Sentences with phrase «for violations of international law»

In that case, the Supreme Court will be considering the controversial decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the Alien Tort Statute (which allows lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of international law) does not create a legal basis for such suits against corporations.

Thornberry stressed the importance of investigation and accountability for violations of international law in Gaza, asking Alistair Burt:

Not exact matches

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).

Last September, the Nordic Ombudsmen for Children issued a joint statement declaring non-therapeutic circumcision of boys a violation of international human rights law.

And this is the problem: the measures he proposes would and could only be enforced at the cost of massive violations of human rights, and by dismantling the fragile but promising structures of technological know - how, international law, trade, and communication by which we are building up a still - feeble sense of what it means to be a single humanity on a single globe, under God and responsible for a common world.

The Islamabad - based NGO The Network for Consumer Protection (The Network) claimed formula milk had been distributed in camps, in violation of the International Code and Pakistan's own laws.

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.

«Would you accept that the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion was largely due to your failure to ensure: (1) that system was in place to ensure a transparent and accountable spending of budget for military operations in strict accordance with the standards of international law including the UN Convention against Corruption; (2) that any such system was operating in a continuous and effective manner; and (3) that violations of the standards were punished when detected by that system?

For the past decade, trade unions representing thousands of workers, student unions, faith groups and local councils have mobilised to end UK complicity with Israel's repeated violations of international law in its policies against Palestinians.

To call out workers on «essential services» for a national strike without any major trade dispute with their direct employers will be tantamount to blatant violation of our extant labour laws and international labour standards.

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the US for launching missile strikes against the Assad regime in Syria - hours after his deputy called the strikes a «direct and proportionate response to a clear violation of international law».

Presidential signing statements, rejection of oversight, refusals to testify, unequal application of law for the rich and white, abuse of Social Security, road and other trust funds, abuse of prisoners in violation of international treaties, refusal to reveal special industry consultants to the president, invasion of privacy in defiance of law and the Constitution as generally understood, expansion of U.S. presence abroad without informing Congress, a secret intelligence establishment big enough to field armies yet unable to provide reliable intelligence.

Taylor is himself in the dock charged by the Special Court for Sierra Leone with crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.

The immediate threat in the United States is that dirty energy lobbyists will effectively use hypothetical arguments of WTO or NAFTA illegality to chill congressional action and provide cover for U.S. legislators who are indebted to Big Oil, Big Coal and the LNG lobby for campaign contributions, even though international trade law is not incorporated into U.S. domestic law and violations can not be enforced in U.S. domestic courts.

I figure that would make it impossible for the government to revoke it, because it would render them stateless, making revocation a violation of international human rights law.

In Samantar v Yousef (699 F. 3rd 763, 2012) the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that «under international and domestic law, officials from other countries are not entitled to foreign official immunity for jus cogens violations, even if the acts are performed in an official capacity».

Expert witness Juan Mendez, a professor of human rights and international law at the Washington College of Law of the American University in Washington, D.C., and a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, testified that the Mandela Rules represent an objective standard for determining whether a person has been subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and, he said, «there has been quite a solid consensus that anything beyond 15 days is in violation of international standards... even with mitigating circumstances.&raqlaw at the Washington College of Law of the American University in Washington, D.C., and a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, testified that the Mandela Rules represent an objective standard for determining whether a person has been subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and, he said, «there has been quite a solid consensus that anything beyond 15 days is in violation of international standards... even with mitigating circumstances.&raqLaw of the American University in Washington, D.C., and a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, testified that the Mandela Rules represent an objective standard for determining whether a person has been subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and, he said, «there has been quite a solid consensus that anything beyond 15 days is in violation of international standards... even with mitigating circumstances.»

Beth Stephens, Translating Filartiga: A Comparative and International Law Analysis of Domestic Remedies for International Human Rights Violations, 27 Yale.

«Reparation for Gross Violations of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law at the International Court of Justice» in Reparations for Victims of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes: Systems in Place and Systems in the Making, C. Ferstman, M. Goetz and A. Stephens (eds.)

Campaign Against Arms Trade v. Secretary of State for Trade: Junior Counsel for the Claimant in landmark challenge to the legality of continued licensing of arms and military equipment for export to Saudi Arabia on grounds that weapons may be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Campaign Against Arms Trade v. Secretary of State for Trade (High Court): Junior Counsel for the Claimant in landmark challenge to the legality of continued licensing of arms and military equipment for export to Saudi Arabia on grounds that weapons may be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Conor's book, Reparations and Victim Support in the International Criminal Court (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) explores the ICC's regime of victim redress and the role it plays within the context of other systems of remedies for grave violations of international law at the national and internatInternational Criminal Court (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) explores the ICC's regime of victim redress and the role it plays within the context of other systems of remedies for grave violations of international law at the national and internatinternational law at the national and internationalinternational levels.

The case established that the ATS provides jurisdiction over tort actions in such «foreign cubed» cases, brought by non-US plaintiffs against non-US defendants for violations of customary international law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed outside the US.

Mr Rivkin commented: «President Erdogan's fierce and unrelenting assault on Turkey's democratic institutions in violation of international law and the nation's Constitution has removed any credibility for his actions.

... it seems to us that if a state adopts a rule restricting access to the court which it is not required by international law to adopt, there is a violation of Article 6 ECHR unless the rule otherwise meets the requirements for the limitation of that right.

The ongoing representation of a US oil and gas drilling company in US and Venezuelan litigations against the Republic of Venezuela and the Venezuelan national oil company for takings in violation of international law and breaches of contract under the expropriation and commercial activities exceptions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

The application focuses on export licences for weapons in general, and follows allegations of violations of international humanitarian law by Saudi Arabia, including, but not limited, its use of cluster munitions.

«Accountability and legal rights, including matters relating to the responsibility for any violations of laws by an artificial intelligence system and the compatibility of international regulations.»

• Diane A. Desierto and Colin E. Gillespie, A Modern Integrated Paradigm for International Responsibility Arising from Violations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 3 Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 2 (2014), pp. 556 - 595.

I am thus particularly pleased — and relieved — that the book is met with comments that enquire about the potential reach and limitations of my findings but not the general idea that it is legitimate and legally possible for international criminal lawyers to consider ESCR violations as part of what «their» body of law — under certain circumstances — can engage with (and has actually done so).

In addition, the Commission will examine the question of whether the mechanism for examining and investigating complaints and claims raised in relation to violations of the laws of armed conflict, as conducted in Israel generally, and as implemented with regard to the present incident, conform with the obligations of the State of Israel under the rules of international law.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

[26] The extent to which Australia will be responsible in international law for violations of obligations owed under international treaties and customary law is thus minimised.

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