Sentences with phrase «international norms on»

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.

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.

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With that work largely behind him, in his new position, Norm will focus on international growth opportunities for Time Inc.'s brands and content and other projects.

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.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said: «President Putin regards the U.S. attacks on Syria as an aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law, and under a trumped - up pretext at that,» according to the Russian Tass new agency.

Recently, Amazon has started reporting consistent profits, largely due to the success of Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing business.192 Its North America retail business runs on much thinner margins, and its international retail business still runs at a loss.193 But for the vast majority of its twenty years in business, losses — not profits — were the norm.

Its ultimate objective is the creation of an open and integrated international order based on the principles of democratic capitalism, with the United States as the ultimate guarantor of order and enforcer of norms.

-LSB-...] Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Berlin wall, when the UN undertook to build a «new global consensus» on the norms, values and priorities of international cooperation for the post-Cold War era and the 21st century.

They involve new laws and policies, radical changes in mentalities and lifestyles, codes of conduct for businesses and institutions, changes in the content of curricula and textbooks, new norms and decision - making methods in politics, health care and education systems, new strategic priorities for international cooperation, radically new approaches to development, fundamental transformation of democratic principles and mechanisms - a new social ethos imposed on all.

Consequently, political leaders and military men continue to advocate these new weapons of mass destruction without regard to their incompatibility with the international law of human rights, let alone the norms of civilized life on this planet.

«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.

He suggests that I think the moral authority of a democratically enacted law rests on no basis other than its existence, that «conscientious reflection on enhanced interrogation need consult neither the norms of international law nor codes of professional conduct,» and that I maintain a «narrow focus on the mere existence of a law (or its interpretation) and not its substance.»

We call on the United States to respect the norms and procedures of international law.

Although I dispute his apparent view that recognized» as opposed to fanciful» norms of international law or codes of professional conduct would restrict actual practice under the regimen ridiculously called «enhanced interrogation,» as described in the Office of Legal Counsel memoranda profligately disclosed by the current administration, I have nothing against «conscientious reflection» on the issue and lively discussion of it.

It would be unfair to draw wholesale conclusions about his understanding of the moral authority that inheres in law from a book review, but he apparently holds the view that conscientious reflection on enhanced interrogation need consult neither norms of international law nor codes of professional conduct.

Cadwell, Karin & Cindy Turner - Maffei RECLAIMING BREASTFEEDING FOR THE UNITED STATES Jones and Bartlett, 2002 This book provides an international policy perspective on the progress that has been made toward reclaiming breastfeeding as the cultural norm in the United States.

This article argues that China and the nomads formed an international society for much of their history, one based not on a common Confucian heritage or China's immutable centrality, but on the principle of an adaptable hierarchy based on common diplomatic norms and practices that allowed its members to affirm and contest their status within this hierarchy.

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

The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad, viewed the action taken by Trump as an «aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made - up up pretext».

«We think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,» it said.

Speculations are offered on the relationship between international human rights norms and the policies of governments.

In instances however, where there are more than one author or creators of copyright materials that are offered on a global scale, as a basic rule, the norms and standards of international treatise of copyright applies.

These norms, focused on evaluating borrower risk on past credit history and credit score, do not work as an accurate gauge for international students and their creditworthiness.

The International Organization for Standardization wrote a norm on the subject.

If you disagree that all nations have a duty to reduce their ghg emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions without regard to cost to it, do you also deny the applicability of the well - established international legal norm that almost all nations have agreed to in 1992 in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development called the «polluter pays» principle which holds that polluters should pay for consequences of their pollution?

This point is underscored in several soft - law instruments including in the 1999 UNESCO Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge, according to which «[a] ll scientists should commit themselves to high ethical standards, and a code of ethics based on relevant norms enshrined in international human rights instruments should be established for scientific professions.»

Cost arguments alone usually ignore well settled norms of international law including the «polluter pays» and «no harm» principles that the United States and almost all other nations have agreed to in ratifying the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Yet norms about responsibility for damages from human - induced climate change are well established not only by most ethical theories but also in a variety of international agreements, including the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (UN, 1992b), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN 1992a).

In this article, I present a neoclassical realist theory of climate change politics that challenges the idea that cooperation on climate change is compelled alone by shared norms and interests emanating from the international level and questions if instead [continue reading...]

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.

To put you in context, this is in my view a good book for those among us who were fascinated by the «fragmentation of international law «debate starting (or at least becoming one of THE topics) in the 2000s; who have perhaps read Koskenniemi's report for the International Law Commission or other literature on the topic (legal pluralism, Pauwelyn's Conflict of Norms, you name it); who find themselves now stuck in one of the boxes and / or compartments of international or EU law; and who probably would love an update and overview over where weinternational law «debate starting (or at least becoming one of THE topics) in the 2000s; who have perhaps read Koskenniemi's report for the International Law Commission or other literature on the topic (legal pluralism, Pauwelyn's Conflict of Norms, you name it); who find themselves now stuck in one of the boxes and / or compartments of international or EU law; and who probably would love an update and overview over where weInternational Law Commission or other literature on the topic (legal pluralism, Pauwelyn's Conflict of Norms, you name it); who find themselves now stuck in one of the boxes and / or compartments of international or EU law; and who probably would love an update and overview over where weinternational or EU law; and who probably would love an update and overview over where we stand today.

