“[T]o hold otherwise would make nonsence of the fundamental principle of State sovereignty, on which the whole of international law rests…” —International Court of Justice
”It would be a travesty of law and a betrayal of the universal need for justice, should the concept of State sovereignty be allowed to be raised successfully against human rights.” —Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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Military and Paramilitary Activities (Nicaragua/United States of America), Merits.J. 27.6. 1986, I.C.J. Reports 1986, p. 14 (hereinafter Nicaragua case).
The Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic, Decision on the Deference motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction (hereinafter Tadic Appeal), ¶ 58, 2 Oct. 1995, IT-94-1-AR72 (RP D6413-D6491).
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Cerone, J.P. Legal constraints on the international community's responses to gross violations of human rights and humanitarian law in Kosovo, east Timor, and Chechnya. Hum Rights Rev 2, 19–53 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-001-1031-5
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