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<p>A <b>peremptory norm</b> (also called <b><i>') is a fundamental principle of <a href="page.php?w=international_law">international law</a> that is accepted by the international community of <a href="page.php?w=sovereign_state">states</a> as a <a href="page.php?w=Norm_%28sociology%29">norm</a> from which no <a href="page.php?w=derogation">derogation</a> is permitted. Thought to be so fundamental that it even invalidates rules drawn from treaty or custom, "norms of this character, therefore, cannot be derogated from by the will of the contracting</i></b></p><p>
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