Normative aspects of jus cogens identification in Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

• Authors: Krzysztof Niewęgłowski

Title variants

PL

Aspekty normatywne identyfikacji norm jus cogens w konwencji wiedeńskiej o prawie traktatów

Abstracts

EN

Article 53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties is a codification of jus cogens norms of international law. The purpose of this provision is to enable peremptory norms to be identified without including examples of them or a catalogue of such norms in the treaty. In order for a legal norm to acquire a peremptory status, it must meet the sociological, normative and axiological criteria set out by the Convention. A legal norm that acquires a jus cogens status must already exist and derive from a particular source of international law. It is only through its adoption and recognition as jus cogens that it acquires its special status.

Keywords

EN

jus cogens; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; peremptory norms; international; law

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Zeszyty Prawnicze BAS
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 2(78)
• Pages: 9-24

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Niewęgłowski

• Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie

• https://orcid.org/0000000188454135

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31268/ZPBAS.2023.26

Biblioteka Nauki

23352248