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2601 Flashcards

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1
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immunity ratione materiae

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Diplomatic Immunity

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proprio motu

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Action taken without prompting

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sovereign immunity

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Crown cannot be charged with crime

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terra nullius

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Unclaimed land. Can be occupied. Doesn’t really exist anymore (maybe moon/space)

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aut dedere aut punier

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Obligation to persecute citizens that break international law

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Montevideo

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Defines what is a state. Customary international law

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travaux preparatoires

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Official records of negotiation

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Chapter VII

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UN Charter relating to warfare

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instant customary law

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UN making rules that instantly fall under “customary” intl law

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4th Geneva Convention

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1949 Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

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opinio juris

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Act is carried out as a legal obligation

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rebus sic stantibus

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When a treaty becomes inapplicable due to sudden changes

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res communis

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Common property (Moon, antartica)

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force majeure

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irresistible force or unforeseen event beyond the control of a state making it materially impossible to fulfill an international obligation

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ius cogens

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Ultimate customary law. Fundamental. Cannot be exempted

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obligations erga omnes

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Obligations to entire intl comm

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animus possidendi

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Intention to possess something

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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1928; War will be last resort

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pacta sunt servanda

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Duty to fulfill treaties

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par in parem non habet imperium

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One sovereign cannot exert power over another sovereign

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ius in bello

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Law covering conduct of war

22
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inter armes silent leges

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in the time of war, laws fall mute

23
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Article 15 - Rome Statute

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Founds the ICC; Focus on genocide, war crime; crimes against humanity; crimes of aggression

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uti possidetis

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Newly independent nations should keep their old borders

25
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Hannah Arendt

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“The Right to Have Rights”

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