public international law
E504046
Public international law is the body of legal rules and principles that governs relations between states and other international actors, including the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of treaties and customary norms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| public international law canonical | 2 |
| law of nations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5219234 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: public international law Context triple: [Article 17 Genocide Convention, legalSystem, public international law]
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A.
International humanitarian law
International humanitarian law is the body of international rules that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not or are no longer participating in hostilities and by restricting the means and methods of warfare.
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B.
Elements of International Law
Elements of International Law is a foundational 19th-century treatise that systematically codified and explained the principles and practices of public international law.
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C.
United Nations system of international law
The United Nations system of international law is the body of global legal norms, institutions, and mechanisms developed under UN auspices to regulate relations between states, promote peace and security, protect human rights, and guide international cooperation.
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D.
Introduction to the Study of International Law
"Introduction to the Study of International Law" is a foundational 19th-century textbook by American jurist Theodore Dwight Woolsey that systematically outlines the principles and practice of public international law.
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E.
UN transport conventions
UN transport conventions are a set of international legal agreements that harmonize rules and standards for cross-border transport to facilitate safe, efficient, and coordinated movement of people and goods worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: public international law Target entity description: Public international law is the body of legal rules and principles that governs relations between states and other international actors, including the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of treaties and customary norms.
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A.
International humanitarian law
International humanitarian law is the body of international rules that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not or are no longer participating in hostilities and by restricting the means and methods of warfare.
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B.
Elements of International Law
Elements of International Law is a foundational 19th-century treatise that systematically codified and explained the principles and practices of public international law.
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C.
United Nations system of international law
The United Nations system of international law is the body of global legal norms, institutions, and mechanisms developed under UN auspices to regulate relations between states, promote peace and security, protect human rights, and guide international cooperation.
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D.
Introduction to the Study of International Law
"Introduction to the Study of International Law" is a foundational 19th-century textbook by American jurist Theodore Dwight Woolsey that systematically outlines the principles and practice of public international law.
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E.
UN transport conventions
UN transport conventions are a set of international legal agreements that harmonize rules and standards for cross-border transport to facilitate safe, efficient, and coordinated movement of people and goods worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic discipline
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branch of international law ⓘ field of law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
maintain international peace and security
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protect fundamental human rights ⓘ regulate cooperation between states ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
law of nations
ⓘ
linked to:
public international law
|
| appliesTo |
in some cases individuals
ⓘ
intergovernmental organizations ⓘ sovereign states ⓘ |
| basedOn |
customary international law
ⓘ
general principles of law recognized by civilized nations ⓘ treaties ⓘ |
| codifiedBy |
International Law Commission
ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ |
| developedSignificantlyAfter | World War II ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | private international law ⓘ |
| enforcedThrough |
countermeasures by states
ⓘ
diplomatic and political processes ⓘ international courts and tribunals ⓘ |
| governs |
certain relations involving individuals under international law
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relations between states ⓘ relations between states and international organizations ⓘ |
| hasKeyPrinciple |
non-intervention in domestic affairs
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non-use of force ⓘ pacta sunt servanda ⓘ peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ self-determination of peoples ⓘ sovereign equality of states ⓘ |
| hasKeyTreaty |
Charter of the United Nations
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Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
linked to:
Geneva Conventions
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ |
| includes |
air and space law
ⓘ
international criminal law ⓘ international environmental law ⓘ international human rights law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ law of the sea ⓘ law of treaties ⓘ rules on jurisdiction and immunities ⓘ rules on state responsibility ⓘ rules on the use of force ⓘ |
| primaryJudicialBody | International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | customary norms derived from state practice and opinio juris ⓘ |
| sourcesDefinedIn | Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
departments of international relations
ⓘ
faculties of law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: public international law Description of subject: Public international law is the body of legal rules and principles that governs relations between states and other international actors, including the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of treaties and customary norms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: public international law