Directorate of International Law
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The Directorate of International Law is a Swiss federal body responsible for advising on, developing, and implementing Switzerland’s international legal obligations and policies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Directorate of International Law canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638501 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Directorate of International Law Context triple: [Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, hasDivision, Directorate of International Law]
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A.
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs is the UN Secretariat department responsible for providing legal advice, drafting and interpreting international legal instruments, and supporting the organization’s work in areas such as treaty law, oceans and the law of the sea, and international dispute settlement.
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B.
Directorate for International Justice Policy
The Directorate for International Justice Policy is a unit within the European Commission responsible for developing and coordinating the EU’s external policies on justice, fundamental rights, and international legal cooperation.
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C.
International Legal Affairs Bureau
The International Legal Affairs Bureau is a specialized division of Japan’s foreign ministry responsible for handling international legal issues, treaty matters, and legal aspects of foreign policy.
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D.
Directorate for Legal Services
The Directorate for Legal Services is a division of the Scottish Government that provides legal advice, representation, and legislative support to ministers and government departments.
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E.
Directorate for Justice
The Directorate for Justice is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and implementing policies related to justice, law, and public safety in Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Directorate of International Law Target entity description: The Directorate of International Law is a Swiss federal body responsible for advising on, developing, and implementing Switzerland’s international legal obligations and policies.
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A.
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs is the UN Secretariat department responsible for providing legal advice, drafting and interpreting international legal instruments, and supporting the organization’s work in areas such as treaty law, oceans and the law of the sea, and international dispute settlement.
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B.
Directorate for International Justice Policy
The Directorate for International Justice Policy is a unit within the European Commission responsible for developing and coordinating the EU’s external policies on justice, fundamental rights, and international legal cooperation.
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C.
International Legal Affairs Bureau
The International Legal Affairs Bureau is a specialized division of Japan’s foreign ministry responsible for handling international legal issues, treaty matters, and legal aspects of foreign policy.
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D.
Directorate for Legal Services
The Directorate for Legal Services is a division of the Scottish Government that provides legal advice, representation, and legislative support to ministers and government departments.
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E.
Directorate for Justice
The Directorate for Justice is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and implementing policies related to justice, law, and public safety in Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss federal body
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government directorate ⓘ |
| activity |
drafting international legal instruments for Switzerland
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implementation of international treaties in Swiss law ⓘ legal advisory work in international law ⓘ participation in international negotiations ⓘ |
| advises | Swiss federal authorities ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| field | international law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
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| languageUsed |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| mandate |
ensure Switzerland’s compliance with international law
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support formulation of Swiss foreign policy in legal matters ⓘ |
| partOf |
federal office of the Swiss Confederation
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surface form:
Swiss federal administration
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| responsibleFor |
advising on Switzerland’s international legal obligations
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developing Switzerland’s international legal policies ⓘ implementing Switzerland’s international legal obligations ⓘ implementing Switzerland’s international legal policies ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
diplomatic and consular law
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human rights law ⓘ international economic law ⓘ international environmental law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ law of international organizations ⓘ law of the sea ⓘ state responsibility ⓘ treaty law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Directorate of International Law Description of subject: The Directorate of International Law is a Swiss federal body responsible for advising on, developing, and implementing Switzerland’s international legal obligations and policies.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.