Sentences with phrase «un security»

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Yesterday, the UN Security Council imposed fresh sanctions against North Korea a week after it conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test to date.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots believes that excluding the voices of women and other gender identities from global policymaking efforts on peace and security runs counter to UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

China is the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to find that new international law is required on fully autonomous weapons.

A similar number of states are expected to participate in the 2015 meeting as attended the first meeting in 2014, including all UN Security Council members.

A total of 120 nations are «high contracting» or state parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), including all five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Last December, China became the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to find that new international law is required to regulate fully autonomous weapons.

Approximately 80 or 90 states are expected to participate in the third CCW meeting, including all permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Major powers on board include all five permanent members of the UN Security Council while representation from developing nations has been poor, particularly among states from Africa, Asia - Pacific, and the Middle East.

The speakers included all five permanent members of the UN Security Council; leading nations of the non-aligned movement (NAM) such as Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, and Pakistan; and humanitarian disarmament champions Austria, Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland.

Municipal and regional courts are increasingly engaged by individuals and legal entities in questions relating to UN Security Council measures adopted under Article 41 of the Charter.

The English Divisional Court refused to grant the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament an advisory declaration on whether UN Security Council Resolution 1441 authorised the United Kingdom, without further approval, to use force against Iraq.

Unfortunately, last Wednesday a few people accredited with NGOs caused some disturbances inside the centre, and UN security had the extreme reaction of denying entry to any more NGO delegates that day, including myself.

However, the government successfully argued that his detention was authorised by UN Security Council Resolution 1546 (resolution 1546) and that his Art 5 rights were, accordingly, qualified.

The failure by the UN Security Council to explicitly sanction the Russian use of force against Georgia defeats any possible justifications for such use of force.

The second is the determination under Art 39 by the UN Security Council of the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression to which it may decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Arts 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security.

Paragraph 11 of Delivering Justice emphasised that the UN Security Council should fully adhere to applicable international law and basic rule of law principles.

So, too, in Kadi v European Council: T - 315 / 01 [2005] All ER (D) 119 (Sep) the CFI analysed the relationship between UN Security Council resolutions and domestic law, and held that, in light of that relationship, the EC was competent to order the freezing of individuals» funds in connection with the fight against international terrorism.

From 1993 to 2003, Libya was subjected to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) based economic sanctions as a result of alleged involvement in the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 (the Lockerbie bombing).

On the contrary, yesterday's UN Security Council meeting showed that the leading countries of the world, such as the United States, France, Britain, Australia, China, and all the EU Member States stands for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, strongly condemn Russia's actions towards Ukraine and declare the application of appropriate sanctions to Russia.

It is apparent from this wording that the UN Security Council is endowed with a power to make determinations of fact (which in practice are unlikely to be susceptible to judicial review before the International Court of Justice), which in turn may trigger resolutions authorising the use of force, and otherwise binding upon all UN member states.

The «gateway» for Chapter VII is a determination by the UN Security Council that there is «any threat to the peace, breach of the peace» which enables measures to be taken pursuant to Arts 41 and 42 «to maintain or restore international peace and security».

This special arrangement was accepted to allow Russia to retain the permanent seat in the UN Security Council.

International Criminal Court prosecutor pleads that UN Security Council take action in Darfur, Reuters

The UN Security Council acting pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter may by majority vote — so long as none of the permanent members exercise a veto — authorise the use of measures falling short of the use of force (Art 41), and if the Security Council considers Art 41 measures are, or would be inadequate, it may authorise «measures» (which include the use of force) «as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security» (Art 42).

He has extensive experience on the use of international law (including the United Nations Charter, and UN Security Council resolutions) in domestic proceedings; and the use of foreign law in domestic proceedings.

He also has extensive experience on the use of international law (including the United Nations Charter, and UN Security Council resolutions) in domestic proceedings; and the use of foreign law in domestic proceedings.

These UN Security Council resolutions provide the legal basis for the EU naval operation mandated with the task of disrupting the business model of migrant smugglers and human traffickers in the Southern Central Mediterranean: EU NAVFOR MED Operation Sophia.

