C. Customary law

In the view of Brazil, it was not necessary to refer to the notion of crimes having their basis in customary international law in order to settle a problem of jurisdiction.

79. Qatar claimed that its sovereignty over the Hawar islands was well founded on the basis of customary international law and applicable local practices and customs.

Human Rights and Customary Law

(b) Customary international law

15.2 Customary Marriages

The second main approach involves Ethnobotany, the study of the general use of plants in society, and ethnopharmacology, an area inside ethnobotany, which is focused specifically on medicinal uses.

3. Rules of customary international law

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Decision Customary law is the basis of land ownership in Vanuatu but it is subject to the Constitution and cannot be applied if it discriminates against women.

It treated the claim by Colombia as a claim about customary law and dismissed it on account that Colombia had failed to produce evidence of its existence.

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The Namibian law does not require the registration of customary marriages.

1. General principles of law and international customary law

A. General principles of international law and rules of customary law

Its status is different from that under common law.

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

Local courts are primarily authorized to apply and enforce customary law.

With regard to the administration of justice, he stressed the importance of recognizing and respecting customary law.

Regarding the registration of customary marriages, the Ministry of Justice is in the process of consulting traditional leaders in the regions to compile a Bill on the registration of customary marriages.

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

Project to examine indigenous customary law in Morocco

Moreover, customary law denies justice to women.

This is because the rule treats husbands and wives differently.

It recommended that the customary marriage law be reformed so that customary marriages were registered, in order to give women married under that law equal rights and benefits with men.

The chiefs argued that customary law give them the right to make a woman return to her husband.

Taught international law, comparative law, international business transactions and customary law.

So far customary law had a large bearing on the determination of the issues of marriage and inheritance.

There were no plans to legislate with respect to Aboriginal customary marriage.

The Convention codifies and elaborates generally recognized principles of customary international law.

According to customary international law, as encapsulated in the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, States adhere to treaties considered to be in consonance with their national interests on the basis of their freely exercised sovereign choice.

In Afghanistan, there are three principal legal references constitutional law, the Koran, and the system of customary law known asFarhang, the most dominant and strictest version of which is calledPashtunwali (the way of the Pashtuns).

Relying on Muller v The President and Another (discussed below) the Court found that the common law rule discriminated against wives on the grounds of their sex, contrary to Article 10 (2) of the Constitution.

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

States are invited to inform the Group of Governmental Experts whether treaty or customary law provide the basis for their obligations, and in the case of the former, which relevant treaty or article.

The Government is currently also giving attention to sex discrimination under Customary Law.

The new settlements of Kgoesakeni (New Xade), Kaudwane and Xere fall within this customary tenure system.

The above mentioned agencies share information with their foreign counterparts on the basis of the principle of international reciprocity, customary international law and treaties on terrorism to which Mexico is a party, and treaties on judicial assistance signed with various countries.

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

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

It is prohibited to use mines other than anti personnel mines outside the borders of the State which possesses them.

The following Member States submitted replies to question 7 Finland, Portugal, Rwanda, Turkey and Ukraine.

The International Court of Justice has stated that the clause itself forms part of customary international law.

This applies to civil marriage and customary marriage as well as other relationships.

Currently, research is being undertaken on Customary Law and the findings will be helpful in the process of improving the law.