Good piece. FWIW, many take the view that "principles of international law derived from ... the principles of humanity and from the dictates of public conscience" refers to general principles of law, rather than to customary international law. 1/
From the ILC SR's Second Report (which is absolutely fascinating and deserves much more attention than it's received): documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
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U.S. DoD: 3/ dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Docu…
4. Germany: usnwc.libguides.com/ld.php?content…
5. The Nordic countries: statements.unmeetings.org/media2/2332912…
6. The Sandoz et al API commentary (sort of): ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl…
7. All of this invites the question: what are the general principles of law recognized by States via the Martens clause, and what are their contents? Stay tuned.
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