Sentences with phrase «international treaties including»

The human rights principles set out below are drawn mainly from international treaties including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [3](«ICERD») and the International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [4](«ICESCR») and on Civil and Political Rights [5](«ICCPR»).

In fact that there is wide spread cross-cultural acceptance of the idea that one should not engage in very risky behavior that could cause great harm to things which people attach great value to is a conclusion that is clear from the acceptance of the «precautionary principle» in a growing number of international treaties including the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN, 1992, Article 3).

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While patent requirements and rules differ from country to country, several international treaties (including the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Paris Convention) allow U.S. inventors to obtain patent protection in other countries that have adopted the treaties if the inventors take certain required steps, such as filing a patent application in the countries on a timely basis and paying required patent fees.

Given that the issues are seemingly unavoidable in NAFTA, the lecture then highlights the preferred approach (relying on international treaty standards) and identifies many of the most important issues up for discussion including copyright term, fair dealing, intermediary liability and digital issues such as net neutrality and data localization.

The report included a recommendation that Canada ratify several international patent and trademark treaties, which came as a surprise (particularly to opposition members of parliament) since no witness had raised the issue before the committee.

A number of international treaties and the World Trade Organization's agreement on Trade - Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) extend protections to international technology transfers, including copyrights, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, patents, layout designs of integrated circuits, and undisclosed information.

On Day 1, Trump would begin reforming NAFTA, including ordering the Commerce Department and International Trade Commission to begin a study on what the ramifications of withdrawing from the treaty would be, and what would be required legislatively to do so.

See paragraph 89 of the Center's lawsuit, which alleges that «CRLP advocates» for «interpretations of existing treaties and other international human rights agreements that favor protection of reproductive rights, including abortion, as internationally recognized human rights.»

Added to these over-arching responsibilities are individual powers to operate the Royal Prerogative (as the de facto chair of the Privy Council)- to declare war (including single - handedly authorising the launch of a nuclear strike), to sign international treaties and to represent the UK at the highest level in international and European negotiations.

Enck ticked off 18 separate decisions made by the Trump administration that she considered dangerous and wrong, including the recent decision to abandon the Paris climate change international treaty.

The reinstatement bill continues to be improved and sharpened, including an important adjustment to ensure any international trade deal ro treaty would require parliamentary approval if legislating for the NHS.

The book includes five appendices: a snapshot of the socio - economic rights guaranteed by the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act and Chapter II of the Nigerian Constitution; a plethora of applicable national legislation that are not easily found, as well as international human rights and labour treaties to which Nigeria is a state party.

«The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than sixty thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments.

The report's «Top 10» list of recommended actions includes a new international treaty with strong monitoring and enforcement mechanisms; domestic and local regulatory actions, such as bans of the most common and damaging types of plastic litter; extended producer - responsibility programs; and the creation of an «ocean friendly» certification program for plastic products.

The agreement for the most part does not obligate the United States under international law — though it does include some procedural components that are legally binding and that the administration says are supported by prior treaties.

That's because for the first time, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, which concluded its annual meeting today in Agadir, Morocco, has agreed to open its treaty for new changes, including to shark management.

-- The term «most vulnerable developing countries» means, as determined by the Administrator of USAID, developing countries that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, considering the approaches included in any international treaties and agreements.

All software and «Content» (which is defined as, or includes, any text, audio or music, video, graphics, photographs, and image) are the intellectual property of Lane Crawford and are protected by intellectual property and copyright laws and international treaty provisions.

The 146 plans include all developed nations and three quarters of developing countries under the UNFCCC, covering 86 % of global greenhouse gas emissions — almost four times the level of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, the world's first international emission reduction treaty that required emissions cuts from industrialized countries.

Projects have included research and analysis of the law of executive agreements, treaty denunciation, and dispute resolution clauses in international agreements, writing international technical cooperation agreements, review of legislation affecting international transportation, and review of orders granting license authority to U.S. and foreign air carriers in contested adjudicatory cases.

They include international instruments such as treaties and declarations; nationally based standards such as constitutional provisions and national laws; certification schemes such as the Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP); and voluntary initiatives that are adopted by businesses on a voluntary basis (Report 4).

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The most recognized international treaties addressing mankinds» impact on our environment also include the Stockholm Convention (persistent organic pollutants or POPs), Rotterdam Convention (requiring prior informed consent before hazardous wastes can be shipped into another country), and Kyoto Protocol (greenhouse gases).

In order to foster international cooperation, it is also essential that the United States rejoin the global community and lead efforts to secure an international treaty at Copenhagen in December of next year that includes a cap on CO2 emissions and a global partnership that recognizes the necessity of addressing the threats of extreme poverty and disease as part of the world's agenda for solving the climate crisis.

