Sentences with phrase «international water law»

University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, Certificate in International Water Law and Law of Transboundary Aquifers, 2016

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The jury also included experts such as Laura Esquivel, author of the best - seller Like Water for Chocolate, the Basque writer Kirmen Uribe, Cristina Franchini, expert in international law, the rural sociologist Matthew Goldfarb and María Fernanda di Giacobbe, winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize 2016.

International experts in other disciplines joined them including novelist Laura Esquivel, author of the hugely popular novel Like Water for Chocolate; Kirmen Uribe, one of the most widely read and translated Basque language authors; Cristina Franchini, an expert on International Law; Matthew Goldfarb, organic farmer, rural sociologist and expert in sustainable production; and María Fernanda di Giacobbe, winner of the 2016 Basque Culinary World Prize.

It's my understanding that when in international waters you are under the laws of your home country.

It depends on the maritime laws of the flag state and whether the ship is in international or national waters at the time of the incident.

: Government Obligations Created by the Human Right to Water,» Texas International Law Journal 41:533.

Harberger analyzes the consequences for governments if the human right to water becomes an accepted norm of international law.

The human right to water is not fully defined by current international law or practice, but it has been protected as necessary to secure other human rights, such as the rights to health, well - being and life.

He was held under water until he felt like he was dying, says Joanne Mariner, an expert in humanitarian law for Amnesty International.

A new report by authors from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explores the sources and impacts of plastic marine litter and offers domestic and international policy recommendations to tackle these growing problems — a targeted, multifaceted approach aimed at protecting ocean wildlife, coastal waters, coastal economies and human health.

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Though the waters above claimed areas will remain international, the Law of the Sea mandates that states can win the sole right to exploit anything on or beneath the seabed if they convince the commission that the zones are a natural prolongation of their dry landmasses.

Even if continental shelf extensions were conferred all the way to the North Pole — unambiguously in the overlying water column — high seas still would exist beyond sovereign jurisdictions, where more than 160 nations have rights and responsibilities under international law.

She's smart, capable and an indispensable part of the team that makes sure bad guys worldwide don't slip through the murky waters of international law.»

WATER LEX AND WASH UNITED: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Courts Worldwide: A Selection of National, Regional and International Case Law — Information about the legal enforcement of the human rights to water and sanitaWATER LEX AND WASH UNITED: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Courts Worldwide: A Selection of National, Regional and International Case Law — Information about the legal enforcement of the human rights to water and sanitaWATER LEX AND WASH UNITED: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Courts Worldwide: A Selection of National, Regional and International Case Law — Information about the legal enforcement of the human rights to water and sanitaWater and Sanitation in Courts Worldwide: A Selection of National, Regional and International Case Law — Information about the legal enforcement of the human rights to water and sanitaWater and Sanitation in Courts Worldwide: A Selection of National, Regional and International Case Law — Information about the legal enforcement of the human rights to water and sanitawater and sanitawater and sanitation.

To enrol in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires an extra registration step for students under 13 years due to international internet laws).

Meanwhile, demand for freshwater continues to rise, and the region does not coordinate its water management because of different interpretations of international laws.»

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The signatories of the letter include American Rivers, Center for International Environmental Law, Citizens for Global Solutions, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Environment America, Greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, Native American Rights Fund, National Tribal Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Population Action International, Population Connection, Rails - to - Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Jacobs, R.W., 2005: Treading deep waters: Substantive law issues in Tuvalu's threat to sue the United States in the international court of justice.

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Taiwan has no law against fins taken from international waters coming into its ports.

And even though Western Sahara has a distinct status as a matter of international law, saliently, both the Council and the Commission have explicitly stated that the FPA and its Protocol are indeed applicable to (the waters adjacent to) Western Sahara (Western Sahara Campaign UK, Opinion of AG Wathelet para 144).

When considering a special meaning of the expression «waters falling within the sovereignty» of Morocco as including Western Saharan waters, the Court pointed out that agreeing to such a special meaning would be contrary to the EU's obligations under international law, ie self - determination and the relative effect of treaties, stopping short of reprimanding the EU for potentially recognising Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara (Judgment paras 63, 71).

In what reporter Gina Passarella in The Legal Intelligencer calls an example of the current economic climate's «uncharted waters» and «choppy tides,» Fordham Law School yesterday took the highly unusual and perhaps even unprecedented step of banning the international law firm Reed Smith, the 16th - ranked firm on this year's Am Law 100, from interviewing on campus for five yeaLaw School yesterday took the highly unusual and perhaps even unprecedented step of banning the international law firm Reed Smith, the 16th - ranked firm on this year's Am Law 100, from interviewing on campus for five yealaw firm Reed Smith, the 16th - ranked firm on this year's Am Law 100, from interviewing on campus for five yeaLaw 100, from interviewing on campus for five years.

We know the law and can help you, whether your injury occurred in international waters or a foreign port of call.

Maritime law, also known as admiralty law, governs how a vessel should behave while out in open sea and handles legal disputes arising on navigable waters or bodies of water used for interstate or international commerce.

Matt was also the Fulbright Australian Alumni (WG Walker) Scholar and the Law Foundation of South Australia Fellow and studied at Harvard Law School, focusing on water disputes, comparative constitutional law, environmental law, and international arbitratiLaw Foundation of South Australia Fellow and studied at Harvard Law School, focusing on water disputes, comparative constitutional law, environmental law, and international arbitratiLaw School, focusing on water disputes, comparative constitutional law, environmental law, and international arbitratilaw, environmental law, and international arbitratilaw, and international arbitration.

First: it is a misconception that international waters are «lawless;» many aspects of international maritime law are determined by international treaty.

(2) Any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the laws of the United States, and being on a voyage upon the waters of any of the Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where the same constitutes the International Boundary Line.

3rd May 2018 — Led by Munich partner Nikolas Zirngibl international law firm Hogan Lovells advised BASF SE on combining its paper and water chemicals business with US specialty chemical company Solenis.

I read an article giving only the information that «Maritime laws prohibit stained tankers from navigating international waters.»

Apparently there are some «laws» that make it illegal to sail dirty ships in international waters.

Everything from three day cruises to cruises around the world invite travel risk as most cruises parlay into international waters and into regions where the traveler may be unfamiliar with local custom and local laws.

This means that the legal right of innocent passage in Australian territorial waters does not arise under Australian law but customary international law.

the court found, as a matter of law, exclusive native rights offshore would be inconsistent with other common law rights of the public to navigate tidal waters and to fish, and with the international law obligations to allow innocent passage of shipping in territorial seas.

See generally Opeskin, B.R., «The Law of the Sea» in Blay, S., Piotrowicz, R., and Tsamenyi, M., Public International Law: an Australian Perspective, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997; Sparkes, S., «Below Low Water: Marine Boundaries and Native Title - a Brief Overview» in Myers, G.D., (ed) In the Wake of the Wik, National Native Title Tribunal, Perth, 1999.