Sentences with phrase «international norm»

The Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons has been called a constructivist treaty because it seeks to further construct the international norm against nuclear weapons.

Gerald Heckman,» Canada's Refugee Status Determination System and the International Norm of Independence» (2008) 25:2 Refuge 79.

The idea that human beings have a right to water for limited domestic purposes (drinking, cooking, washing, sanitation) and that states must progressively realize this right among the people they govern is an increasingly well - accepted international norm.

Also, it is unlikely that fair use would ever be the international norm.

But what about in others in which one state takes another to task for not complying with an international norm to which the second state may, for very legitimate reasons, not adhere?

He says the J.D. is «the international norm» — citing Melbourne U as well as U of T as others who have it (Melbourne has an undergrad LL.B.

The process of setting the international norm price would require a framework treaty.

Do you deny the applicability of the well - established international norm that polluters should pay for the harms caused by their pollution and that if a nation or entity refuses to reduce its ghg emissions it is responsible for any damages or harms caused by their ghg emissions?

States could, however, move closer to the international norm by specifying curricular frameworks, as Massachusetts does, or advancing widespread use of high - quality instructional materials, as Louisiana has achieved.

The Common Fisheries Policy, introduced by the EU in the 70s, later expanded this territorial line to 200 miles off coast, which is the new international norm.

There are many risks, but the following three stand out: an increased risk of unnecessary escalation, the potential for reprisal, and the setting of an international norm that is, for the United States, strategically undesirable.

Peterson Institute's Freund agreed, saying that «it's not clear» why he would want to start a negotiation from a position so far outside the international norm.

This principle of central bank independence in the operation of monetary policy, in pursuit of accepted goals, is the international norm.

Russia's Defense Ministry said the pair of bombers flew over the Barents, Norwegian, and North seas during a 13 - hour training mission that covered neutral waters, in line with international norms.

Representatives from the Air Force and from Boeing told Aviation Week that they are working on the problem, with personnel from the government and industry reviewing flight data to assess such incidents and compare them to international norms.

When we do this, we are likely to find that the real problem with missile strikes in defense of international norms is not that they are illegal.

The goal is to ensure that BRI is an «open platform which adheres to market rules and international norms.»

Also, India still has relatively restrictive foreign trade policies compared with international norms, notwithstanding recent reforms in this area.

The memo continues, «It has risked sending a message to the authorities in all three countries — and to the international community — that minimal efforts are enough; that we as a government are not interested in upholding international norms, nor in holding countries accountable for ongoing abuses against children.»

Some diplomats say that whatever the provocation, what they see as a failure to abide by international norms in handling detentions has undermined assertions by the Bush administration that the United States is fighting to preserve freedom.

«Whilst the government continues to present these cases as a purely administrative matter, the fact remains that the destruction of houses of worship violates all international norms, as does the use of excessive force on civilians who are peaceably exercising their right to worship in communion with others.

IFOAM Accreditation facilitates equivalency of organic certification bodies worldwide by confirming whether they meet IFOAM's international norms.

The result is that discussions of multiple civilizations reinforce discrepancies in status, establishing a pecking order that directly or indirectly permit preconceptions, alienation, humiliation, de-humanization and critically, encourage a propensity for justifying hegemony, abuse, denial of justice and selectivity in applying international norms and human rights.

Power is shifting and international norms are being challenged.

Any discourse from either EU countries, the US or Russia about respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity today and operating through international norms rings very hollow in light of recent historical experience, not only in the former communist space but also more widely.

A ray of hope is that the international treaties and institutions Trump might like to withdraw from enjoy sufficient support from other states that the costs of doing so would be too great for the U.S., or they will continue to function despite withdrawal by the U.S. Let's hope that IR's preference for international explanations is warranted this time and that we can conclude that international norms and institutions matter more than we previously thought.

The first article in this edition by Pamela Shearing looks at how «the clock of technology» is affecting international norms through social media networks.

It represents our most recent — and most enduring — experiment in global governance, as a place for states to convene, as the setter of international norms, and as a provider of key services, from emergency relief to human rights monitors and peacekeepers.

This led to the White House deploring the Syrian President for violating international norms and the UN Chemical Weapons Convention.

He added: «This country is condemned by the International Labour Organisation year on year because we are outside the international norms of industrial relations.

So, according to international norms, is an IED a WMD?

In exploring the paradoxical status of the United States as a both a leader and an outlier in human rights, the book proposes a renovation of the Constitution in light of changing international norms on human rights.

Disease Diplomacy International Norms and Global Health Security Sara E. Davies, Adam Kamradt - Scott, and Simon Rushton Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2015 Paperback: 191 pp.

The funding is modest, but it should allow the universities to become more in sync with international norms by revamping tenure systems, for example, and overhauling curricula.

The OIST Graduate University will start its academic years in September, instead of in April as is Japanese custom, to be more in sync with international norms.

«Having been alerted to the cruel practices reserved for crocodiles during their slaughter to make Hermes handbags carrying my name... I have asked Hermes to debaptise the Birkin Croco until better practices in line with international norms can be put in place,» Birkin said in a statement.

We make no claims that this Global Report Card is a perfect reflection of school district student achievement relative to international norms.

It will have to prepare children well for the rigorous Common Core learning standards that promise to bring their math, science and literacy skills up to international norms.»

The automaker claims that its safety standards confronts all the international norms and exceeds them all.

But NGOs hope the U.S. leader will make a different decision, urging the Obama Administration in the letter to take active leadership in protecting and restoring the world's oceans, in the global transition to a green economy, and in moving forward new international norms on safeguard the environment and promoting human rights.

It advises that there is a strong need to revise and modify the fuel specifications in the region to match international norms.

This study focuses on current specifications, with comparisons to international norms, of gasoline, diesel and fuel oil; on measures adopted for improving the quality of such fuels and for reducing emissions, particularly the elimination of lead from gasoline, and the reduction of sulphur in gasoline and diesel; on expected economic and environmental benefits of using cleaner fossil fuels; and on barriers facing the production and use of cleaner fuels.

In another partial concurrence, Gorsuch wrote that courts «should not meddle in disputes between foreign citizens over international norms» and courts «should refuse invitations to create new forms of legal liability.»

Isn't there a deeply problematic potential that comes with using international norms to work around the State Immunity Act, namely that individual states can use or even identify international norms, despite being debatable, to then assert foreign jurisdiction over others states?

A compatibility analysis with applicable international norms is provided.

Jeremy D. Morley has submitted expert evidence to a court in California that Pakistan does not comply with international norms concerning the return of internationally abducted children and that Pakistan is justifiably well - recognized as being a safe haven for international child abductors.

My topic was Canada's Fairplay's Website - Blocking Plan: What is it and is it consistent with international norms and principles including requirements for proportionality, rights to freedom of expression and principles of net neutrality?

The refusal to accede to the Hague Convention or enter into any bilateral arrangements concerning the return of abducted children constitutes an extremely strong red flag that a country does not consider the abduction of children from other countries to be a serious matter, that it does not comply with international norms concerning international child abduction, and that it is most unlikely to follow a foreign court's orders concerning either custody or visitation.

The U.N. has a Universal Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents that lets you search the database by country, the right in question (e.g. «acceptance of international norms» «right to life») and by the relevant Treaty Body (e.g. Committee on Migrant Workers, Committee on the Rights of the Child).

The book also addresses international norms, the role of insurance and the ethics and statutory requirements related to data security.