Jus Cogens: still an unknown subject
THE EXISTENCE OF JUS COGENS, PEREMPTORY NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, IS WIDELY ACCEPTED TODAY EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL A CATEGORY SURROUNDED BY UNCERTAINTIES. ALTHOUGH IT HAS RECEIVED A DEFINITION AND A LEGAL REGIME IN THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES ITS CONCEPT, ITS CONTENT AND ITS LEGAL...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Direito GV |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/35233 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fgv.br/revdireitogv/article/view/35233 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | JUS COGENS INTERNATIONAL LAW NORMATIVE HIERARCHY PEREMPTORY NORMS ORDRE PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ERGA OMNES INTERNATIONAL CRIMES DIREITO INTERNACIONAL HIERARQUIA DE NORMAS NORMAS IMPERATIVAS ORDEM PÚBLICA INTERNACIONAL CRIMES INTERNACIONAIS |
| Sumario: | THE EXISTENCE OF JUS COGENS, PEREMPTORY NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, IS WIDELY ACCEPTED TODAY EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL A CATEGORY SURROUNDED BY UNCERTAINTIES. ALTHOUGH IT HAS RECEIVED A DEFINITION AND A LEGAL REGIME IN THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES ITS CONCEPT, ITS CONTENT AND ITS LEGAL EFFECTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN. THE STUDY OF JUS COGENS AND ITS UNDERSTANDING SHOW THE NEED FOR AN ANALYSIS OF IT RELATIONSHIP TO THE IDEA OF NORMATIVE HIERARCHY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND TO THE ELEMENTS OF PROXIMITY AND DIFFERENTIATION WITH OTHER CATEGORIES: GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW, ERGA OMNES OBLIGATIONS, INTERNATIONAL CRIMES. THE DOUBTS THAT ARISE FROM THIS STUDY MUST UNDERLIE ALL REFLECTION ON THE CONCEPT AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW. |
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