As normas de jus cogens e os direitos humanos

Abstract

The international jus cogens, whose concept is quite controversial, raises, according to some authors, more questions than answers. Under this perspective, we should therefore consider that it is relatively recent the inclusion of mandatory rules in international law, but before the Second World War, the theme was the object of special scholars attention of the importance of Verdross and George Scelle. This situation stems from the fact that we live today in a markedly interdependent international society, culturally and economically integrated into the globalization of all human activities and the successes of information technology. These circumstances increasingly require the consecration of international legal standards that may, in fact, by its imperative nature to protect the international community and individually, the human person.