Public Law Studies Quarterly

The Foundations and Legal Nature of Jus Cogens from the Perspective of the International Law Commission

Document Type : Article

Authors

Soheil Golchin 1
Reza Mousazadeh 2

1 PhD Researcher in Public International Law, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Prof., School of International Relations of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2020.298667.2369
Abstract
The International Law Commission (ILC) which itself codified and developed peremptory norms, has adopted a flexible approach in its recent reports to the doctrine developed by legal scholars and judicial bodies over the years. On the one hand, under Article 53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the Commission has based jus cogens on the acceptance and recognition of the international community of states as a whole and the will of States. On the other hand, the Commission has recognized peremptory norms the have features such as universality, superiority, and protection of fundamental values of the international community which can impose restrictions on the will of States. This paper will analyze the ILC and its special rapporteur’s report in 2016 addressing this important question: on which theoretical foundations are jus cogens based and what are the core elements of these rules? The difference between this article and other papers published in Persian is analyzing and critiquing the latest ILC report from a new perspective considering theoretical evolutions on the topic since 1969.

Keywords

Jus cogens
the International Law Commission
positive Law
natural law
international community
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Public Law Studies Quarterly
Volume 52, Issue 3
Autumn 2022
Autumn 2022
Pages 1341-1362

  • Receive Date 26 March 2020
  • Revise Date 26 April 2020
  • Accept Date 21 June 2020

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