How to Use international law in a Sentence
international law
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But this is what international law says about those who are used as human shields.
—ABC News, 29 Oct. 2023
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There was no international law, there was no nothing like that.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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If not that, then at least Austria would be held in check by international law.
—Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
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But none of these are crimes under international law.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
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Such a move, critics argue, would be a breach of international law.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
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This has been a real source of tension in international law.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
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While chlorine is far less deadly, using it as a weapon is banned by international law.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
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That’s just a basic rule of international law.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
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Most of the time, due to international law, refugees will be returned to their country of origin.
—Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2023
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There is no precedent for Britain breaching international law in this way.
—The Economist, 12 Sep. 2020
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No mention of international law appears in the letter at all.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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Is there just no regard anymore for international law?
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
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This theory of international law is novel and, to say the least, a real stretch.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
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The think tank claims this is the clear and impersonal command of international law.
—Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2020
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The high commission said the vessel and its crew were freed under international law.
—CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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There is no international law that requires the United States to take in refugees.
—New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
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And thank you also to the international law enforcement partners who join us.
—chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2019
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Proponents say that the treaty protects the base and complies with international law.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
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Joe Biden come out and say this is a clear violation of international law, that's simply not true.
—Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2022
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By the end of the year, Pyongyang was barred by international law from selling almost anything abroad.
—Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 18 June 2020
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Azmy urged the judge to be the first in the nation to recognize the international law in her decision-making.
—Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
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This distinct right has evolved as a norm of customary international law or else as a right that is derived from other human rights.
—Jon McGowan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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But a toll is a violation of international law.
—CBS News, 21 June 2026
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Under international law, you're supposed to apply for asylum in the first safe third country.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
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And more to the point, again, under the international law point, think of what Russia and China just learned.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
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As required by international law for all doppelgängers who find one another, these two switch places for a few days to see how the other half lives.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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The tribunals could one day matter a lot, should they be used to export a vision of international law that reflects that same, bleak worldview.
—The Economist, 6 June 2019
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And, more to the point, again, under the international law point, think of what Russia and China just learned.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
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The problem is that that really doesn’t work under international law.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
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Beijing maintains that its trade with Iran complies with international law.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
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