Sentences with phrase «if international law»

If the international law notion that inhabited land may be classified as terra nullius no longer commands general support, the doctrines of the common law which depends on the notion.can hardly be retained.

If International law is to be enforced then governments have got to start serving the «people» and putting the needs of the people first.

Panelists will discuss how to determine which jurisdiction's privilege rules apply or if international law should govern and what the ideal characteristics of international privilege norms are.

There are a number of points in the reasoning of the Court that are not particularly convincing and show the Court's unwillingness to reason in terms of international law even if international law such as the Aarhus Convention is at stake.

If international law is, in some ways, at the vanishing point of law, the law of war is, perhaps even more conspicuously, at the vanishing point of international law.

Not exact matches

If China is jamming US Navy aircraft flying in international airspace at sea, it serve as yet another sign that Beijing may disregard international law and norms to defend its South China Sea land grab.

The remaining money is also shared with international partners and, if local law enforcement helped in the case, they can apply for up to 80 % of the proceeds.

But international law expert Rebecca Shaeffer told Michael Day of The Independent that «if Ms. Knox were definitely convicted and extradition were refused by the U.S., there are other things that Italy might do.»

If you are in any industry that buys goods that at some point cross an international border, you are impacted by trade laws and tariffs.

The tribunal at The Hague has no enforcement mechanism, but Beijing may fear a blow to its global reputation if it is seen as flouting international law.

In addition, if Britain makes its own laws in terms of international trade, it may look to support its domestic steel industry,» said Goutam Chakraborty, an analyst at Emkay Global Financial Services.

In September, Roskomnadzor warned CNN International over alleged violations of Russian media law.101 In October, the Ministry of Justice warned Radio Svoboda and Nastoyashcheye Vremya — the Russian - language outlets of U.S. - funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL)-- about the possibility of being designated as foreign agents.102 These warnings were apparently aimed at preparing a legal basis for countermeasures if the United States required Kremlin mouthpieces RT and Sputnik to register as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Under English law, which often applies to such policies involving international trade, because insurance contracts are «of the utmost good faith», the policyholder is required to disclose all «material» facts to the insurance company even if no question is asked by the insurance company.

US considering limits on China's tech investments The US Department of the Treasury is considering deploying a little - used law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to potentially block transactions and seize assets if President Trump declares China's violation of US intellectual property rights a national emergency.

Even if international tribunals, especially the ICC, were to meet with greater success in arresting arch-human-rights violators, deterring future violators, and bolstering the rule of law, they would remain morally unsatisfying as a response to massive evil.

If ethics is allowed to be controlled by the laws of any individual state there is a danger of returning to legal positivism, where the laws of a single state are allowed to contradict universal human rights, allowing residents of that state «legally» to carry out actions that are totally unacceptable to the international community and the Catholic Church.

According to ADF International, which is legally representing the couple, the law allows Minnesota to punish the Larsens with fines and jail time «if they create wedding films consistent with their Christian faith while declining to create wedding films promoting contrary views».

So if we are supposed to learn morality from God, does this means that those international laws against torture and indefinite detention are not necessary?

By filing a lawsuit to set aside the Mexico City policy on the basis of «international law» created outside the American political system, the CRLP has demonstrated that it firmly believes that «international law» (which has little if anything to do with the will of the American people or the representatives they elect to govern them) is nevertheless enforceable against the American people and, ultimately, the people of the world.

While urging America's continued neutrality in the war, Alva Taylor conceded, «If we must fight, let it be for humanity and international law and not for any cause that is so intimately tied up with territorial aggression» (March 8, 1917).

In the ensuing international backlash against the bill, Lively claimed that he did not support the death penalty for hom.ose.xuality but that if the «offending sections» were modified, the proposed law criminalizing hom.ose.xuality «would be an encouraging step in the right direction.»

Despite efforts in international law to distinguish between degrees of culpability with regard to politicians, generals and ordinary citizens, policies of direct attacks upon civilians continue to find a rationale in the identification of the citizen with the state — even if the ordinary citizen is both ignorant of and indifferent to affairs of state.

