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

C. Customary law

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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However there are no set requirements for a custom marriage in order for it to be valid.

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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.

Affirming that the rules of customary international law continue to govern matters not regulated by the provisions of the present Convention,

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.

The present articles are without prejudice to any obligation incurred by States under relevant treaties or rules of customary international law.

Most Afghans, especially in rural areas, rely on traditional justice mechanisms, although customary law is not part of the formal legal system.

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.

During the common law marriage, women keep their marital status to that of single and for this reason they are not forced to the name of her male counterpart nor does she have to live in his home.

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.

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).

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.

Evidence showed that persons knowingly enter into common law relationships by choice and as a result do not wish to be submitted to the marital regime and the obligations that flow from it.

The customary nature of a norm set forth in a treaty provision does not in itself constitute an obstacle to the formulation of a reservation to that provision.

Indeed, some of that legislation dated back almost 150 years and still allowed for the application of customary law.

Unlike the Special Rapporteur, the Government of the Netherlands took the view that the precautionary principle was already part and parcel of customary international law.

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.