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INTERNATIONAL LAW > JUS COGENS

Preferred term

JUS COGENS  

Broader concept

Scope note

  • A peremptory norm of international law from which no derogation is permitted,rules which cannot be altered. A treaty is void if it conflicts with such a norm

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/4d01f57f3aa6b0e685256aa0005f8c2f
  • T0000567

In other languages

  • القانون القسري

    Arabic

  • القواعد (أو الأحكام) اللآمرة
  • قواعد (أو أحكام) آمرة
  • 绝对法

    Chinese

  • 强制法
  • JUS COGENS

    French

  • Jus cogens

    Russian

  • JUS COGENS

    Spanish

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1003498

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