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Mireille Delmas-Marty
The Prominent Woman in International Law Award is awarded annually by the Women in International Law Interest Group in recognition of a woman recipient's contribution to the development of international law. The 2012 honoree and luncheon speaker, Mireille Delmas-Marty, has contributed greatly to matters related to the processes of internationalization of law, focusing on the interplay between national, regional and international norms as seen through the prism of the universalism of human rights. Professor Delmas-Marty has served as a member of the Commission on Reform of the Penal Code, President of the Criminal Justice and Human Rights Commission, the consulting committee for the revision of the Constitution, the committee on the creation of international criminal jurisdiction and the president of the committee of European Union experts in charge of directing a project on European criminal law (Corpus Juris). In May 2011, Professor Delmas-Marty was appointed as Special Adviser to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
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- international law
Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors. The term was coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Important elements of international law include sovereignty, recognition (which allows a country to honour the claims of another), consent (which allows for modifications in international agreements to fit the customs of a country), freedom of the high seas, self-defense (which ensures that measures may be taken against illegal acts committed against a sovereign country), freedom of commerce, and protection of nationals abroad. International courts, such as the International Court of Justice, resolve disputes on these and other matters, including war crimes. See also asylum; immunity.
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