D - International law

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D.01 - International law system
D.02 - Fields of international law
D.03 - Subjects of international law
D.04 - Territory under international law
D.05 - Individuals and groups in international law
D.06 - States' representation under international law
D.07 - International/supranational organizations in international law
D.08 - Treaties in international law
D.09 - Armed conflicts in international law
D.10 - International law in the fields of economics, society, transport and communication
D.11 - Application of international law
D.12 - Private international law

D.01 - International law system ↑ top

D.01.01 International law, general

Implementation of international law 🔎
International law 🔎
International law doctrines 🔎
International law history 🔎
International law systems 🔎
International law theory 🔎
International legal cooperation 🔎
Public international law 🔎
Relationship between national law and international law 🔎

D.01.02 Sources of international law

Customary international law 🔎
International jurisdiction 🔎
International law studies 🔎
International legal materials 🔎
International treaty law 🔎
Soft law (international law) 🔎
Sources of international law 🔎
Supranational and community law 🔎
Unilateral acts in international law 🔎

D.01.03 Principles of international law

Binding force in international law 🔎
Clausula rebus sic stantibus 🔎
Equity in international law 🔎
Freedom of the high seas 🔎
General principles of international law 🔎
Good faith in international law 🔎
Independence of states (international law) 🔎
Ius cogens 🔎
lex posterior derogat priori 🔎
Non venire contra factum proprium 🔎
Non-use of force (international law) 🔎
Open skies 🔎
Pacta sunt servanda 🔎
Reciprocity (international law) 🔎
Responsibility and liability in international law 🔎
Right to selfdetermination of peoples 🔎

D.02 - Fields of international law ↑ top

Air law 🔎
Consular law 🔎
International communication law 🔎
International criminal law 🔎
International economic law 🔎
International environmental law 🔎
International law of treaties 🔎
International nuclear law 🔎
International transport law 🔎
International waterway regimes 🔎
Law of international organizations 🔎
Law of the sea 🔎
Private international law 🔎
Public international law 🔎
Right of legation 🔎
Space law 🔎

D.03 - Subjects of international law ↑ top

D.03.01 Recognition of subjects of international law

De facto recognition 🔎
De jure recognition 🔎
Recognition of governments under international law 🔎
Recognition of insurgents/belligerents under international law 🔎
Recognition of states under international law 🔎
Recognition of subjects of international law 🔎
Recognition of territorial acquisition 🔎
Subjects of international law 🔎

D.03.02 Formation/Transformation of subjects of international law

Cession of territory 🔎
Division/partition of territories 🔎
Extinction of subjects of international law 🔎
Formation of subjects of international law 🔎
State secession 🔎
State succession 🔎
Transformation of subjects of international law 🔎

D.03.03 States as subject of international law

Concept of the State (international law) 🔎
Confederations (of states) 🔎
De facto regimes 🔎
Federations (of states) 🔎
Micro states 🔎
Rights and duties of states 🔎
State immunity (international law) 🔎
State liability 🔎
States as subjects of international law 🔎

D.03.04 Nonstate subjects of international law

Governments in exile 🔎
Individuals under international law 🔎
International organizations as subjects of international law 🔎
Nationality of legal entities 🔎
Nonstate subjects of international law 🔎
Parties to conflicts/conflict participants 🔎
Quasi-subjects of international law 🔎
Status according to international law 🔎

D.04 - Territory under international law ↑ top

D.04.01 State territory under international law

Continental shelf (international law) 🔎
Exclusive economic zones (law of the sea) 🔎
National airspace 🔎
National ocean floor 🔎
National territory beyond the immediate boundaries 🔎
Sovereign rights/functions of sovereignty 🔎
Status according to international law 🔎
Territorial waters 🔎
Territory under international law 🔎

D.04.02 Territories with reduced sovereignty

Colonies 🔎
Demilitarized zones 🔎
Dependent territories 🔎
International waterways 🔎
Lease of territory 🔎
Military occupation status 🔎
Neutral zones 🔎
Semisovereign states 🔎
Transnational waters 🔎
Zones with limited sovereignty 🔎

D.04.03 Territory under international regime

Deep sea 🔎
High seas (international law) 🔎
International airspace 🔎
International seabed 🔎
International space 🔎
Internationalized waterways 🔎
Seabed regime 🔎
Territories under international administration 🔎

