Jus Cogens
A peremptory norm (also called jus cogens or ius cogens ; Latin for "compelling law") is a fundamental principle of international law that is accepted by the international community of states as a norm from which no derogation is permitted. There is no universal agreement regarding precisely which norms are jus cogens nor how a norm reaches that status, but it is generally accepted that jus cogens bans genocide, maritime piracy, enslaving in general (i.e. slavery as well as slave trade), wars of aggression and territorial aggrandizement, torture, and refoulement. The latter two are evolving and controversial as they rest …
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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 4 September 2024 English
Enshrined in article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, freedom of thought sits alongside the right to freedom of conscience and religion and complements the right …
right is what international lawyers refer to as a jus cogens or compelling law norm; an absolute right, it …
RI: Rideau Institute · 11 February 2023 English
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Byers, ‘Conceptualising the relationship between jus cogens and erga omnes rules’ (1997) 66:2–3 Nordic Journal … achieved the heightened, peremptory status of a jus cogens rule of custom- ary international law, provides … the use of chemical weapons is regarded as a jus cogens rule – a customary international law ‘taboo’ … Michael, ‘Conceptualising the relationship between jus cogens and erga omnes rules’ (1997) 66:2–3 Nordic Journal … source of, 220 Agreement (1968); see also under jus cogens rules, 282 Liability Convention (1972); see kinetic …
CCLA: Canadian Civil Liberties Association · 17 August 2022 English
Toussaint’s case raises the novel question of the relationship among: (a) the enforcement of the human rights guarantees of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to the Constitution …
which is a peremptory norm and forms part of jus cogens. [29] In 1976, Canada acceded to the International … which is a peremptory norm and forms part of jus cogens. 24. After consultation with provincial governments … international legal order, it is also a rule of jus cogens, and thus among a small number of peremptory … objectives associated with preventing violations of jus cogens and norms of customary international law are … principles of law recognized by civilized nations (jus cogens); and (d) judicial decisions and the teachings …
ICCLR: International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy · 9 February 2022 English
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required to do so unless the crime has obtained jus cogens status) is “subject only to the exceptional situations …
RI: Rideau Institute · 29 November 2021 French
À titre d'exemple de la portée de ces régimes de sanctions, alors que le présent rapport était en cours de finalisation, il a été rapporté au cours de l'été 2021 …
sanctions sont incompatibles avec des normes de jus cogens (normes impératives du droit international coutumier … Conseil de sécurité doit respecter les principes de jus cogens, dans la mesure où certains principes des droits … de jus cogens. En effet, dans l'arrêt Kadi, la Cour s'est appuyée sur ces arguments de jus cogens pour … cogens – même si la Cour n'a pas jugé que le jus cogens était en cause dans l'affaire elle-même37. Il … international coutumier qui constituent des normes de jus cogens, mais la courte liste habituelle comprend les …
RI: Rideau Institute · 29 November 2021 English
The primary focus of the report is the lawfulness of economic sanctions under international law—for while there are many imperatives to contemplate in assessing policy options, the lawfulness of the …
sanctions are inconsistent with or violate a jus cogens norms (peremptory norms of customary international … argument that the Security Council must respect jus cogens principles, to the extent that certain human … considered jus cogens norms. Indeed, in the Kadi decision the Court relied on these jus cogens arguments … noting in particular that they must give way to jus cogens norms—even though the Court did not find jus … principles of customary international law constitute jus cogens norms, but the typical short list includes the …
PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 23 July 2020 French
Le Comité des priorités de la relance économique comprend Pierre Fitzgibbon, le ministre de l'Économie et de l'Innovation, Eric Girard, le ministre des Finances, Jean Boulet, le ministre du Travail, …
a du reste acquis le statut d'une norme de « jus cogens » en droit international, c'est à dire qu'il …
PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 21 July 2020 English
The promotion of the current constitutions is to deny the fact that the European forms of nation-states created to further the cause of capitalism and the capitalists as the end …
this prohibition has acquired the status of a jus cogens norm in international law, meaning that it is …
MLI: Macdonald-Laurier Institute · 14 July 2020 English
Breaches of the ICESCR are referred to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); breaches of the IHR are re- ferred to the WHO or the Health …
systems for crimes against humanity and other jus cogens norms,248 even when there is no link between … Humanity and 247 Henderson et al., see note 1. 248 Jus cogens norms are norms that are fundamental in international … norms from which no derogation is permitted. Jus cogens norms include slavery, pi- racy, torture, crimes …
MLI: Macdonald-Laurier Institute · 14 July 2020 English
Breaches of the ICESCR are referred to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); breaches of the IHR are re- ferred to the WHO or the Health …
systems for crimes against humanity and other jus cogens norms,248 even when there is no link between … Humanity and 247 Henderson et al., see note 1. 248 Jus cogens norms are norms that are fundamental in international … norms from which no derogation is permitted. Jus cogens norms include slavery, pi- racy, torture, crimes …