Sentences with phrase «in general international law»

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In general, many nations are watching the ruling — and China's reaction to it — as a watershed moment for international law.

It adds: «With respect to the existence and the political choices of the State of Israel, they must be seen from a point of view that is not in itself religious but based on general considerations of international law.»

He provides a clear summary of international human rights law for the general reader, including a wealth of detail on the manifold human rights operations of the UN, on U.S. human rights policies over the years, and on regional human rights tribunals in Europe and Latin America.

Despite efforts in international law to distinguish between degrees of culpability with regard to politicians, generals and ordinary citizens, policies of direct attacks upon civilians continue to find a rationale in the identification of the citizen with the state — even if the ordinary citizen is both ignorant of and indifferent to affairs of state.

Carlos Campo, Ashland University president Vincent Bacote, Wheaton University theology professor Kyle Duncan, former general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and lead counsel in the Hobby Lobby case Tom Farr, Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University Kellie Fiedorek, Alliance Defending Freedom Wayne Grudem, Phoenix Seminary Chad Hatfield, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary chancellor Thomas Kidd, Baylor University professor Daniel Mark, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Michael McConnell, Stanford University Law School Doug Napier, Alliance Defending Freedom Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference president Meir Soloveichik, Yeshiva University Rick Warren, Saddleback Church Thomas White, Cedarville University president

About this new Russian role, Major Patrick Walsh, associate professor in the International and Operational Law Department at the US Army's Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Virginia, says:

International law is a set of general principles, often internally inconsistent, that guide the diplomatic and military affairs of sovereign states, as I explain in the first part of my answer here.

And, in general, international law's force and sources have more to do with examples and analogies than with an authoritative statute - like rule book.

Likewise, it is not, in general, possible to apply principles of international law to a dispute to determine if something is or is not legal under...

Furthermore, as Matthew Happold pointed out in a previous post, general international law does not provide for diplomatic asylum.

Obviously I am asking inspired by the China's actions but I am more interested in the international law and treaties on such cases on on general level.

He also rightly pointed out that the principle of «diplomatic asylum», while recognized by Latin American states in a treaty from the 1950s, is not established as a general principle of international law.

Just like international law in general, they are based on consent rather than on the ability to impose sanctions or wield power on...

See for example the 2000 Declaration of the South Summit by the G77 composed of about 130 member States [«We reject the so - called «right» of humanitarian intervention, which has no legal basis in the United Nations Charter or in the general principles of international law».

«In general, Nigerian laws and international law recognize the legitimate interest of society in having the names of the public officials published; in knowing the truth about who exactly returned funds and under what circumstanceIn general, Nigerian laws and international law recognize the legitimate interest of society in having the names of the public officials published; in knowing the truth about who exactly returned funds and under what circumstancein having the names of the public officials published; in knowing the truth about who exactly returned funds and under what circumstancein knowing the truth about who exactly returned funds and under what circumstances.

Today the muckraking International Business Times published Freedom of Information Law requests to the governor's office and the Empire State Development Corporation in which the Cuomo administration says it «is not in possession of any documents» relating to offers of subsidies to General Electric.

In their separate goodwill messages, the Osun state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State, Dr Bashir Ajibola, the Osun state Commisioer of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, Osun state Comptroler of Prison, Mr Segun Isaac Oluwasemilore, Dean Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife, Professor Babafemi Odunsi and his counterpart in Osun state University, Diran Ayode, commended the good gestures of the UNDOC, EU and other international agencies on the provision of the CentrIn their separate goodwill messages, the Osun state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State, Dr Bashir Ajibola, the Osun state Commisioer of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, Osun state Comptroler of Prison, Mr Segun Isaac Oluwasemilore, Dean Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife, Professor Babafemi Odunsi and his counterpart in Osun state University, Diran Ayode, commended the good gestures of the UNDOC, EU and other international agencies on the provision of the Centrin Osun state University, Diran Ayode, commended the good gestures of the UNDOC, EU and other international agencies on the provision of the Centre.

Warsi, as senior foreign office minister, was responsible for British support for international human rights law and in her resignation letter bemoaned the departure in the previous reshuffle of Kenneth Clarke, and the former attorney general Dominic Grieve.

-LSB-...] permit holders in the Rockland and Westchester counties, unexpectedly causing an international backlash from gun owners, law enforcement and the general -LSB-...]

The Country report covered ten thematic areas which include: General measures taken to realize the rights and welfare of the child in the policies and law of the State party or in any other international convention or agreement in force in the state.

