Sentences with phrase «into international commitments»

The whole point of an article 218 (11) reference, moreover, was «to forestall the legal complications caused by situations in which the Member States enter into international commitments without the requisite authorisation when, under EU law, they no longer have the necessary legislative competence to put those commitments into effect» (para 47).

So the bottom line from these two points is that there is a lot China is doing domestically, but how these get translated into international commitments still to a significant extent will rest on whether China perceives other countries as living up to not just to earlier rounds of commitments (such as the commitments for developed countries to act first in the original Framework Convention) but to the commitments in the Copenhagen Accord itself.

Not exact matches

Environmental commitments by national governments and international agreements needed to be taken into account, and there would certain changes in the structure of power generation worldwide, Likhachev explained.

This commitment to action, lead by WEConnect International and Vital Voices, brings together a variety of partners to integrate more women - owned businesses into corporate supply chains.

By reducing costs to firms of doing cross-border business and by increasing certainty of market access, trade deals induce more firms to take the plunge and make the commitments necessary to enter into international trade or to become foreign investors.

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.

«Isolationism is the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.»

We also call on the Iranian authorities to take steps to ensure that the nation's practices, legal procedures and provisions come into alignment with its international commitment to ensure freedom of religion or belief for all of its religious communities.»

Budweiser is upholding its commitment to be the first beer on Mars by confirming upcoming experiments on the International Space Station with plans to send and study barley — one of its key ingredients — into space in early December.

Meet relevant Codes of Practice (e.g. ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry; the World Health Organisation International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes), or show demonstrable commitment to working towards meeting it (e.g. commissioning an independent report into compliance with the relevant Code, and a stated commitment to address gaps identified)

SERAP also urged the Special Rapporteurs to «prevail on the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to decline to sign the bill into law; and on the House of Representatives and the Senate to exercise their legislative powers for good governance, and ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society organizations both in practice and rhetoric, in line with the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) and the government's international human rights obligations and commitments.»

«I thank the Trump Administration for its commitment to Western New York, with both federal assistance and in our push to replace the International Joint Commission with individuals that will repeal the disastrous Plan 2014 that got us into this mess,» the congressman said.

Liberal Democrats also ensured the Coalition Government's commitment to spending 0.7 % of GDP on international aid, and passed legislation to enshrine that commitment into law.

The deliverables for this project included the following: (1) a robust survey instrument, informed by adequate cognitive and usability pretesting and translated into the five UN languages beyond English; (2) development of a global sampling process; and (3) a clear plan for reaching the targeted sample, including commitments from various national and international collaborators.

Other science outlays included $ 46 million over 4 years to create 1500 industrial internships for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows within Canadian business, $ 49 million toward the transformation of the National Research Council into what officials call a «toolbox» for industry, and a commitment to extend Canadian participation in the International Space Station mission to 2024.

Developing countries have resisted enshrining their programs into binding international law because most of these initiatives are rooted in national goals, such as controlling local pollution and increasing the value of forests, which makes them skittish about foreign commitment and monitoring.

Funded as part of the EU's commitment to the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC), RD - Connect is a global infrastructure project that links omics data with databases, registries, biobanks, and clinical bioinformatics tools into a central research resource for rare diseases.

But so what, he clearly holds the reins anyway... And his record to date has actually been pretty good: The company has stated its commitment to international governance standards, related party deals have been cleaned up / eliminated since the IPO, KPMG was appointed as auditor, and lots of media scare stories (buying US poultry companies, deposits in related party banks, getting into cattle raising, etc.) have proved to be untrue.

From «Harlem Artists» 69» — 100 works selected and hung by the artists themselves — the museum moved into a more international commitment with «Impact Africa,» a major exhibition showing the debt that white Western artists and musicians like Picasso, Matisse and Stravinsky owe to African culture; and «Afro - Haitian Images and Sounds,» a visual and vocal tribute to Harlem's ties with Haiti.

An International Tribunal of Climate Justice is hereby established to address cases of non-compliance with the commitments of developed country Parties on mitigation, adaptation, provision of finance, technology development and transfer, capacity - building, and transparency of action and support, including through the development of an indicative list of consequences, taking into account the cause, type, degree and frequency of non-compliance.]

«(2) whether United States actions, taking into account international actions, commitments, and trends, and considering the range of plausible emissions scenarios, are sufficient to avoid --

In the absence of a court adjudicating what equity requires of nations in setting their national climate change commitments, a possibility but far from a guarantee under existing international and national law (for an explanation of some of the litigation issues, Buiti, 2011), the best hope for encouraging nations to improve the ambition of their national emissions reductions commitments on the basis of equity and justice is the creation of a mechanism under the UNFCCC that requires nations to explain their how they quantitatively took equity into account in establishing their INDCs and why their INDC is consistent with the nation's ethical obligations to people who are most vulnerable to climate change and the above principles of international law.

There have been several proposals discussed by the international community about second commitment period frameworks that would expressly incorporate equity into future ghg emissions reductions pathways.

Remember that compared to the most commonly used international baseline of cuts from 1990 levels by 2020, the US commitment as put into the Copenhagen accord (contingent upon action in Congress) is effectively less than 5 % below 1990 levels — when 40 % is what is needed.

Though the range of arguments is wide and varied depending on the circumstances of the case and the underlying Investment Treaties, the overarching theme is simply that EU Law reigns supreme in relations between Member States and overrides all international law commitments that individual Member States - and the EU itself in the case of the Energy Charter Treaty - have entered into.

In that sense, it appears that Wallonia did Europe and its trade partners a huge favour by seeking clarity over this issue before the EU enters into binding commitments in international agreements containing investor - state dispute settlement.

With that commitment in mind, Professor DeJarnatt needed to determine how best to incorporate foreign or international law into her LRW course while maintaining the in - process checkpoints that form a critical part of the existing course design.

«When I was considering whether to move into litigation funding from my previous positon as a partner at a leading international law firm, it was important for me to join a team with a demonstrable commitment to supporting justice.

We are able to provide first - class service to clients through our membership into the World Law Group, a network of 52 leading law firms located in 40 countries, with each firm being selected for its excellent reputation, its depth of commitment to international practice and its eagerness to assist other member firms in their international dealings.

«The government has compounded these by rejecting most of the UN's recommendations for improvement, including a commitment to retain the standards laid down in the Human Rights Act, and restrictions on the detention of children to bring the UK into line with its international obligations.»

Yet the UK's membership of European institutions involves the UK's having entered into commitments that are binding upon it in international law; that position can be adjusted neither by establishing a constitutional court nor (as the Prime Minister has suggested) by legislating to assert parliamentary sovereignty.