international law
noun
: a body of rules that control or affect the rights of nations in their relations with each other
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Yet the move by prosecutor Karim Khan to seek the warrants is part of the court’s mandate to pursue accountability and uphold international law without favor, not to force an end to the war, says Kevin Jon Heller, special adviser on war crimes to the prosecutor.
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Raziq’s story complicates the comforting belief that brutality always backfires and undermines the U.S. military’s claim to have fought according to international law.
—Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Raziq’s story complicates the comforting belief that brutality always backfires and undermines the U.S. military’s claim to have fought according to international law.
—Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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“International law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/international%20law. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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