D.04.04 Borders/Delimitation of territories

Access to the sea 🔎
Adjoining territory (international law) 🔎
Border conflicts 🔎
Border delimitation 🔎
Enclaves 🔎
Exclaves 🔎
Extraterritorial jurisdiction 🔎
High seas borders 🔎
Innocent passage 🔎
Islets/rocks 🔎
Land locked countries 🔎
National borders/borders 🔎
New territories 🔎
Straits 🔎
Transit traffic 🔎

D.04.05 Change of territorial status

Annexation 🔎
Cession of territory 🔎
Division/partition of territories 🔎
Neutralization of territories 🔎
Territory acquisition 🔎
Territory acquisition law 🔎
Unions of states 🔎

D.04.06 International environmental protection (international law)

International environmental agreements 🔎
International environmental law 🔎
International environmental protection 🔎

D.05 - Individuals and groups in international law ↑ top

D.05.01 Individuals in international law

Aliens law 🔎
Immigration law 🔎
International humanitarian law/law of armed conflict 🔎

D.05.02 Fundamental freedoms and rights

Consular protection 🔎
Equal rights 🔎
Extradition 🔎
Freedom of expression and information 🔎
Freedom of movement 🔎
Fundamental cultural rights 🔎
Hostage taking/kidnapping 🔎
Human rights 🔎
Human rights agreements 🔎
Human rights violations 🔎
Inhumane treatment 🔎
Minority rights 🔎
Piracy 🔎
Protection of human rights 🔎
Religious freedom 🔎
Responsibility to protect 🔎
Right to asylum 🔎
Right to freedom from inhuman treatment 🔎
Right to selfdetermination of groups 🔎
Right to selfdetermination of individuals 🔎
Right to selfdetermination of peoples 🔎
Slavery 🔎
Social and economic rights 🔎
Social discrimination 🔎
Torture 🔎
Trafficking in human beings 🔎

D.06 - States' representation under international law ↑ top

Consular law 🔎
Consular protection 🔎
Consular relations 🔎
Consular service 🔎
Consulates 🔎
Diplomatic bag 🔎
Diplomatic missions 🔎
Diplomatic relations 🔎
Diplomatic relations normalization 🔎
Diplomatic representatives 🔎
Diplomatic services 🔎
Embassies 🔎
Premises of the mission 🔎
Quasi-diplomatic missions 🔎
Right of legation 🔎
Severance of diplomatic relations 🔎
Trade missions 🔎

D.07 - International/supranational organizations in international law ↑ top

D.07.01 International organizations in international law

International civil service 🔎
International organizations as subjects of international law 🔎
Legal acts of international actors 🔎
Resolutions/decisions of international actors 🔎
Statutes of international organizations 🔎

D.07.02 Supranational organizations in international law

Communities of states as subjects in international law 🔎
Communities of states codification process 🔎
Direct application of community law 🔎
European law 🔎
Hierarchy of legal norms/of jurisdiction in communities of states 🔎
International harmonization of national regulations 🔎
Priority of community law 🔎
Supranational and community law 🔎
Unification of laws/legal regulations 🔎

D.08 - Treaties in international law ↑ top

D.08.01 Treaties in international law, general

Binding force in international law 🔎
Clausula rebus sic stantibus 🔎
Implementation of international agreements 🔎
International law of treaties 🔎
International regimes 🔎
International treaties (international law) 🔎
Non-ratified international agreements 🔎
Null and void treaties 🔎
Observance of international treaties 🔎
Pacta sunt servanda 🔎
Secret international agreements 🔎
Tacit international agreements 🔎
Unequal international agreements 🔎
Unilateral interpretations of international treaties 🔎
Verification of international treaties observance 🔎

D.08.02 Types of international treaties

Charters 🔎
Codes of conduct 🔎
International conventions 🔎
International guarantees 🔎
International implementation agreements 🔎
International protocols 🔎
International regimes 🔎
International understandings 🔎
Military guarantees 🔎
Multilateral foreign policy declarations 🔎
Resolutions/decisions of international actors 🔎
Statutes of international organizations 🔎
Supplementary agreements 🔎

D.08.03 International treaties procedures

Abrogation of international treaties 🔎
Accession to international treaties 🔎
Codification projects 🔎
Coming into force of international treaties 🔎
Common understanding of international treaties 🔎
Draft international treaties 🔎
Expiry of international treaties 🔎
Formal objections to international treaties 🔎
Initialling of international treaties 🔎
Interpretations of international treaties 🔎
Modifications/supplements of international treaties 🔎
Notice of termination of international treaties 🔎
Parliamentary ratification 🔎
Prolongation of international treaties 🔎
Ratification of international treaties 🔎
Registration of international treaties 🔎
Reservations to international treaty ratifications 🔎
Revision of international treaties 🔎
Signing of international treaties 🔎
Suspension of international treaties 🔎
Third party relations with international treaties 🔎
Unilateral interpretations of international treaties 🔎
Violation of international law 🔎

