Sentences with phrase «international legal mechanisms»

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.

Not exact matches

Contributing to the slowdown would be the loss of the international arbitration mechanism built into NAFTA, which presently shields US and Canadian investors from Mexico's legal system amid questions surrounding Mexico's commitment to the rule of law.

The rapporteur claimed that such attacks pose a serious challenge to the existing framework of international law, and therefore require the development of new legal mechanisms to regulate use and ensure accountability.

(1) what legal and institutional mechanisms are required to enable California to recognize international REDD - based emission offsets for compliance purposes;

In particular, Olander notes, «The urgent task at hand is for projects and regional authorities to share the work of developing technical, legal, and financial mechanisms that allow for links between projects, national models, and diverse sources of international financing.»

The Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act provides the United States government with a legal mechanism to apply economic sanctions against countries like Japan that are undermining international fisheries and environmental treaties.

They agreed to the establishment of an institution under the UN's legal framework: the «Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.»

Although the mechanism is not without fault, its relatively simple and expedited «prompt return» procedure, with its associated effect on deterrence, has meant that the Hague Convention has been instrumental in reducing the number of international child abductions (not least due to the fact that outside of the Hague Convention mechanism, there are relatively few legal options for promptly returning a child to the country of habitual residence, see for example, Government of Canada, «International Child Abduction: A Guidebook for Left - Behind Parinternational child abductions (not least due to the fact that outside of the Hague Convention mechanism, there are relatively few legal options for promptly returning a child to the country of habitual residence, see for example, Government of Canada, «International Child Abduction: A Guidebook for Left - Behind ParInternational Child Abduction: A Guidebook for Left - Behind Parents»).

Those who view the international legal system by comparison with domestic legal systems will comment on the general absence of effective enforcement mechanisms in international law.

Article 36 also published a discussion paper that considers how national - level weapons review processes could provide an implementation mechanism for an international legal commitment to ensure adequate human control over weapons systems.

c.Lacks legal mechanisms for immediately and effectively enforcing a return order under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction;

Developing strong monitoring mechanisms and enhancing accountability at the international, regional and particularly the national level, regarding the implementation of legal, policy and operational frameworks for the protection of indigenous peoples and the improvement of their lives.