Sentences with phrase «implement international treaties»

Under section 51 (xxix) of the Constitution, the external affairs power, the Commonwealth has undoubted power to implement its international treaty obligations, including the ICCPR, and is accountable for failures of the states and territories to comply with these obligations.

Not exact matches

These considerations are made even more relevant because of present United States commitments to international treaties on human rights, which could conceivably, at some time, put United States positive laws relating to abortion and the judges who implement them at variance with and in violation of a future international consensus on that issue.»
The brief describes the inadequacy of existing international legal mechanisms to resolve this litter crisis, calling on the global community to develop a new international treaty while also urging immediate action to implement regional and local solutions.
That international treaty, implemented in 1989, banned ozone - depleting chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons worldwide.
President Obama also has the power under the Clean Air Act to implement an executive agreement at the international level, rendering Senate approval of a climate treaty unnecessary.
Sorry, I will be more forthcoming: the effect of implementing the currently signed Kyoto treaty will be to get the international community united and focused on an urgent problem.
When the White House announced that it will withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement last week, it was hard not to hear the echoes of the Bush Administration's 2001 decision not to submit the Kyoto Protocol — the world's first international climate treaty to reduce emissions forged in 1997 — to the Senate for ratification or to implement the protocol.
Instead of serving up an all - encompassing formal treaty that requires ratification of a certain mix of countries to take effect under international law, an agreement's legal force on emissions could stem from domestic laws countries pass to implement the emission - control efforts they pledge.
He said that Trump's election — and the likely U.S. exodus from the Paris Climate Agreement — does not represent a «rerun» of the Kyoto climate protocol, another international treaty intended to curb carbon emissions which, in 2001, former President George W. Bush declined to implement.
The Montreal Protocol is the most successful international environmental treaty, and is uniquely positioned to adopt and implement a phase - down of HFCs.
Incomplete and off the cuff to be implemented mostly via international treaty:
The challenge is to draft the most workable and effective international treaty that, if implemented, has the potential to increase foreign investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
These changes include substantive changes to implement several international treaties: the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement, as well as eliminating the requirement to declare use of a trade - mark.
There's no single solution, but at an international level change has to come from nations fully accepting and implementing their responsibilities under international treaties to protect and fulfil human rights.
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is a powerful international treaty that can yield beneficial results when it is implemented correctly and aInternational Child Abduction is a powerful international treaty that can yield beneficial results when it is implemented correctly and ainternational treaty that can yield beneficial results when it is implemented correctly and appropriately.
Scott begins by pointing to one of the recommendations from Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission asking governments «to recognize and implement the health - care rights of Aboriginal people as identified in international law and constitutional law, and under the Treaties
I would also guess that the effect of the treaty as implemented by member states is only to ships that intend to travel to international waters or are coming in from international waters (to leave coastal boats in national waters to local regulation).
An international consensus on broad changes to ISDS implemented by an international convention could result in changes to the dispute resolution system for many existing investment treaties.
The primary responsibility for implementing international human rights treaty obligations lies with national governments.
Australia has agreed that the international treaties it joins, including human rights treaties, should be implemented throughout the nation and that the existence of different levels of government provides no reason for Australia's international obligations to be neglected in any part of the country.
22 Australia has agreed that the international treaties it joins, including human rights treaties, should be implemented throughout the nation and that the existence of different levels of government provides no reason for Australia's international obligations to be neglected in any part of the country (art 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1155 UNTS 331, Australia ratifietreaties it joins, including human rights treaties, should be implemented throughout the nation and that the existence of different levels of government provides no reason for Australia's international obligations to be neglected in any part of the country (art 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1155 UNTS 331, Australia ratifietreaties, should be implemented throughout the nation and that the existence of different levels of government provides no reason for Australia's international obligations to be neglected in any part of the country (art 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1155 UNTS 331, Australia ratifieTreaties, 1155 UNTS 331, Australia ratified 1974).
The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoplinternational concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoplInternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoplInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoplinternational law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoplinternational instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,
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