Sentences with phrase «on jus cogens»

However, in Kadi v Council and Commission, the CFI dismissed his challenge to the regulation, on the basis that UN Security Council Resolutions were binding on the EU save on jus cogens grounds.

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In my 2009 comment on this case, when it was still pending before the Quebec Superior Court, I was hopeful that the law was rapidly moving towards holding states, and individuals acting under colour of state authority, accountable for breaches of jus cogens norms.