is international customary law binding, and if so on who? (1 Viewer)

[muffinscribble]

i've heard its only binding on UN members but is it restricted to UN members only?

 

[loversinjapan]

International customary law is considered 'soft law,' so it's not 'binding' to the same degree that a, for example, statute law would be. You might have heard the whole restriction-related thing because international law isn't necessarily a primary source of law until a country ratifies and enacts the terms of the treaty or convention etc.