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

Afghanistan s Customary Anguish

C. Customary law

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

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

(b) Customary international law

2.28 Some may justify rape as a reconcilable offence by saying that reconciliation or kastom faen is a customary practice and is acceptable because customary practices are recognized by the Constitution.

Land inheritance and ownership in customary sense is both patrilineal and matrilineal.

Human Rights and Customary Law

Polygamy is a customary practice commonly accepted in Mozambique, even though it is legally prohibited.

If there is conflict between customary law and the Constitution, which law should prevail?

Holmes accepted defeat with his customary grace.

Moreover, customary law denies justice to women.

As is customary, many Russian businessmen pledged their shares to borrow money for stock purchases.

As is customary in relativity, units are used where the speed of light c 1.

It is customary to tip porters and hotel staff who have given good personal service.

Customary law is not rigid in that it is made to fit round the demands of global economy.

Additionally village courts, for example, have been set up to administer customary law and to deal with customary land and minor local disputes.

ICRC Customary Law Study refers to Jean Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law Vol. 1, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005.

Project to examine indigenous customary law in Morocco

However, customary practices most often severely disadvantage women.

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

The customary procedure is that the victim s family gets to kill someone from the perpetrator s sub clan.

There is also the question of the relation of such instruments to the principles of customary law.

And in the first session, they all said, This is not bribery, what we are doing. This is customary there.

Bislama term referring to various customary beliefs and practices.

14.1.2 Constraints related to the application of customary law

It is customary to link Africa's failures to slavery and colonization, and no one can deny such claims.

In accordance with the customary law, marriage is used as a means to structure reproduction and land possession.

This practice is often discriminatory and unfair on victims, particularly women, who too must pay some customary dues.

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.

(i) Reports of customary torture in the area of Karamuja.

14.1.1 Customary law Order No. 63 11 of March 1962

5.5 As a customary practice, the idea behind exchanging gifts is to cement relationships between one family and another.

Reaffirming that the intentional killing of persons entitled to protection as civilians is prohibited by customary international criminal law,

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 .

Protocol I and Rules 16, 19 21, ICRC Customary Law Study.

3.1.8 Reservations to a provision that sets forth a customary norm

When it comes to analyzing what ails Africa, it is customary to dwell at length on the continent s traumatic past.

VIENNA As is customary at the start of a new year, imposing statistics and trend forecasts are being trumpeted worldwide.

This is a central part of Israel s policy, in flat defiance of international law and customary norms of civilized behavior.

Under the Civil Code, consent is a prerequisite for any marriage to be considered valid whereas under customary law it is not always required.

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