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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

General International Law (Principles, Rules, and Standards)

Rüdiger Wolfrum

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
December 2010

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 10 December 2024

Subject(s):
General principles of international law — Customary international law — Soft law — Rule of law

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The terms ‘principles’, ‘rules’, and ‘standards’ are referred to in different norms of international law. For example, Art. 38 Statute of the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ Statute’) states in para. 1:The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such dispute as are submitted to it, shall apply: 2 For the International Criminal Court (ICC) the applicable law is described differently. According to Art. 21 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC Statute’): 3 Finally, although in a different context, Art. 211 UN...
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