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Hostis humani generis [r]: A legal principle that certain acts, such as piracy, slavery and genocide, puts one outside the norms of civilization and makes one an "enemy of all mankind", subject to early forms of universal jurisdiction or summary action ^[e]
Hugo Grotius [r]: Add brief definition or description
jus cogens [r]: Add brief definition or description
Just war theory [r]: The branch of ethics concerned with the basis for starting, conducting, and terminating wars ^[e]
League of Nations [r]: International association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote cooperation and achieve international peace and security. ^[e]
Sovereignty [r]: Add brief definition or description
Treaty [r]: Agreement under international law entered into by participants in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations. ^[e]
Treaty providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy [r]: (Kellogg-Briand Pact) An international agreement, first signed in 1928 and eventually agreed-to by a large number of the world's nations at the time, which rejected the use of war to settle disputes; it had no notable effect on world events ^[e]
United Nations Charter [r]: The core "rule book" for jurisdiction of the United Nations ^[e]
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations [r]: Add brief definition or description

Extraordinary rendition [r]: A process in which a Requesting State may gain custody of a person held by another state, without going through a formal judicial process of international extradition, but not necessarily secretly or with no administrative hearing ^[e]
International extradition [r]: The process by which one country asks the overt judicial system of another country to surrender, to the first country, a person resident in the second, to face criminal proceedings in the first country ^[e]
International law enforcement [r]: The practice of cooperation, among nations, to deal with individuals or non-state criminal groups, through police and judicial agencies such as Interpol ^[e]
Interpol [r]: Add brief definition or description
Peace operations [r]: Operations other than all-out war, conducted by neutral parties, to ensure the continuance of a peace, or, in the face of resistance, to enforce it. ^[e]
U.N. Declaration on Human Rights [r]: Add brief definition or description

Association of Southeast Asian States [r]: Add brief definition or description
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe [r]: (OSCE) An organisation for preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention and crisis management, and post-conflict reconstruction, comprising member countries of the Council of Europe together with the United States and Canada. ^[e]
Organization of American States [r]: Add brief definition or description