public international law
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Also called public law. the law governing the legal relations between independent states or nations and, increasingly, between these and individuals.
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It states that arrangements were being made to determine whether the return of migrants to Sri Lanka "potentially forcibly" would "be in line with public international law".
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023
In 2014, Clooney married his wife Amal, a barrister specialized in public international law, international criminal law and human rights.
From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2021
“Everyone is still finding their feet with this,” said Emma Irving, an assistant professor of public international law at Leiden University in the Netherlands in a phone interview on Wednesday.
From New York Times • May 29, 2019
"I don't think that's actually realistic," said Dapo Akande, a lecturer in public international law at Oxford University.
From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2012
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