In fact, a widely accepted security norm is that openness of systems makes them more trustworthy.

A peremptory norm (also called jus cogens or ius cogens or Latin for compelling law ) is a fundamental principle of international law that is accepted by the international community of states as a norm from which no derogation is permitted.

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.

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.

This long existing and accepted norm has certainly not meant that torture has been overcome. Instances of torture have always occurred despite efforts to eliminate them.

Fake elections are rapidly become the norm.

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

With government deficits the norm, that appears unlikely.

Rwanda s success should be the norm, not the exception.

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.

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.

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.

My hair would be, contrary to the norm, well styled.

That social norm is just something that has evolved over time.

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

3.1.8 Reservations to a provision that sets forth a customary norm

The little girl, who believes this is the norm, screams in pain.

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

Yet, public infatuation with the external trappings of democracy is usually the norm.

Fortunately, openly anti European political programs are not the norm, at least not yet.

Androcentrism Traditional therapies are based on the assumption that being male is the norm.

Sami accepted it.

Sami accepted Islam.

France is at the high end of the EU norm, with a score of six.

Examples of ancient iron work still extant are very much the exception to the norm.

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

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.

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

Hospital birth was the norm and, consequently, HIV positive pregnant women had access to antiretroviral vaccines.

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

Clay accepted the offer.

Sinéad O'Connor accepted Islam.

The recommendation is accepted.

The recommendations are accepted.

UNEP accepted the recommendation.

UNEP accepted the recommendation.

UNEP accepted the recommendation.

UNEP accepted the recommendation.

UNEP accepted the recommendation.

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.

Badly behaved movie stars and politicians skew ideas of the norm or of what should be acceptable.

In addition, paying teachers according to performance must become the norm, while ineffective teachers should be dismissed.

The fact that Europeans can marry only one spouse is both a legal and a cultural norm.

He often accepted bad advice.

That proposal was widely accepted.