International law history

By Ximena Thomae
  • Hugo de Groot De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Laws of War and Peace).

    Hugo de Groot De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Laws of War and Peace).

  • The end of the bloody Thirty Years War

    The end of the bloody Thirty Years War

    The Peace of Westphalia was negotiated through two diplomatic congresses and resulted in the new political order based upon sovereign States.
  • Term "International Law" by Jeremy Bentham

    Term "International Law" by Jeremy Bentham

  • The peace settlement of 1919

    The peace settlement of 1919

    In response to the devastation caused by World War I, the peace negotiators incorporated the peace settlement of 1919 a treaty, a pact that formed the inaugural worldwide international entity with comprehensive authority known as the League of Nations.
  • The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

    The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

  • NATO strikes against Serb targets to relieve the humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo without legal justification

    NATO strikes against Serb targets to relieve the humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo without legal justification

  • US invaded Iraq

    US invaded Iraq

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