Sentences with phrase «by foreign states»

The list also raises serious concerns about the role being played by foreign state - owned corporations in the oil sands.

However, the exceptions to state immunity have grown over time, so that the modern doctrine provides for several other exceptions besides waiver by the foreign state.

The following year, Monaco filed suit against the State of Mississippi in the U.S. Supreme Court, but the high court refused to hear Monaco's claim on the grounds that the «Court has no jurisdiction of a suit brought by a foreign state against a state of the Union without her consent.»

Lord Mance's judgment considers there to be three types of foreign state aid rule: one of private international law; one precluding domestic courts from questioning the validity of a foreign state's sovereign act in respect of property in its jurisdiction; and domestic courts will treat some categories of sovereign act by a foreign state as non-justiciable.

It continues: «It is right for the British government to comment on hostile actions by foreign states in breach of international law wherever they occur - on UK territory, in Syria or in Yemen.

Under the new guidelines, the acquisition of oil sands companies by foreign state - owned enterprises will only be found to constitute a new benefit for Canada in «exceptional circumstances.»

Further, since 2011, it has introduced additional hurdles applying to sizable investments in Canada by foreign state - owned enterprises.

The pleas of state immunity fail, as the interests or activities covered by the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property 2004, art 6 (2)(b) do not include reputational damage suffered by foreign states if it is proven that foreign officials acted contrary to their own laws.

Foreign public investors (i.e., foreign investors controlled by foreign states or international organizations) are not permitted to obtain control over Strategic Entities or acquire more than 25 percent of a Strategic Entity's property and must obtain consent of the Government Commission for acquisitions of the reduced stakes in Strategic Entities.

It is not uncommon for plaintiffs to utilize the US courts and laws such as the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA) to challenge the legitimacy of actions taken by foreign states within their own sovereign territory.

The law as it currently stands has weak annual reporting requirements from government agencies, does not provide much protection to Canadians from abusive treatment by foreign states, does not give the Privacy Commissioner order - making power, does not provide redress in cases involving harm, does not prevent over-collection of personal information, does not protect against surveillance where the data is not recorded, and does not feature security breach disclosure requirements.

The idea that a non-governmental actor pursuing a personal political agenda could hack the DNC and potentially sway an election is bad enough, an act of cyberwarfare by a foreign state is arguably much worse.