For example, by 30 percentage points (67.3 percent to 37 percent) native - born citizens are more likely to believe that the U.S. Constitution should be a higher legal authority than international law if there is a conflict between the two.

Eventually a permanent police force and the pooling of sovereignty in certain areas are necessary if enforceable international law is to arise.

That means if he wants to move from under the shadow of Lionel Messi (His best friend) and Diego Maradona (His Father In law) he will have to move, success and accolades that they have don't come from teams that are constant disappointments on an international scale.

Having already threatened to boycott this year's match if David Graham did not resign as captain, the Internationals again laid down the law by demanding that the event be held overseas in 1998 — or else.

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If my understanding is correct, the only wars considered lawful by the UN are defensive wars or the ones sanctioned by her, assuming of course that UN has the final say in international law.

«If these allegations are proven this will be a major breach of international law and the sovereignty of both Dubai and the United Kingdom.

Would you mind if I added the first part (modified to make it more generic) to the wiki / general information of the «international - law» tag?

UK arms export rules are clear that licences for military equipment should not be granted if there is a «clear risk» that they «might» be used in violation of international humanitarian law.

In Russian constitution, Article 15, part 4: «If international treaty sets up different provisions than the federal law, then the provisions of the international treaty apply».

Likewise, it is not, in general, possible to apply principles of international law to a dispute to determine if something is or is not legal under...

Section 1 (4) of the Act does say that «shall only give or withdraw consent or withdraw acceptance if he is satisfied that to do so is permissible under international law.»

That's because jurisdiction just controls what that country's courts do — American jurisdiction means that American courts are willing to try the person and American law enforcement can arrest them if they set foot in America, and the only time the US doesn't get to establish jurisdiction is if US law prevents it (e.g. the Constitution) or if an international treaty forbids it (e.g. diplomatic immunity).

This theory concludes that a regional entity is considered an independent state or a person in international law if and only if it is recognized as such by other sovereign entities.

They may lose their nationality if they violate their flag state's laws or do not comply with its requirements; their flag state may be unrecognized by the international community; or they may never register with any state.

If a treaty is in irreconcilable conflict with a Federal law, the one executed later in time prevails, although courts generally try to harmonize domestic and international obligations whenever possible.

If it is not, then it does not fall under the regulative purview of International Humanitarian Law and its permission to kill combatants without due process.

If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.

Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Benito Owusu - Bio who is leading the delegation, told Joy News Monday that the team will be assessing if small - scale diamond miners, operating legally, are being compliant with international laws.

But he adds: «Of course, that needs the Treaty of Lisbon to be ratified, in the first place, if Ireland recovers some sense, and a different international scene where multilateralism and trust for international law prevail.»

Secondly, if they do regard them as the government of Libya what are the international law implications of such recognition?

The pointlessness of it all merely increases when we acknowledge that France, Belgium and the Netherlands will enforce international law even if we don't.

«I saw this as an extension of the existing law to international organizations, so I didn't read it the way they did, but of course I will listen, and if the bill says what they say it says, then I certainly won't support it,» Gillibrand said.

A series of walls, checkpoints, settlements and soldiers fill the 30 - mile gap between our hometowns... because my wife has a Palestinian ID, she can not fly [to Tel Aviv's Ben - Gurion International Airport]; she is relegated to flying to Amman, Jordan... we are forced to take different bridges, two hours apart, and endure often humiliating waiting and questioning just to cross into Israel and the West Bank... If we lived in the region, I would have to forgo my residency, since Israeli law prevents my wife from living with me in Israel.

this would be a better answer if it contained less of your opinion of what should happen and more facts about how international law and treaties could be applied.

The constitutive theory of statehood defines a state as a person of international law if, and only if, it is recognized as sovereign by other states.

«If the UK government wants to be seen to uphold international law, it has a duty to make sure that these indiscriminate weapons are no longer part of its arsenal.»