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Legal Terms – Erga
In international law, erga omnes duties (Latin: towards all) obligations in which every state has a legal interest due to the significance of the topic for the global community at large. This implies that the violation of such a duty affects not just the state that was harmed but also every other member of the global community. Therefore, every state must be justified in claiming (perhaps through legal channels) responsibility for the guilty state's international wrongdoing in the case of a breach of these commitments. The right of a people to *self-determination has been proposed as an illustration of an erga omnes obligation.
In international law, erga omnes duties (Latin: towards all) obligations in which every state has a legal interest due to the significance of the topic for the global community at large. This implies that the violation of such a duty affects not just the state that was harmed but also every other member of the global community. Therefore, every state must be justified in claiming (perhaps through legal channels) responsibility for the guilty state's international wrongdoing in the case of a breach of these commitments. The right of a people to *self-determination has been proposed as an illustration of an erga omnes obligation.
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