Customary international law is made up of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law. Customary international humanitarian law (IHL) is of ...
Several African countries have, over recent years, started recognising traditional justice mechanisms operating alongside the formal justice system. In some settings, customary courts are formally ...
The organisation took this task very seriously and spent 8 years on research and expert consultations in order to produce this study. It seeks to provide a snapshot of custom today that is as accurate ...