MODULE 1: Sources of International Law

1. Custom

Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports (1951)

a. Practice
Asylum Case, Columbia v. Peru, ICJ Reports (1950)
Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports (1951)
Genocide Case, ICJ Reports (1951)

b. Opinio juris et necessitatis

Positive Evidence of Recognition of Validity of Rule

Lotus Case, PCIJ Ser. A, no. 10
North Sea Continental Shelf Cases, (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark; FRG v. The
Netherlands) ICJ Reports (1969)
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicagargua (Nicaragua vs. United States [Merits]), ICJ
Reports (1986)

Acquiescence
Right of Passage over Indian Territory, ICJ Reports (1960)

c. Local Customary International Law

Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru), ICJ Rep. 1950 266

d. The persistent objector

Ango-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports (1951)
North Sea Continental Shelf Cases, ICJ Reports (1969)

e. Burden of Proof
Lotus Case, PCIJ Ser. A, no. 10