[Box 9] OIS - China - Chinese Science and Technology Policy Delegation Visit, 1978 Zhongshan University Delegation Visit, 1979 AAAS Popularization of Science Delegation to China, 1980 CAST Science Writers Delegation to US, 1981 AAAS Environmental Planning Delegation to China, 1981 US - China Conference on Energy Resources and Environment, 1982 Interferon Study (Proposed), 1982 CAST Delegation to US, 1982 CAST Quality Control Delegation to US, 1982 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - US Papers, 1983 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - Chinese Papers, 1983 Photo Album of Address by Song Jian, 1985 AAAS Board of Directors Delegation to China, 1985 Chinese Delegation Visit (IIE), 1986 US Fish and Wildlife Service Delegation to China, 1986 FASAS International Climate Change Symposium (Proposal), 1986 CAST Delegation to US, 1986 Background Political Information, 1987 Law / Science Short Course (Proposal), 1987 Collected Information and Papers on Chinese Water Management, 1987 CAST Water Management Delegation to US, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China - Follow - up, 1988 CAST Petrochemical Engineer Delegation to US (Proposal), 1987 Pacific Rim Symposium (Proposal), 1987 Science and Technology Advising Seminar (Proposal), 1988 - 1989 AAAS / ABA Lawyers and Scientists Delegation to China, 1988 China Symposium at 1989 AAAS Annual Meeting, 1988 - 1989 Medical Instrument Maintenance and Repair, 1989 Fang Li Zhi, 1988 - 1989 Amnesty International Reports on Chinese Arrests, 1989 Correspondence re: June 1989 Events in China, 1989 Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs, 1989 China - FASAS Symposium on Environmental Protection in Developing Countries, 1989 FASAS Symposium Chinese Papers, 1989 PRC Joint Commission Visit, 1989 Tibet, 1987 Liz Levey Misc Correspondence, 1982 - 1990 Chinese Code of Ethics, 1986 China Tech Company Information, (undated) AAAS / CAST Exchange Programs, 1978 - 1987 Correspondence with CAST International Director Wang Zheng, 1981 - 1982 Correspondence with CAST, 1981 - 1989 James Hartnett Complaint to CAST, 1988 - 1989 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1987 Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 1987 - 1988 Correspondence with Chinese Embassy, 1982 - 1987 NAS China Committee, 1982 - 1986 Financial Aid for Chinese Students, 1987 Misc Articles and General Background Information, 1978 - 1989 Misc., 1982 - 1989 Presentation Transparencies, 1988 Elzinga, Aant.

European law and the Hungarian legal system, current issues of business law and private law, environmental law at the beginning of the 21st century, rule of law and the Hungarian legal order, human rights and international relations in a globalizing world, general questions of the theory of the legal system.

This article aims to demonstrate that current international relations governed by the law of the strongest necessarily have to be governed in the future for a world government that is able to preserve world peace, defend the general interests of the planet making them compatible with the interests of every nation, mediate international conflicts and build consensus among all national states.

The truth about these crimes needs to be provided for the protection of victims of those crimes but also people and society (national and international) in general: the identity formation taking place in schools touches upon individual and collective (national) identities at the same time, the objectives of education under international human rights law demand putting a student, an individual, in the centre of the learning process to fully develop his personality and at the same time take into account the demands of democratic society in state and in the world — the world in which a person needs to manage and which needs good peaceful citizens.

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

Current partners include: A Blade of Grass, American Folk Art Museum, Bad at Sports, Bronx Museum of Art, Bureau of General Services — Queer Division, Community Access Art Collective, Eyebeam, Fourth Arts Block, Interference Archive, International Center of Photography, Knockdown Center, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Maker Park Radio, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Hall of Science, No Longer Empty, Recess, Social Justice Tours, Studio Museum in Harlem, Swale, Decolonize This Place, Discwoman, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, The 8th Floor, and Visual AIDS.

Current partners include: A Blade of Grass, American Folk Art Museum, Bad at Sports, BRIC, Bronx Museum of Art, Bureau of General Services — Queer Division, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Community Access Art Collective, Decolonize This Place, Discwoman, El Museo de Los Sures, Eyebeam, Flux Factory, Fourth Arts Block, Interference Archive, International Center of Photography, Knockdown Center, Maker Park Radio, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Hall of Science, No Longer Empty, Recess, Social Justice Tours, Social Practice Queens, Studio Museum in Harlem, Swale, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, The 8th Floor, and Visual AIDS.

Two more Trump appointees are in the process of Senate confirmation: Kevin McIntyre, an energy attorney at the large international law firm Jones Day, and Richard Glick, Democratic General Counsel for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

This policy document aims to provide context for Rio +20 discussions through analysis of current challenges in ocean and coastal management around the world, assessment of how well the multiple goals and objectives of previous international efforts have been met, and building on recent dialogue and inputs including the meeting of the UN Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS) and the Secretary General's report on Oceans and Law of the Sea.

In 1989, he was named Assistant General Counsel, Exxon Company International; in 1991, he became Senior Counsel and Coordinator, Exxon Corporation Law DepartmenIn 1989, he was named Assistant General Counsel, Exxon Company International; in 1991, he became Senior Counsel and Coordinator, Exxon Corporation Law Departmenin 1991, he became Senior Counsel and Coordinator, Exxon Corporation Law Department.

For example, the Division approves or monitors sensitive areas of law enforcement such as participation in the Witness Security Program and the use of electronic surveillance; advises the Attorney General, Congress, the Office of Management Budget and the White House on matters of criminal law; provides legal advice and assistance to federal prosecutors and investigative agencies; and provides leadership for coordinating international as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement matters.