D.09 - Armed conflicts in international law ↑ top

D.09.01 International laws of war, general

Collective security systems 🔎
Humanitarian intervention 🔎
Interdiction of intervention (international law) 🔎
International humanitarian law/law of armed conflict 🔎
Justification of wars/armed conflicts 🔎
Non-use of force (international law) 🔎
Responsibility to protect 🔎
Right of self defence of states 🔎
Right to conduct war 🔎

D.09.02 Conduct of armed conflicts (international law)

Armed conflicts 🔎
Armed forces/military units 🔎
Armistice 🔎
Arms embargoes 🔎
Blockade 🔎
Cessation of hostilities 🔎
Civil wars 🔎
Coercive military measures 🔎
Combatants (persons) 🔎
Cultural property protection 🔎
Declaration of war 🔎
Demilitarized zones 🔎
Economic sanctions 🔎
Guerilla units 🔎
Humanitarian intervention 🔎
International mediation and conciliation 🔎
Mercenaries 🔎
Neutral zones 🔎
Outbreak of war 🔎
Parties to conflicts/conflict participants 🔎
Peace conferences 🔎
Peace treaties 🔎
Protection of civilians/noncombattants in armed conflicts 🔎
Recognition of insurgents/belligerents under international law 🔎
Sanctions under international law 🔎
Settlement of international disputes 🔎
War 🔎

D.09.03 War crimes

Crimes against humanity 🔎
Ethnic cleansing 🔎
Genocide 🔎
Hostage taking/kidnapping 🔎
War crimes 🔎
War criminals 🔎

D.09.04 Consequences of war

Confiscation of property (consequences of war) 🔎
Consequences of war 🔎
Expulsion of peoples 🔎
Internment 🔎
Looting 🔎
Military occupation status 🔎
Occupation law 🔎
Prisoner of war camps 🔎
Prisoners of war 🔎
Reparations 🔎
Repatriation/reintegration 🔎
Restitution of property 🔎
War damage/war losses 🔎
War dead 🔎
War wounded and disabled 🔎

D.09.05 Military alliances

D.09.06 Arms control/Disarmament

D.10 - International law in the fields of economics, society, transport and communication ↑ top

Foreign trade and payments law 🔎
Harbour usage rights 🔎
International air transport law 🔎
International economic law 🔎
International environmental law 🔎
International financial law 🔎
International law on development 🔎
International nuclear law 🔎
International social security law 🔎
International transport law 🔎
Maritime law 🔎

D.11 - Application of international law ↑ top

D.11.01 Enforcement of international law

Air piracy 🔎
Binding force in international law 🔎
Consequences of international law violations 🔎
Crimes against humanity 🔎
High seas crimes 🔎
Human rights violations 🔎
Implementation of international law 🔎
International law as practised by states 🔎
Legal position in international law 🔎
Legal situation in international law 🔎
Observance of international treaties 🔎

D.11.02 Measures against violation of international law

Collective measures according to international law 🔎
Collective measures based on the UN Charter 🔎
Collective peace keeping measures 🔎
Collective peace keeping sanctions 🔎
Condemnation by international actor 🔎
Economic sanctions 🔎
Sanctions under international law 🔎
Unilateral measures taken by states under international law 🔎

D.11.03 International jurisdiction/International arbitration

Contractual penalties in international law 🔎
Extraterritorial jurisdiction 🔎
Human rights courts 🔎
International arbitration 🔎
International arbitration courts 🔎
International jurisdiction 🔎
International law courts 🔎
NAFTA disputes 🔎
Regional international courts 🔎

D.11.04 Execution of international law

Extradition 🔎
Implementation of communitarian law 🔎
International civilian police 🔎
International legal assistance 🔎
Recognition of foreign states acts 🔎
Recognition of status quo under international law 🔎
Retaliatory measures 🔎
Statute of limitations 🔎
Unilateral acts in international law 🔎

D.12 - Private international law ↑ top

International commercial law 🔎
International environmental law 🔎
International financial law 🔎
International intellectual property law 🔎
International labour law 🔎
Private international law 🔎

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