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Unit 4: Rights, Governance and International Law
Quick questions on Human Rights in International Law: WACE Year 12 Politics and Law
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What is sources of international law?Show answer
International law has several recognised sources, set out in the Statute of the International Court of Justice. These are treaties (conventions between states), customary international law (consistent state practice followed out of a sense of legal obligation), general principles of law recognised by nations, and, as a subsidiary aid, judicial decisions and the writings of jurists. Human rights law draws on all of these, but treaties are the most important.
What are the International Bill of Rights?Show answer
The foundation is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. The UDHR is a declaration, not a treaty, so it is not legally binding in itself, but much of it is now regarded as customary international law and it inspired later binding instruments.
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