POLS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Kyoto Protocol, Foot Binding, Multilateralism
30 Mar 2017
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International law and norms: institutions that shape how states see their interests and constrain way that states may interact. Sometimes provides for independent tribunals to resolve disputes. R2p: international community obligated to protect threatened populations from genocide. Body of rules that binds states and other agents in world politics in their relations with each other. Primary and secondary rules: primary rules= negative. Don"t do or you must do : secondary rules= structures w/in which law is made. Sovereignty is central unifying principle only states can bind themselves to international law. 2 ways to make an international law: customs. Diplomatic immunity= example of customary international law. If embassy personnel break host country"s national laws they won"t be tried but they"ll be sent home. Customary: develop slowly over time as states recognize practices as appropriate and correct. Ex: freedom of the seas, crimes against humanity: treaties. Typically originate in a convention that brings together a substantial number of states.