Source: OXFAM In response to the UN Security Council's six month renewal of the mandate of the UN mission that has been monitoring a ceasefire in Western Sahara -LSB-...]

At its heart the case concerns the question of the level of deference the EU courts should pay to resolutions of the UN Security -LSB-...]

In concluding, Lord Phillips referred to the recent decision in HM Treasury v A (reviewed here on the UKSC Blog) in which the UKSC held that the government's regime for freezing the assets of suspected terrorists (passed by resolution from the UN Security Council, but not by Parliament) was unlawful, since it breached the common law principle of legality.

The point here is simply that what finished the seemingly never - ending story of Mr Kadi's listing was not judicial intervention by the EU, but the UN Security Council responding to its own Ombudsperson.

This means that as a matter of fact, the EU has always been in full compliance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council (and the decisions of its «1267 Committee») as far as Mr Kadi was concerned.

However, in Kadi v Council and Commission, the CFI dismissed his challenge to the regulation, on the basis that UN Security Council Resolutions were binding on the EU save on jus cogens grounds.

The human rights are the part of the United Nations system, and the humanitarian interventions per se are widely recognized, for example the First Gulf War was accepted by the UN Security Council.

Advising a multinational corporation in respect of obligations under EU and domestic law pursuant to an EU / UN Security Council Sanctions regime.

His 50 - year career in international law and diplomacy has spanned a wide and varied field, including settlement of disputes; the law of treaties; State responsibility; diplomatic and State immunity; maritime delimitation; the law of the Continental shelf; outer space and nuclear energy; the law of international organisations; the UN Security Council; the laws of war and neutrality; international criminal tribunals; and numerous other areas.

The answer: Implementing the UN Security Council resolutions with regard to Mr Kadi, i.e. freezing his assets (and implementing a travel ban against him).

Liberia: UN Security Council threatens to amend sanctions on Liberian timber and diamonds, undermining peace in the region and further punishing war - torn Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.

Does he want America to give up its position on the UN Security Council?

Following the enactment of this law, UN Security Council timber export sanctions against Liberia were lifted, permitting commercial forestry activities to resume.

Putting an end to the debate over climate change, the UN Security Council in a presidential statement declared at its meeting on climate change on July 20 that possible adverse effects of climate change may, in the long run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security.

In the setup for the NewsHour's 11/17/16 Myron Ebell story, they showed a very brief scene at the United Nations» Morocco Climate Conference where an unidentified «man» was seen declaring that the US would shred the Paris Climate Accord, before being escorted away by UN security police.

Due to the UN Security Council's inaction on Liberia, the Liberian timber industry remains a primary source of funding for Liberia's war machine.

The UN Security Council recently passed a resolution paving the way for the imposition of asset freezes and travel bans on companies that support armed groups in eastern Congo via the illicit mineral trade.

Now it looks though as if the EU's feeble support is waning in favor of countries that are perceived as more politically and strategically powerful, not only in the climate change negotiations but also in other UN realms as for instance the UN Security Council.

Recent UN Security Council resolutions have called on governments to take measures against those sourcing minerals from armed groups in eastern Congo, but so far member states have shied away from placing any companies or individuals under UN sanctions, despite abundant evidence published by the UN Group of Experts and Global Witness.

Over the coming weeks, UN Security Council members will be deciding on benchmarks that MONUC needs to meet before it can withdraw from DRC without triggering a relapse into instability.

A policy briefing by Global Witness for the incoming Liberian Government, the UN Security Council and international donors.»

December 2005 «Timber, Taylor, Soldier, Spy»: How Liberia's uncontrolled resource exploitation, Charles Taylor's manipulation and the re-recruitment of ex-combatants are threatening regional peace», June 2005 «A Time For Justice: Why the International Community, UN Security Council and Nigeria should help facilitate Charles Taylor's immediate extradition to the Special Court for Sierra Leone» June 2005 «Dangerous Liaisons: The ongoing relationship between Liberia's natural resource industries, arms trafficking and regional insecurity», December 2004; «Resource Curse or Cure?