Prior to becoming an academic, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs for the State of Wisconsin and worked in the non-governmental sector for twenty years, including as Executive Director of the Pacific Center for International Studies, a think - tank that focused on implementation of international wildlife treaty regimes, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and International Convention for the RegulatioInternational Studies, a think - tank that focused on implementation of international wildlife treaty regimes, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and International Convention for the Regulatiointernational wildlife treaty regimes, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and International Convention for the RegulatioInternational Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.

The UNFCCC would benefit from collaboration with human rights bodies, including UN bodies, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; the United Nations Human Rights Council; human rights treaty bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child; regional bodies, such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and People's Rights; and non-governmental organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross.

Buyers of the credits include power plants that need to offset emissions that exceed European limits, countries buying offsets to comply with the Kyoto Protocol — an international environmental treaty — and some environmentally conscious companies that voluntarily offset their carbon footprint.

The United States has refused to sign an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gases because it does not include similar commitments from developing countries.

Later in the article, Li Jing again tries to explain the inscrutable U. S. methods for ratifying a treaty: «US law allows the nation to join international agreements in a number of ways, including through the authority of the president.»

One way to prevent an ill - regulated drilling spree would be to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty designed to manage a crowded ocean — including disputes over Arctic oil as well as international fishing and ocean pollution.

When considering a special meaning of the expression «waters falling within the sovereignty» of Morocco as including Western Saharan waters, the Court pointed out that agreeing to such a special meaning would be contrary to the EU's obligations under international law, ie self - determination and the relative effect of treaties, stopping short of reprimanding the EU for potentially recognising Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara (Judgment paras 63, 71).

In this short exposé it is impossible to account for all factors (length of proceedings, amount of obtainable compensation, etc.) influencing an investor's choice of forum for adjudication or the choice of treaty negotiators to include international and / or domestic enforcement mechanisms.

In its judgment, the SCC explained that even though EU law is not itself part of the constitutional canon, «both international treaties and agreements, including European secondary legislation, may provide valuable interpretative criteria of the meaning and scope of the rights and freedoms that the Constitution recognises,» taking into account the interpretive decisions rendered «by the bodies of guarantee established under those same international treaties and agreements.»

He enjoys a particular expertise in arranging bespoke funding solutions for clients pursuing international arbitration claims, including investment treaty arbitrations.

A pre-released summary indicated that the opinion would confirm the position held by the UK Government as well as the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso (expressed in a letter to the House of Lords), according to which an independent Scotland would become a new state in international law and would not «inherit» any of the treaty obligations of the UK, but would instead have to renegotiate and reapply to join international organizations, including the European Union.

Only if the Treaties can provide no answer would one resort to conventional public international law (including doctrines of state succession).»

The maritime industry, including international shipping and trade, is regulated by a complex network of international treaties, regulations and rules, not to mention different national laws and procedure.

The case is a global first in seeking enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty ratified by 180 countries, including Canada.

Focused on international law, cooperation and trade, it includes decisions of international courts and tribunals, treaties and international agreements, international law journals, and law reform materials.

houses... more than twenty - three thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments.

In fact, a possible decision of the court to the effect that such an agreement is, either by reason of its content or of the procedure adopted for its conclusion, incompatible with the provisions of the treaty could not fail to provoke, not only in a community context but also in that of international relations, serious difficulties and might give rise to adverse consequences for all interested parties, including third countries.

Most international IP laws covering patents, trademarks and copyrights are included, as are IP treaties and conventions.

«that article now lays down a single procedure of general application concerning the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements which the European Union is competent to conclude in the fields of its activity, including the CFSP, except where the Treaties lay down special procedures.»

These changes include substantive changes to implement several international treaties: the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement, as well as eliminating the requirement to declare use of a trade - mark.

His 50 - year career in international law and diplomacy has spanned a wide and varied field, including settlement of disputes; the law of treaties; State responsibility; diplomatic and State immunity; maritime delimitation; the law of the Continental shelf; outer space and nuclear energy; the law of international organisations; the UN Security Council; the laws of war and neutrality; international criminal tribunals; and numerous other areas.

He has extensive experience advising governments, international organisations and private sector clients in the area of public international law, including in relation to human rights, State and diplomatic immunity, sanctions and embargoes, recognition of States and governments, treaty law and international economic law.

With chapters written by leading international experts, topics covered include: the government's role in energy ownership and development; industry standards for establishing liability; legal concepts excusing performance during periods of commodity price or supply volatility; right of access to infrastructure; barriers to entry for foreign companies; criminal, health and safety, and environmental liability; sovereign boundary disputes; and relevant energy treaties.

[T] o help ensure the Crown is meeting its constitutional obligations with respect to Aboriginal and treaty rights; adhering to international human rights standards including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and supporting the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action.

Michael has specific experience of public international law within the tax sphere, including questions of bilateral tax treaty interpretation, sovereignty, jurisdiction, and enforcement.

The Code states that there is an > overarching duty on ministers to comply with the law, including international law and treaty obligations and to uphold the administration of justice and to protect the integrity of public life.