The terms ‘principles’, ‘rules’, and ‘standards’ are referred to in different norms of international law. For example, Art. 38 Statute of the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ Statute’) states in para. 1:The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such dispute as are submitted to it, shall apply: 2 For the International Criminal Court (ICC) the applicable law is described differently. According to Art. 21 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC Statute’): 3 Finally, although in a different context, Art. 211 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea introduces the term ‘international standards’ besides the one of ‘international rules’.