How to Use international law in a Sentence

international law

noun

• Most of the time, due to international law, refugees will be returned to their country of origin.
  — Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2023
• There is no international law that requires the United States to take in refugees.
  — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
• If not that, then at least Austria would be held in check by international law.
  — Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
• But this is what international law says about those who are used as human shields.
  — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• Azmy urged the judge to be the first in the nation to recognize the international law in her decision-making.
  — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• The case hinges on the definition of genocide and whether the judges find that Israel’s actions in and plans for the Gaza Strip meet that bar under international law.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• He was not charged with a war crime under international law.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2022
• Such a move, critics argue, would be a breach of international law.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
• The United States and its allies have portrayed the war as a battle to uphold international law.
  — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• By international law, large ships are required to install and use AIS.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
• Advocates have stood firm on the right of migrants to apply for asylum, per U.S. and international law.
  — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
• That became a question of law, of international law, of the law of the Polish constitution and of European law.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
• Britain last week diverged from the U.S. by suspending some arms exports to Israel because of the risk they could be used to break international law.
  — Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• But scholars said that is not how international law works.
  — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• Joe Biden come out and say this is a clear violation of international law, that's simply not true.
  — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2022
• While chlorine is far less deadly, using it as a weapon is banned by international law.
  — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• Kennedy, 67, is a senior counsel at the international law firm Greenberg Traurig and a longtime friend of Biden.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
• The policy flies in the face of international law, U.S. law and basic morality.
  — Virginia Aabram, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023
• This includes our thinking about international law and the post-1945 set of institutions and laws and norms.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
• The conflict between Russia and Ukraine for years has tested the boundaries of international law.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
• His British-Lebanese wife, Amal Clooney, alone is worth $50 million, and specializes in international law and human rights.
  — cleveland, 23 Apr. 2022
• The settlements are considered by most of the world to be a violation of international law.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• As required by international law for all doppelgängers who find one another, these two switch places for a few days to see how the other half lives.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
• There are significant problems with this plan, not the least of which is it would be seen by most of the world as a blatant violation of international law.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
• China has long claimed to hold sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait and the island itself, something not recognized by the U.S. or international law.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2023
• Steve Bell is a partner at the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney in its labor and employment practice.
  — Edward Segal, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
• The government is still waiting for legal advice from its lawyers on whether or not selling arms to Israel is in breach of international law.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• Between the lines: This law doesn't apply when a minor creates their own content, per international law firm Reed Smith.
  — April Rubin, Axios, 27 July 2024
• What Happens Next Trump is unlikely to win a dispute over the canal by invoking international law.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
• Arab powers condemned the incursion Tuesday, accusing Israel of violating international law and exploiting the chaos in Syria.
  — Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025