Political Science 2231E Lecture 7: Lecture 7 - International Law

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

A set of rules that guide international relationships, some are informal (ideals and norms), but both formal and informal rule constitute international law, nobody outside tells you what to do in your home. Formal procedure where one government establishes relations with another government, first by recognizing the other state as a sovereign state, second is by establishing embassies. French international law does not apply if they are related to the embassy, due to diplomatic immunity, they are off limits. International court of justice (the world court: 140 cases (1947 2011) Self-defe(cid:374)se, they ha(cid:448)e e(cid:448)ery right to fight (cid:271)a(cid:272)k, fi(cid:374)la(cid:374)d"s (cid:373)ilitary e(cid:374)gaged (cid:449)ith russia (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause. No: regardless if the war itself is just, peace enforcement. The responsibility to protect (r2p or rtop) is a new international security and human rights (cid:374)or(cid:373) to address the i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity"s failure to prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.