Sentences with phrase «in international tribunal»

If necessary, replace it with «violates X», «actionable in international tribunal Y» or as otherwise appropriate.

Foreign corporations will now be entitled not only to sue governments in domestic courts, but also to seek legal relief in international tribunals for alleged violations of the MAI.

The new texts reveal that TPP negotiators are considering a dispute resolution process that would grant transnational corporations special authority to challenge countries» laws, regulations and court decisions in international tribunals that circumvent domestic judicial systems.

Tracy represents sovereign states in State - to - State disputes in international tribunals, investor - state arbitrations, and U.S. federal courts.

He has for many years advised sovereign states on disputes in international tribunals and particularly specialises in work involving governments in sub-Saharan Africa.

In international tribunals it is often the case that a judge will vote in favour of a State that appoints that particular judge or that a judge will vote in favour of their State of nationality where that State is involved in a case before the tribunal.

Not exact matches

Now an international tribunal has also been included, posing more threat to the integrity of China's maritime and territorial sovereignty,» the Global Times said in a recent editorial.

«It's a fight we don't want to have, though, because while these fights can drag on in international trade tribunals for years it really puts the pinch on smaller producers... In the short term, what I'm most interested in is protecting the ability of Nova Scotia forestry producers to continue to work without being subject to an unfair duty at the border.&raquin international trade tribunals for years it really puts the pinch on smaller producers... In the short term, what I'm most interested in is protecting the ability of Nova Scotia forestry producers to continue to work without being subject to an unfair duty at the border.&raquIn the short term, what I'm most interested in is protecting the ability of Nova Scotia forestry producers to continue to work without being subject to an unfair duty at the border.&raquin is protecting the ability of Nova Scotia forestry producers to continue to work without being subject to an unfair duty at the border.»

Even if international tribunals, especially the ICC, were to meet with greater success in arresting arch-human-rights violators, deterring future violators, and bolstering the rule of law, they would remain morally unsatisfying as a response to massive evil.

Patterned after the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals and then the international tribunals created for Rwanda and Yugoslavia earlier in the 1990s, it is the most ambitious expression of the international community's answer to the questions yielded by massive past injustices.

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.

This criterion legitimates the resort to arms after other feasible means of addressing the injustice in question (such as mediation, negotiation, arbitration or referral to international tribunals — but not compromise or appeasement) have failed.

As a permanent global court, the ICC will likewise differ from the special International Criminal Tribunals created by the UN Security Council to address atrocities in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

Meanwhile, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted last week to pass two resolutions: one calling for support of the creation of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute those involved in Syria, and the other calling the crimes perpetrated by ISIS against Christians and other minorities there «war crimes,» «crimes against humanity,» and «genocide.»

He is properly indignant at this abandonment of long - standing commitments: «In two centuries of national existence no more pusillanimous act was ever contemplated, much less carried forward, by American officials responsible for our relations with international tribunals.»

No, if he does so, he would be a war criminal on international scale who could be tried in another country or by a special international tribunal.

International law involving disputes between sovereign states, unlike most kinds of law, isn't something that gets resolved definitively by a tribunal in most cases.

[43] The tribunal referred their findings to the chief prosecutor at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

If the government refuses to pay, you sue them in an international arbitration tribunal.

He has given evidence in a broad variety of civil courts and both domestic and international tribunals on more than 20 occasions over a period of 30 years as a testifying expert and has sat as an arbitrator, adjudicator or mediator on over 80 occasions.

The Gambia has told the UN that it would remain in the International Criminal Court, reversing the previous administration's plan to withdraw from the tribunal.

«From a legal perspective, it's wonderful to have an international tribunal recognize that environmental damage is a significant component of armed conflict,» says Carl Bruch of the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C.

29 Upon the closure of the ICTR, the ICTR Prosecutor requested referrals to Rwanda in the cases of six fugitives: Fulgence Kayishema, Charles Sikubwabo, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, Aloys Ndimbati, Charles Ryandikayo, and Pheneas Munyarugarama to be tried by the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT).

He is quickly talked into a new job as a prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a war crimes tribunal.

Noteworthy, the G77 got language reinserted into the COP21 draft in Bonn last week that again calls for an international «climate justice tribunal» with apparent enforcement powers over developed but not developing countries.

«I wonder what sentences judges might hand down at future international criminal tribunals on those who will be partially but directly responsible for millions of deaths from starvation, famine, and disease in the decades ahead.»

