LAWS 2908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Treaty Series, David Buss, International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia
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What is international law: law about the ways states relate to each other. Different types of cooperation: national, laws that apply to us in canada, transnational, laws that apply to us when we cross borders, international, the way states interact with each other as equals, public/private. Laws2908 november 16, 2017: international criminal court (icc, hears disputes against individuals who are alleged to have commit certain crimes that the icc has jurisdiction over, ex. genocide, crimes against humanity, international criminal tribunal for yugoslavia (icty)/ international. Un recommendations on consent to marriage, minimum age for. A/60141965: recommendation to states to set policies on these issues, un agencies, have authority within certain areas when states have given them that authority, ex. Organization: can set policies or put forward treaties for gov"ts to sign, bretton woods organizations. Institutions set up after wwii, separate from the un, to deal w the reconstruction of the world economy: ex.