Core Concepts in Public International Law

Posted on Mar 27, 2025 in Law

Jurisdiction (555)

State – 178

Principle of Domestic Jurisdiction (557)

Criminal Jurisdiction

  • Territorial Jurisdiction – 561
  • Nationality Jurisdiction – 567

Other Jurisdictions

  • Passive Personality – 571
  • Protection Principle – 573
  • Universality Principle – 574
  • Extraterritorial I – 585
  • Extradition – 591
  • Extraterritorial II – 593

Immunity to Jurisdiction (601)

  • Absolute Immunity Approach – 605
  • Restrictive Immunity Approach – 607
  • Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Acts – 610

Immunity to Violation of Human Rights (616)

Non-Immunity Areas (629)

Head of State (636)

Waiver of Immunity (642)

State Responsibility (677)

  • Unlawful Acts – 678
  • Who Can Commit Them? – 679
  • Responsibility of Commitment Theories – 681

Acts Not Considered Unlawful (690–693)

  • Consent
  • Countermeasures
  • Force Majeure
  • Necessity

Consequences of Unlawful Acts (697-699)

Jus Cogens Breach (702)

Responsibility Over Nationals (Diplomatic Law) (703)

Settlement of Disputes Responsibility (712)

Responsibility Over Aliens (715)

Responsibility Over Property (719)

Expropriation (722)

International Environmental Law (739)

Duties of State (745)

The Appropriate Standard (747)

Effects of Pollution (749)

Response to Damage Caused (750)

Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Actions (751)

International Cooperation Principles

  • Use of Territory – 753
  • Environmental Impact Evaluation – 754
  • Precaution Principle – 756
  • Sustainable Development – 759
  • Polluter Pays Principle – 760

Atmosphere Pollution (761)

  • Pollution Definition – 761

Climate Change (762)

  • UNFCCC – 764
  • Conference of Parties – 766

Outer Space (767)

  • Moon – 769

Water Pollution (770)

Ultra-Hazardous Activities (771)

  • Nuclear Safety – 774

Marine Pollution (775-776-779)

  • Ocean Pollution – 783-784

Individual Criminal Responsibility (329)

States – 178

International Criminal Courts and Tribunals (331)

  • ICTY (Former Yugoslavia) – 333
  • ICTR (Rwanda) – 337
  • Mechanism of International Crime Tribunal – 339

International Criminal Court (ICC) (340)

  • Organs – 348

Hybrid Courts & Other Domestic Courts Tribunals (349)

  • Sierra Leone – 350
  • Extraordinary Chamber Courts Cambodia – 352
  • Kosovo Regulation – 354
  • East Timor Special Panels – 356
  • Bosnia War Crimes Chamber – 357
  • Special Tribunal for Lebanon – 359
  • The Iraqi High Tribunal – 360
  • The Serbian War Crimes Department – 361

International Crimes (362)

  • Genocide – 362
  • War Crimes – 369
  • Crimes Against Humanity – 371
  • Aggression (Crime Against Peace) – 374

Human Rights (242)

Basic Principles (242)

  • Domestic Jurisdiction – 246
  • Priorities of Rights – 248
  • State Emergency – 248
  • Non-Derogable Rights – 249
  • Principle of Self-Determination – 248

Customary International Law (258)

UN Charter (252)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (252)

  • Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – 250-254
  • Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – 271

Regional Mechanisms (275)

Vulnerable Groups

  • Women – 292
  • Older People – 280
  • Children – 282
  • Migrant Workers – 285-286
  • Disabilities – 287

Against Discrimination

  • Racial Discrimination – 288
  • Indigenous Peoples – 255

Administration of Justice (262)

  • Torture as International Crime – 282-283
  • Treatment of Prisoners’ Standard – 1037
  • Enforced Disappearance – 289
  • Prevention of Execution – 280
  • Prohibition of Slavery – 289

Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (879)

Definition and Causes (881-882)

Methods for Settlement (883)

  • Negotiation – 882
  • Good Office Mediation – 885
  • Inquiry – 887
  • Conciliation – 890
  • Arbitration – 914-923

Regional Mechanism (892)

NAFTA (903)

International Court of Justice (ICJ) (924)

Organization (925)

Ad Hoc Judges (927)

  • Chambers – 929

Jurisdiction (930)

  • General – 930

Contentious Jurisdiction (936)

  • Optional Clause Article 36(2) – 947

Proceedings

  • Evidence – 952
  • Provisional Measures – 953
  • Joinder of Cases – 957
  • Counter Claims – 961
  • Third-Party Intervention – 963
  • Remedies – 966
  • Enforcement – 969

Application (971)

Advisory Opinion (973)

International Humanitarian Law (IHL) (1030)

General Geneva Convention (1032)

Scope of Protection of IHL (1033)

  • Geneva Convention I – 1034
  • Geneva Convention II – 1034
  • Geneva Convention III – 1035-1038
  • Geneva Convention IV – 1038
  • Occupation – 1039-1041

IHL and Human Rights (1045)

Rules of Hostilities (1048)

  • Protected Zones – 1050

Methods of Warfare

  • Distinction – 1051
  • Unnecessary Suffering – 1051
  • Prohibition of Weapons – 1053
  • Environmental Law with Weapons – 1053

International and Non-International Conflicts

  • Armed Conflict Definition – 1054
  • Duration of IHL Application – 1055
  • International Conflicts – 1058-1062
  • Non-International Conflicts – 1069

Humanitarian Law Principles (1053)

Use of Force by States

Context – 982

UN Charter Article 2(4) (983)

  • Force – 986
  • Territorial Integrity – 987

Categories of Force

  • Retorsion – 989
  • Reprisals – 990
  • Countermeasures – 991
  • Right of Self Defence – 992
  • Collective Security – 993

Intervention

  • Non-Authorized Intervention – 1006
  • Authorized Intervention – 1008
  • Civil War – 1009
  • Aid to Rebels – 1013-1014

Humanitarian Intervention (1016)

  • Terrorism – 1021-1023