How to Use international law in a Sentence

international law

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  • Most of the time, due to international law, refugees will be returned to their country of origin.
    — Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2023
  • If not that, then at least Austria would be held in check by international law.
    — Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But this is what international law says about those who are used as human shields.
    — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The case hinges on the definition of genocide and whether the judges find that Israel’s actions in and plans for the Gaza Strip meet that bar under international law.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • He was not charged with a war crime under international law.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • Such a move, critics argue, would be a breach of international law.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
  • The United States and its allies have portrayed the war as a battle to uphold international law.
    — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • By international law, large ships are required to install and use AIS.
    — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Advocates have stood firm on the right of migrants to apply for asylum, per U.S. and international law.
    — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • That became a question of law, of international law, of the law of the Polish constitution and of European law.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Britain last week diverged from the U.S. by suspending some arms exports to Israel because of the risk they could be used to break international law.
    — Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But scholars said that is not how international law works.
    — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Joe Biden come out and say this is a clear violation of international law, that's simply not true.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2022
  • While chlorine is far less deadly, using it as a weapon is banned by international law.
    — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The policy flies in the face of international law, U.S. law and basic morality.
    — Virginia Aabram, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This includes our thinking about international law and the post-1945 set of institutions and laws and norms.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The conflict between Russia and Ukraine for years has tested the boundaries of international law.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • His British-Lebanese wife, Amal Clooney, alone is worth $50 million, and specializes in international law and human rights.
    — cleveland, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The settlements are considered by most of the world to be a violation of international law.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • There are significant problems with this plan, not the least of which is it would be seen by most of the world as a blatant violation of international law.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • China has long claimed to hold sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait and the island itself, something not recognized by the U.S. or international law.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The government is still waiting for legal advice from its lawyers on whether or not selling arms to Israel is in breach of international law.
    — Luke McGee, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Between the lines: This law doesn't apply when a minor creates their own content, per international law firm Reed Smith.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 27 July 2024
  • Under international law, you're supposed to apply for asylum in the first safe third country.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Most of the world considers all Israeli settlement in the West Bank to be a violation of international law.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Genocide is a type of war crime under international law.
    — Brooke Singman, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Washington’s support for international law, from the United Nations to The Hague, will fade.
    — Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
  • Businesses are run by and for the benefit of their owners, subject to local and international law.
    — Terrence Keeley, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
  • This could be easier to justify under international law – in the way that the special forces of Western nations are thought to be advising Ukrainian troops behind the front lines.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
  • With very, very rare exceptions, they are protected from external invasion by the U.N., by international law, by the rights of sovereignty.
    — Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

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