With respect to judicial interpretation, therefore, while the national legal traditions on which the articles and rules in question are modeled can provide some guidance, over-reliance on a narrow inquiry can lead to the perpetuation of the default position, according to which, as Byrne («The new public international lawyer and the hidden art of international criminal trial practice», 25 Connecticut Journal of Int» l Law (2005) 243) notes, some international judges «interpret legal norms through the lexicons of their respective traditions», rather than through a truly sui generis prism.

The reasons for this approach can be plentiful: states might want to export their norms, stronger parties might want to impose pre-existing templates on weaker parties, states might want to replace existing international economic agreements, or it might be more cost effective to conclude one set of negotiations, covering a vast array of fields, instead of having a sector - based approach.

As we discussed in an earlier article on this blog, against the backdrop of hardening and expanding international business and human rights standards and norms, there is increasingly a risk of litigation being commenced against Canadian companies for overseas human rights violations.

Kristen Martin of Whittier Law School teaches an international law section that is intended to support the school's Center for International and Comparative Law.83 Tom Cobb at the University of Washington School of Law has taught an asylum law elective practicum within the first - year LRW program that encompasses research on international human rights norms and laws of other countries.84 Syracuse University College of Law has two LRW sections with an international law focus.85 The students work on an international human rights issue in addition to a traditional domestic brief problem during the sprininternational law section that is intended to support the school's Center for International and Comparative Law.83 Tom Cobb at the University of Washington School of Law has taught an asylum law elective practicum within the first - year LRW program that encompasses research on international human rights norms and laws of other countries.84 Syracuse University College of Law has two LRW sections with an international law focus.85 The students work on an international human rights issue in addition to a traditional domestic brief problem during the sprinInternational and Comparative Law.83 Tom Cobb at the University of Washington School of Law has taught an asylum law elective practicum within the first - year LRW program that encompasses research on international human rights norms and laws of other countries.84 Syracuse University College of Law has two LRW sections with an international law focus.85 The students work on an international human rights issue in addition to a traditional domestic brief problem during the sprininternational human rights norms and laws of other countries.84 Syracuse University College of Law has two LRW sections with an international law focus.85 The students work on an international human rights issue in addition to a traditional domestic brief problem during the sprininternational law focus.85 The students work on an international human rights issue in addition to a traditional domestic brief problem during the sprininternational human rights issue in addition to a traditional domestic brief problem during the spring semester.86

With all agreements at the OCDE level, it will be possible to eventually harmonise tax regulations from a global perspective to solve the needs and concerns of international tax and cross border tax, which will bring positive results, benefiting taxpayers fairly, such as avoiding double taxation, being able to access greater knowledge, exchange of experiences among tax administrations with the consequent achievement of strengthening the actors that implement and execute the application of substantive rules on tax matters; to acquire and strengthen an application of the norm in a standardised, equitable, compatible and fair manner.

This adoption of Strasbourg reasoning makes these European decisions an integral part of the core of international human rights norms connected to sexual identity claims, and this is why Advocate General Sharpston's Opinion on this point failed to engage with the development of international human rights law in sexual identity claims.

In fairness, it should be noted that the Court's reasoning might have reflected the various emphases on the importance of international human rights law and norms by counsel, the different approaches of different judges, or principled distinctions lurking in the background that have not been systematically revealed in the written reasons.

The Clinic uses international human rights laws and norms, domestic law and policy, and multidimensional strategies, such as community organizing, political activism, and global networking, to draw attention to human rights violations, develop practical solutions to those problems, and promote accountability on the part of state and non-state actors.

Emerging norms on corruption, human rights, health and safety, and environmental and climate change commitments, will also likely have an impact on international arbitration practice.

Finally, the «unquestionable customary norm» from Rule 158 of the Customary International Law Study's that «States must investigate war crimes allegedly by their nationals or armed forces, or on their territory, and, if appropriate, prosecute the suspects.»

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).

A search for [law] turns up 312 results, ranging in dates and topics, for example, from a 2007 article «Alternative Sanctions and Social Norms in International Law: The Case of Abu Ghraib» to an article from 1872 «On the practicability of codifying English law, with a specimen code of the law of evidence.»

The class action is based on allegations by the former miners that «international law norms against forced labour, slavery and torture were violated during the construction of the mine,» according to the ruling.

An artificial intelligence arms race will have a disintegrating effect on the commonly agreed global norms of international law, especially those on the restraint of the use of military force...

Declarations adopted in the Summit of the Americas process do not have the nature of norms of international law in the strict sense, although, according to Sanahuja, they would fall within the scope of the so - called soft law, without direct legal effects but with visible influence on policies and domestic legislation.

Focusing on critique of norms and power relationships, the journal provides an international forum for articles reporting on original research, theoretical pieces and review essays from around the world.

It has the status of a peremptory norm, ius cogens, from which no derogation is permitted.15 It is, in particular, embodied in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), which in turn has been legislated into Australian law by the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)(RDA).16

There is considerable support for the view that respect for the rights of minorities is required by peremptory norms of international law: Arbitration Commission of the Conference of the European Community on Yugoslavia («the Badinter Commission») Opinion No 2, (1992) 92 International Lawinternational law: Arbitration Commission of the Conference of the European Community on Yugoslavia («the Badinter Commission») Opinion No 2, (1992) 92 International LawInternational Law Reports 167.

On the release of Colliers Global Investor Outlook 2016, John B. Friedrichsen, CFO of Colliers International, reiterated that long - term secure investments in core markets will be the norm and that «large volumes of capital already raised will increasingly seek out opportunities in tier - two cities and in recovering markets.»