Resolutions of the General Assembly are sometimes referred to as soft law, since they cannot be classified as full-fledged rules of international law such as international custom, treaties, or general principles of law. However, resolutions meet, to a great extent, the criteria to be termed as law.Soft law consists of written instruments that spell out rules of conduct that are not legally binding and do not generate the requisite opinio juris contributing to customary rules but that lay down the trend for the future development of law.