United Nations system of international law

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The United Nations system of international law is the body of global legal norms, institutions, and mechanisms developed under UN auspices to regulate relations between states, promote peace and security, protect human rights, and guide international cooperation.


Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of international legal norms
system of international law
appliesTo member states of the United Nations
basedOnInstrument Charter of the United Nations
codifiedIn decisions of international courts and tribunals
multilateral treaties
resolutions of United Nations organs
developedUnderAuspicesOf United Nations
hasMechanism fact-finding and monitoring procedures
international adjudication
peacekeeping operations
sanctions regimes
treaty monitoring bodies
hasObjective development of friendly relations among nations
peaceful settlement of disputes
promotion of international cooperation
protection of human rights
regulation of relations between states
hasPrimaryObjective maintenance of international peace and security
hasPrinciple international cooperation
non-intervention in domestic jurisdiction
pacta sunt servanda
peaceful settlement of disputes
prohibition of the threat or use of force
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
self-determination of peoples
sovereign equality of states
implementedByOrgan United Nations Economic and Social Council
surface form: Economic and Social Council

International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Human Rights Council
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Security Council
United Nations treaty bodies
ad hoc international criminal tribunals
special procedures of the Human Rights Council
includesInstrument Charter of the United Nations
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Convention on the Rights of the Child
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Geneva Conventions
surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Paris Agreement
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Statute of the International Court of Justice
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
influences customary international law

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charter of the United Nations basisFor United Nations system of international law