals with laws of war and negotiating peace to resolve conflicts between states. The geneva conventions on humanitarian law is an example of international agreements of what are lawful and unlawful means of waging war. The sea: deals with shipping and the use and exploitation of the sea. Some questions were dealt with in the 1982 un convention on the law of the sea (unclos). The environment: because some environmental issues transcend the domain of national states, they are regulated by treaties negotiated between states, such as the kyoto. Economic and financial relations: both trade and finance are no longer issues that can be dealt with at an international level. International monetary fund (imf) are examples of the role of international law in economic and financial relations. Crime: crimes may have international aspects, and criminals might move from one country to another. Combating crime therefore requires international cooperation, such as through the international crime police organization (interpol).
