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jus cogens (The concept of ius cogens (or peremptory norms) first appeared in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), where it was defined as "a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character". 'More); peremptory norms (The concept of ius cogens (or peremptory norms) first appeared in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), where it was defined as "a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character". 'More) |
