Jus inter gentes

Jus inter gentes is the body of treaties, U.N. conventions, and other international agreements. Originally a Roman law concept, it later became a major part of International law. The other major part is "jus gentium", the Law of Nations referred to in the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 10. [http://www.constitution.org/cmt/law_of_nations.htm The meaning of "Offenses against the Law of Nations", Jon Roland, 1998] ] "Jus inter gentes", literally, means "law between the peoples". [These are cognate, in the English language to justice, international, and gentiles, respectively.]

Jon Roland, of the Constitution Society, notes that John Foster Dulles pronounced the so-called Dulles Doctrine that treaties and United Nations resolutions can be part of the Law of Nations for purposes of the U.S. Constitution. [http://www.constitution.org/cmt/law_of_nations.htm The meaning of "Offenses against the Law of Nations", Jon Roland, 1998] ]

This is not the same as "jus gentium", argues Francisco Martin and his co-authors in "International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law" (2006), [ [http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521858861&ss=exc Treaties, Cases, and Analysis] , Francisco Martin, et. al. 2006 ISBN 9780521858861] because "jus inter gentes" includes internationally recognized human rights.

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* Monograph on jus inter gentes: [http://www.law.nyu.edu/kingsburyb/fall06/globalization/papers/Kingsbury,NewJusGentiumandInter-PublicI1.pdf]
* Human rights violations
* International law
* Jus gentium
* Law of nations
* United Nations