Sentences with phrase «illegal by international law»

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The government followed up by making an illegal gift to American car manufacturers by saying «We're going to break international law and only give subsidies to U.S. auto companies, not foreign - owned companies in the United States.

A third party country that uses force in territory controlled by another sovereign state, without the express or implied consent of a sovereign state with a legitimate claim to that territory, is an illegal aggressor under international law, rather than a participant in a collective security effort which international law recognizes as a legitimate reason to use military force.

«illegal» by international law has very little meaning.

Alistair Burt responded by conflating boycotts of illegal settlements which are about maintaining international law, with boycotts of Israel:

International politics are not governed by laws, so no action by a state can be definitely legal or illegal.

Those pressing for an inquiry argue that the war may have been illegal under international law and that Tony Blair made a wholly inadequate case for war by overblowing the case against Saddam Hussein, based on dubious intelligence.

While national and international laws protect the Critically Endangered western lowland gorilla and the Endangered central chimpanzee, both subspecies continue to be threatened by hunters and traders seeking to supply the illegal commercial market and demand for bushmeat, particularly in urban areas.

Review November 2017 exposés of illegal timber trade by Global Witness and the Center for International Environmental Law

In response to campaigns launched by climate activists to impose regulations and controls on U.S. exports of coal, liquefied natural gas and oil, corporate trade lawyers and dirty energy apologists are insisting that government controls on fossil fuel exports are illegal under international trade and investment law.

In 2000, however, the House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs found that the war was illegal, though it offered by way of mitigation the conclusion that: «NATO's military action, if of dubious legality in the current state of international law, was justified on moral grounds.»

International money transfer company Payza has been accused of wittingly transmitting funds that were derived from illegal activity by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), a violation of criminal laws.