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Conflicts of Norms in International Law*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

W. Czapliński  and
G. Danilenko
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International law, like other fields of law, is not static. It develops constantly, accommodating the changes in international practice, attitudes of States, and the changing needs and requirements of the international community. According to the ICJ, ‘the possibility of the law changing is ever present’. At the same time, the notions of legal stability and security are inherent in the concept of law. Considering the development of law, we are still confronted with the trend to guarantee stability.

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Netherlands Yearbook of International Law , Volume 21 , December 1990 , pp. 3 - 42
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114. ICJ Rep. (1986) pp. 108–109.

115. Cf., Declaration of the 1st Meeting of Equatorial Countries, signed in Bogota on 3 December 1976 by Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire; for the English translation see 6 J. of Space Law (1978) p. 193 et seq.

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134. See the statements by Spain, the USSR, Poland, Uruguay, and the Netherlands: ibid. pp. 209–213.

135. In its commentary to the draft articles on the law of treaties the ILC noted that ‘although the line may sometimes be blurred between interpretation and amendment of a treaty through subsequent practice, legally the processes are distinct’ – ILC Yearbook 1966 vol. II p. 236.

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