POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Convention Relating To The Status Of Refugees, International Humanitarian Law, Camp David Accords

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1500
• Professor: Andrea Paras

Document Summary

Sources: national constitutions; statutes; governments; regulations; judicial decisions implementation. In the statute of the international court of justice, article 38 de nes 4 different sources of internation law: C: judicial decisions and the teaching of the most highly quali ed publicists of the various nations. Another word for a convention is a treaty. A treaty is an international agreement which is governed by international law. Every state possesses capacity to make treaties. Bilateral vs. multilateral treaties (bilateral=signed between 2) (multi= signed between 3+) Pacta sunt servanda: every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith (article 26 of the vienna convention) Negotiation > signature > rati cation > registration > enter into force. Vienna convention on the law of treaties (1969) Custom: the consistent conduct of states acting out of the belief that the law requires them to act in a certain way .