Does it mean nation states always heed them? Obviously not. Russia today, the US in Iraq etc. Perhaps international law is observed more in its principles than in its practice.
But it does exist and probably goes back to ancient times in Mesopotamia, and certainly to Rome and Greece.
There's a wiki article here headed "International Lae", so at the very minimum, it exists in the English language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law
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