Multiple choice

Statement – I: Subject to Rules of Jus Cogens, local customary law can supplement or derogate from general custom. Statement – II: International law does not recognise the concept of local custom.

  1. Both the statements are individually true and Statement – II is the correct explanation of Statement – I.

  2. Both the statements are individually true, but Statement – II is not the correct explanation of Statement – I.

  3. Statement – I is true, but Statement – II is false.

  4. Statement – I is false, but Statement – II is true.
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Explanation

A peremptory norm (also called Jus Cogens, Latin for "compelling law") is a fundamental principle of international law which is accepted by the international community of states as a norm from which no derogation is ever permitted. States can deviate from customary international law by enacting treaties and conflicting laws, but Jus Cogens are non-derogable. 

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