While he has been Attorney - General, however, the single most noted legal position represented by Mr. Mukasey in his public appearances and statements is his consistent refusal to acknowledge the illegality — under international and domestic law — of waterboarding and other extreme forms of interrogation practiced in the past by the current Administration.

In my research on general principles of law in the decisions of international criminal tribunals, I've found that the domestic legal systems that are most frequently invoked by the tribunals are, by far, those of Western Europe (in particular those of Germany, France, and England and WalesIn my research on general principles of law in the decisions of international criminal tribunals, I've found that the domestic legal systems that are most frequently invoked by the tribunals are, by far, those of Western Europe (in particular those of Germany, France, and England and Walesin the decisions of international criminal tribunals, I've found that the domestic legal systems that are most frequently invoked by the tribunals are, by far, those of Western Europe (in particular those of Germany, France, and England and Walesin particular those of Germany, France, and England and Wales).

Report of the Secretary - General: Study on the Application and Interpretation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958), A / CN.9 / 168, in X Yearbook of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 106 (1979).

If this is the case, consult a specialist family lawyer immediately — preferably someone who has knowledge of the laws of both countries, or of international family cases in general.

The application of the principle of proportionality may be observed in a variety of international law settings, including cases in which the proportionality of countermeasures taken in trade disputes is challenged before a WTO Panel under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade («GATT»).

Reichler was ranked in the Global - wide category for Public International Law (Band 1) and the Latin America - wide category for Arbitration (International, Band 4); Smith was ranked in the Global - wide category for Public International Law (Band 3); and Ranjeva was ranked as a Foreign Expert in both France for Dispute Resolution and Madagascar for General Business Law.

At a special session of tributes, organized in his honour by NIALS in collaboration with the faculty of law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), former judge of the international court of justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, Vice chancellor, UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe and NIALS director general, Prof. Adedeji Adekunle (SAN) described the late don as a quintessential scholar.

EU - law therefore applies, whereas Advocate - General Bot had concluded in his opinion in this case that EU - law was not applicable, since international law regulating diplomatic affairs between Member States was applicable, which is according to the AG outside the competences of the EU and therefore outside the scope of EU - law.

In particular, as part of a more qualitative approach, one needs to have a look whether the current perceived «turbulences» have also by now reached the more fundamental layers of international law, i.e. meta - rules such as the ones on sources, State responsibility, State immunity, treaty interpretation, or res judicata effect of international court decisions must be abided by the parties involved, to name but a few, the general acceptance of which is indispensable for a functioning international legal system.

If you look at the BBC's news website, the headline item is the Khadr interrogation video released as a result of Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Appellants v. Omar Ahmed Khadr Respondent — and — British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Criminal Lawyers» Association (Ontario), University of Toronto, Faculty of Law — International Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Watch Interveners, in which the court held that

46 To that end, it should be noted that, on the basis of customary rules of general international law and those of multilateral agreements, the Head of State enjoys a particular status in international relations which entails, inter alia, privileges and immunities.

This argument was not made by any of the parties in this case and the Advocate - General used the international law argument to conclude that EU - law was not applicable at all, whereas the CJEU — in my view — stays quite cryptic about how to fit in the interplay between EU - law and international law in its framework / criteria of judging free movement cases.

With an uncertain general election then lying ahead and the market this side of the Atlantic only just fully back up to speed after the financial crash, international law firms in the City could have been forgiven for lying low in 2014.

The Luxembourg Court, in adherence to the great shift in thoughts aimed at protecting «the rule of law at the national and international levels», as the United Nations General Assembly urges (see UN GA Resolution A / RES / 67 / 2012), and intended to repress the crime of serious VAT fraud, with established an effective measure (i.e., the disapplication of national rules incompatible with Article 325 (1) TFEU, Article 2 (1) of the 1995 PIF Convention as well as Directive 2006/112 on the EU's common system of VAT, read in conjunction with Article 4 (3) TEU) which, alongside the guilty, condemns States defaulting and disrespecting EU law and the founding principles of the world legal order.

From an international law perspective, PBMs run counter to the general principle that states should not interfere in the domestic affairs of other sovereign states.

In our view, the non-violation remedy as it has developed in GATT / WTO jurisprudence should not be viewed in isolation from general principles of customary international laIn our view, the non-violation remedy as it has developed in GATT / WTO jurisprudence should not be viewed in isolation from general principles of customary international lain GATT / WTO jurisprudence should not be viewed in isolation from general principles of customary international lain isolation from general principles of customary international law.

The next libraries that will be released in searchable form are: European Center for Minority Issues, Foreign & International Law Resources Database, Philip C. Jessup Library, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), and the U.S. Attorney General Opinions Library.

Beyond the general rule of international law cited above, I do not know how this would be handled in the Russian legal system, but I can speak to what the U.S. legal system would do.

Unsurprisingly, the CJEU did not waver, stating that «without the primacy of a Security Council resolution at the international level thereby being called into question, the requirement that the European Union institutions should pay due regard to the institutions of the United Nations must not result in there being no review of the lawfulness of such European Union measures, in the light of the fundamental rights which are an integral part of the general principles of European Union law.»