LAW 3516 Final: INTERNATIONAL LAW SUMMARY NOTES
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Topic 1: development and nature of international law. States are the objects and not the subjects of international law. What is a state (as defined in montevideo convention of 1934: permanent population, defined territory, government, capacity to enter into legal relations, art 2. Montevideo convention (cid:494)the federal state shall constitute a sole person in the eyes on international law(cid:495). States: have legal capacity to make international law, bind themselves to treaties, create/resist customary international law, right to appear before icj, sovereignty. Key treaties: montevideo convention of the rights and duties of state (1934) International organisations: multilateral, high geographical coverage: un, who, unesco, more restrictive geographical coverage: nato, Commonwealth: regional, eu, oas, african union, arab league. 1: international committee of the red cross, amnesty international, non-government organisations. United nations: general assembly, human rights council, international law commission, security council, economic and social council. International court of justice (icj: ilo, unesco, who, secretariat, dpko, trusteeship council.
