The Code of Hammurabi

The Treaty of Kadesh

The Treaty of Versailles

The Geneva Convention

Hugo Grotius

Francisco de Vitoria

Samuel Pufendorf

Emer de Vattel

The principle that a state has the right to acquire territory by conquest.

The principle that a state has the right to acquire territory by prescription.

The principle that a state has the right to acquire territory by cession.

The principle that a state has the right to acquire territory by accretion.

The doctrine that a state has the right to govern itself without interference from other states.

The doctrine that a state has the right to make and enforce laws within its own territory.

The doctrine that a state has the right to acquire territory by conquest.

The doctrine that a state has the right to acquire territory by prescription.

The principle that a state has the right to intervene in the affairs of another state in order to protect its own interests.

The principle that a state has the right to intervene in the affairs of another state in order to protect the human rights of its citizens.

The principle that a state has the right to intervene in the affairs of another state in order to prevent a humanitarian crisis.

The principle that a state has the right to intervene in the affairs of another state in order to promote democracy.

The principle that a people have the right to determine their own political status.

The principle that a people have the right to determine their own economic status.

The principle that a people have the right to determine their own social status.

The principle that a people have the right to determine their own cultural status.

The principle that a treaty is binding on the parties to it.

The principle that a treaty is not binding on the parties to it.

The principle that a treaty can be terminated by either party at any time.

The principle that a treaty can be terminated by either party only with the consent of the other party.

The principle that a treaty can be terminated if the circumstances that existed at the time it was signed have changed.

The principle that a treaty can be terminated if the parties to it agree to terminate it.

The principle that a treaty can be terminated if one of the parties to it violates it.

The principle that a treaty can be terminated if the other party to it violates it.

The principle that certain norms of international law are so fundamental that they cannot be derogated from by treaty.

The principle that certain norms of international law are so fundamental that they can be derogated from by treaty.

The principle that certain norms of international law are so fundamental that they can be derogated from by custom.

The principle that certain norms of international law are so fundamental that they can be derogated from by judicial decision.

The principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

The principal judicial organ of the League of Nations.

The principal judicial organ of the World Trade Organization.

The principal judicial organ of the International Monetary Fund.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting economic and social development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for protecting human rights.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting sustainable development.

The principal deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.

The principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting economic and social development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting economic and social development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for protecting human rights.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting sustainable development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for protecting human rights.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting economic and social development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting sustainable development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting sustainable development.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for protecting human rights.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

The principal organ of the United Nations responsible for promoting economic and social development.