Editing Sui generis (section)

=== International law ===
When applied to international law, "{{lang|la|sui generis}}" refers to situations which are distinct and thus not easily categorized under existing legal frameworks or conventions. {{lang|la|Sui generis}} in international law may suggest novel legal frameworks to address unprecedented issues using a new set of legal principles. For example, the legal status of the internet or space law.
''Sui generis'' systems can be crucial in international law because they allow the international community to develop adaptive legal responses to emerging global challenges and contexts that are not adequately addressed by traditional international law. They often also serve as precursors to the evolution of wider customary international law or the development of new treaties and conventions. The uniqueness of {{lang|la|sui generis}} legal regimes can sometimes make them challenging to interpret, enforce, or harmonize with existing legal frameworks.<ref>Gallagher AT. The International Legal Framework. In: ''The International Law of Human Trafficking''. Cambridge University Press; 2010:54-143.</ref>

Another example of ''Sui Generis'' can be seen in the field of laws of war in international law. According to scholar Noura Erakat in ''Justice for Some: Law and Question of Palestine (2019)'', especially within the period of the [[Second Intifada]] of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], Israel uses the concept of ''Sui Generis'' to justify its military actions in the occupied territories, in contravention of pre-exssting legal norms. She refers to its use of military pre-emptive strikes towards Palestinians suspected of being involved with Palestinian militant organisations such as in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erakat |first=Noura |title=Justice for some: law and the question of Palestine |date=2019 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-1357-7 |location=Stanford, California |pages=182-183}}</ref> Erakat highlights its use of ''Sui Generis'' through the legal inconsistencies that arises when balancing Israel´s responsibility as the occupying power of the west bank and its justification for its use of premptive strikes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erakat |first=Noura |title=Justice for some: law and the question of Palestine |date=2019 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-1357-7 |location=Stanford, California |pages=181}}</ref> Another example Erakat refers to is Israel´s legal legal interpretation of the laws of war in [[The Second Intifada]]. Erakat argues that, to not grant Palestinian militant groups the rights of belligerent groups and to non-combatants in the occupied territories given by the international laws of conflict, it had argued that conflict as ¨short of war¨, under the concept of ''Sui Generis''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erakat |first=Noura |title=Justice for some: law and the question of Palestine |date=2019 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-1357-7 |location=Stanford, California |pages=182-183}}</ref> This for Erakat, allowed Israel to wield international law in order to fulfill its aims during the conflict without following the pre-existing legal conventions regarding armed conflict.