3.1.8 Reservations to a provision that sets forth a customary norm

A reservation to a treaty provision which sets forth a customary norm does not affect the binding nature of the customary norm in question in relations between the reserving State or international organization and other States or international organizations which are bound by that norm.

It is clear that consensus would have facilitated the process of establishing a universal customary norm.

The compatibility of a reservation with the object and purpose of the treaty was a customary norm, although it was not a peremptory norm of international law.

One example is the absolute prohibition on the use of torture, a norm so widely accepted as to have the status of customary international law.

The customary nature of a norm set forth in a treaty provision does not in itself constitute an obstacle to the formulation of a reservation to that provision.

On the other hand, others argued that this notion was emerging as a customary norm and was necessary in order to prevent further episodes of genocide, such as that in Rwanda, which the United Nations had failed to prevent or halt in 1994.

And this has become such a norm of our professional lives, such a norm and such an expectation.

Afghanistan s Customary Anguish

C. Customary law

(b) Customary international law

Strictly speaking, the establishment of an international norm presupposes that there is wide support within the international community for such a norm.

In addition, there is a Territory wide Customary Senate, comprising 16 members, 2 selected by each Customary Council.

Absurd. But I had to follow the Victorian norm.

It would be more logical for all agreements to embody a specific national norm for calculating pensions, a norm which does not exist with regard to emigrants.

Moreover, customary law denies justice to women.

Project to examine indigenous customary law in Morocco

A vector is a unit vector if its norm is 1.

The responsibility to protect is a powerful norm of international behaviour.

14.1.2 Constraints related to the application of customary law

Home cooking remained the norm, but its quality was down the tubes.

The entry norm should clearly state the approval requirements and any conditions.

The administration of justice in the customary courts at the chiefdom level has recently been boosted by the appointment of over 200 chairpersons of customary court nationwide.

A jus cogens norm is defined as a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted. Thus, by definition, norms belonging to the category of jus cogens apply in all situations and are unaffected by the outbreak of armed conflict.

This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

The Committee notes with concern the customary practice of early marriage.

35, 1977 Add. Protocol I Rule 45, ICRC Customary Law Study .

35, 1977 Add. Protocol I Rule 70, ICRC Customary Law Study .

And say His Purity during the night, and after the customary prayers.

And say His Purity during the night, and after the customary prayers.

If customary discrimination persisted, she hoped that it would be taken seriously.

51 (5)(b), 1977 Add. Protocol Rule 14, ICRC Customary Law Study .

Under the systems of customary law, men are considered superior to women.

Nor are we convinced that responsibility to protect is an emerging norm of international law.

The second is asymmetry in decision making and norm setting in international trade and finance.

This long existing and accepted norm has certainly not meant that torture has been overcome.

Australia also welcomes the Secretary General's endorsement of the emerging norm of the responsibility to protect and his call to embrace that norm and to act on it when national Governments are unable or unwilling to protect their citizens.

To be sure, the sanctity of existing borders has become a powerful norm in world politics. Yet this norm has permitted the emergence of ungovernable and unmanageable states, whose internal wars spill across international boundaries, fueling regional tensions and insecurity.

The new Code had abrogated customary law with immediate effect, and thus none of the earlier customary provisions regarding marriage, the separation of property in marriage, children, and so on, henceforth had any validity.

In the process of discharging their mandates, they may clarify the scope of a particular norm.

In the process of discharging their mandates, they may clarify the scope of a particular norm.

56 128. Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls

According to customary mores, women have fewer privileges than before the Family Law.

Parental authority in Zairian Civil and Customary Law. Master's degree thesis, Kinshasa, 1982.