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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
The body of rules governing relations between states, including treaties, customary rules and general legal principles.
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Paper 2
Revise: Role of International Law in Conflict SituationsInternational law is the body of rules governing relations between states. War does not mean that all legal protection disappears. International humanitarian law (IHL), also called the law of armed conflict or the rules of war, aims to limit suffering during armed conflict.
Paper 2
Rules governing relations and obligations between states and other international actors, including rules agreed through treaties and established through accepted state practice.
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International law provides rules governing states and other international actors. Some rules are established through treaties; others develop through state practice accepted as a legal obligation. International humanitarian law (IHL) is the branch concerned specifically with armed conflict.