Renco has sued Peru before an international investment tribunal, seeking $ 800 million in damages for the cost of complying with Peru's environmental and mining laws.

Mark has practised before every level of Court in England and Wales and has also practised abroad and before international tribunals and courts.

Several countries are now calling for piracy cases to be prosecuted in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa; there is even talk of setting up a special piracy tribunal there akin to the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

This deference is present whether the board in question is a «statutory» or a private tribunal (on the distinction in the labour relations context, see Roberval Express Ltée v. Transport Drivers, Warehousemen and General Workers Union, Local 106, [1982] 2 S.C.R. 888, Howe Sound Co. v. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Canada), Local 663, [1962] S.C.R. 318, affirming (1961), 29 D.L.R. (2d) 76, Re International Nickel Co. of Canada and Rivando, [1956] O.R. 379 (C.A.)-RRB- It is based on the idea that if the courts are available to the parties as an alternative forum, violence is done to a comprehensive statutory scheme designed to govern all aspects of the relationship of the parties in a labour relations setting.

Colloquium «The Environment in Court — Environmental Protection in National and International Courts, Tribunals, and Compliance Mechanisms»

But some legal experts in the U.S. and Europe hope that Kenya, Somalia's neighbor to the south, will create an international tribunal that can try these pirates.

«Should it ever be determined that there existed an inconsistency between the ECT and EU Law», observed the Tribunal in RREEF Infrastructure, «the unqualified obligation in public international law of any arbitration tribunal constituted under the ECT would be to apply the former.

Moreover, as the relevant BIT remains in force, and as the contracting states have not taken any other relevant action either, the tribunal can not work from the premise that Achmea renders the BIT void or inapplicable as a matter of international law.

The arbitral tribunal was convened in 2010 pursuant to the terms of the bilateral investment treaty between Uruguay and Switzerland under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, in Washington.

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).

With an active trial practice, Carter has litigated in both state and federal courts as well as before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and international arbitration tribunals, such as the ICC.

Even without the detailed statistics, the ICC Report gives great insights on how arbitral tribunals award costs in international arbitration.

The standard of proof for showing that the constitution of the arbitral tribunal was irregular is high.876 In the words of one United States court, the burden is «substantial because the public policy in favour of international arbitration is strong.&raquIn the words of one United States court, the burden is «substantial because the public policy in favour of international arbitration is strong.&raquin favour of international arbitration is strong.»

In determining the scope of a right or obligation, Tribunals have often looked as a benchmark to international or comparative standards.

Courts have rejected challenges under article V (1)(d) where the parties choose institutional rules to govern their procedure that provide for flexibility concerning the manner in which the tribunal is to be composed.881 On the other hand, a German court refused recognition and enforcement where an award was rendered by two, instead of three arbitrators, as expressly required by the rules of the International Arbitration Court of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce that the parties had agreed would govern their arbitration.882

In formal dispute resolution, Phillip leads and manages litigation and international arbitration cases including appearing as lead advocate before institutional and ad hoc arbitral tribunals throughout the Asia Pacific region.

The standard included in the MFN - clause — «fair and equitable treatment» — was not considered to amount to an unconditional right for investors to have their case heard by an international arbitral tribunal.

In addition, Ms. Hanlon has extensive arbitration and dispute resolution experience both in the UAE as well as before international arbitral tribunalIn addition, Ms. Hanlon has extensive arbitration and dispute resolution experience both in the UAE as well as before international arbitral tribunalin the UAE as well as before international arbitral tribunals.

In essence, the students learn how to litigate a case in front of an international tribunal doing what an attorney does in real lifIn essence, the students learn how to litigate a case in front of an international tribunal doing what an attorney does in real lifin front of an international tribunal doing what an attorney does in real lifin real life.

Helping to align investment arbitration with the functioning and the results of other systems of public law adjudication can contribute to forming an emerging consensus on the many contested issues in international investment law and afford legitimacy to the dispute settlement activity of investor - State arbitral tribunals.

He has also acted before a great variety of international tribunals, including the International Court of Justice international tribunals, including the International Court of Justice International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The Note expressly encourages parties and tribunals to adopt the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration, where appropriate.

Like the widely used IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration, the IBA guidelines only apply if the parties agree to adopt them or if the arbitral tribunal has determined that it has authority to rule on matters of party representation.