I. | Substantive International Law - First Part |
2. | SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
2.2. | Customary International Law |
2.2.2. | Evidence of Customary International Law |
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Military and Paramilitary Activities
(Nicaragua/United States of America)
Merits. J. 27.6.1986
I.C.J. Reports 1986, p. 14
[p. 133] The Court has also emphasized the importance to be
attached, in other respects, to a text such as the Helsinki Final Act, or, on
another level, to General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) which, as its name
indicates, is a declaration on "Principles of International Law concerning
Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter
of the United Nations". Texts like these, in relation to which the Court
has pointed to the customary content of certain provisions such as the
principles of the non-use of force and non-intervention, envisage the relations
among States having different political, economic and social systems on the
basis of coexistence among their various ideologies; the United States not only
voiced no objection to their adoption, but took an active part in bringing it
about.