Authors

1 PhD Candidate in International Law, Faculty of Law,Theology and Islamic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Esfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Law and Theology Department, Faculty of Law, Theology and Islamic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Esfahan, Iran

Abstract

The Phrase “Conscience of Humanity” has been used in some international instruments. This phrase, with its own special meaning, is intended to fill the legal gaps in international law and has worked as a criterion for assessing the rules of the international legal system. Thereby humanitarian developments in international law, is understandable. The focus of this research is the applications of the concept of "Conscience of humanity" in international instruments in its semantic representation with the purpose of finding the place of the above mentioned concept within the sources of international law.

Keywords

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