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He called for a new environmental solidarity to deal with ecological issues that transcend national jurisdictions and he insisted that a «right to a safe environment» be included in the Charter of Human Rights.

In the last year, Uruguay became the first national jurisdiction in the world to legalise cannabis; the world's first legal, recreational cannabis market opened in Colorado; Colombia and Guatemala took a daring stand at the UN general assembly, telling assembled delegates that the war on drugs had failed; and the Organisation of American States became the first multinational body to raise the prospect of drug treaty reform.

This issue is a major test case of the conceptual and practical merits of science diplomacy in the management of international spaces beyond national jurisdiction.

As such, this session contributes to reflections on the AAAS / Royal Society conclusion that «international spaces beyond national jurisdictions can not be managed through conventional models of governance and diplomacy, and will require flexible approaches to international cooperation, informed by scientific evidence and underpinned by practical scientific partnerships.»

This strengthens the case that the United Nations ocean protection target be raised from 10 per cent to 30 per cent coverage of MPAs, which will require many more large - scale MPAs and protected areas beyond national jurisdiction.

The high seas, international waters outside of national jurisdictions, will be the focus of a new panel that hopes to influence United Nations policy.

High seas are waters outside national jurisdictions, and are in part governed by the United Nation's 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, which has been approved by 165 nations and the European Union (but not the United States).

«The ISA is the only body with the legal standing and responsibility to manage mining beyond national jurisdiction,» said Kristina Gjerde, an international high - seas lawyer and co-author on the Science paper.

The ISA is charged with managing the seabed and its resources outside of national jurisdictions for the benefit of humankind.

But Diouf told ministers: «It is generally agreed that free and open access to fisheries resources, whether inside national jurisdictions or on the high seas, is the main cause of the problem.»

«Countries are starting to invest more to document genetic aspects of species in their national jurisdictions, to better understand how to get reimbursed for their use,» says Djoghlaf.

The study also showed that nursing care activities are omitted less often in hospitals with more favorable nurse work environments irrespective of national jurisdiction.

The current G7 proposal for a global ocean observing initiative is a valuable test case for the role of science in shaping diplomatic relations in the management of international spaces beyond national jurisdiction.

Spanning both the deep - seabed area and continental shelves within national jurisdiction, the deep sea is the most difficult area on Earth to access and one of the hardest to manage.

«The Coral Sea is one of a handful of places in the world where a very large oceanic no - take park can be created and monitored in a single national jurisdiction,» say Professors Terry Hughes and Bob Pressey of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University.

Pietrobono and fellow Occupy member Noah Fischer contend that art has been completely taken over by monetary interests: corporations that engage in «brandwashing» (supporting the arts as a PR play), controversial figures like David Koch using art philanthropy as a way of deflecting from his politics, and unsavory practices such as free ports (storage areas outside national jurisdictions that make it possible to buy and sell art without being taxed).

Asserting that anthropogenic climate change poses an existential threat to our nations, our cultures and to our way of life, and thereby undermines the internationally protected human rights of our people — including the right to sustainable development, right to life, the right to self - determination and the right of a people not to be deprived of its own means of subsistence, as well as principles of international law that oblige all states to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other states or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction;

It balances recognition of the inherent rights of a coastal state over its continental shelf with the interest of the international community in defining the limits of seabed beyond national jurisdiction, where the mineral resources are the common heritage of mankind and are administered through the International Seabed Authority.

Are you aware that all nations have a duty under customary international law to prevent harm by ensuring that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction?

«[H] ave, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law... the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.»

Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

The findings underscore the need for more effective management of fisheries and pollution and for strengthening protection of the 64 % of the ocean that lies beyond the zones of national jurisdiction.

• Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (UN 1992a: Preface, emphasis added).

b. citizens in their country not harm other people outside their national jurisdiction under the «no harm» principle; and,

A carbon fee and per capita dividend is probably equitable within a national jurisdiction.

Via:: Ad Hoc Open - ended Informal Working Group of the General Assembly to study issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction, United Nations, New York, 28 April — 2 May 2008, Agenda Item 4: General remarks

In addition to above points Article 20 expressly provides Member states retain their responsibility for awarding or revoking national citizenship thereby further distancing the two distinctintive identies of citizenship by locating them in different legal procedural frameworks, one belonging to that of European Treaty framework law and one belonging within national jurisdiction.

In total, this site features over 17,000 of the world's leading private practice lawyers from over 100 national jurisdictions.

The ECJ could not remain indifferent to the global trend to widen the category of crimes that «should not go unpunished», according to recent International Criminal Court (ICC) guidelines (see Policy Paper on Case Selection and Prioritisation of the Office of the Prosecutor, 15 September 2016), and therefore consider «serious» financial crimes as crimes against human rights, with the primary objective of ensuring «jointly with the relevant national jurisdictions, that the most serious crimes committed in each situation do not go unpunished» (ICC, Policy Paper, para. 1 (8)-RRB-, through the implementation of «effective» measures.

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In Akzo Nobel, for example, the European Court of Justice held that the law of the European Union superseded that of the relevant national jurisdictions; therefore, in competition cases internal counsel's advice will not be privileged — nor will that of external legal advisers who are not EU - qualified lawyers.

The goal of the Global Resources Law Partnership is to identify, preserve, and provide digital access to important at - risk primary legal and government publications from US and other national jurisdictions — obviously including Canada.

In Part II of the book, local experts from 12 national jurisdictions respond to a common set of questions designed to identify the local nuances of law and practice that practitioners may encounter in responding to a cross-border investigation.

A total of forty national jurisdictions will be explored, chosen in order to ensure broad geographical spread and a mix of common law, civil law and other legal traditions, as well as reflecting the expertise of the law firms involved.

Natural Resources and the Law of the Sea: Exploration, Allocation, Exploitation of Natural Resources in Areas under National Jurisdiction and Beyond - International Law Institute Series on International Law, Arbitration and Practice, Volume 2

To all cases of Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction, because, as the seas are the joint property of nations, whose right and privileges relative thereto are regulated by the law of nations and treaties, such cases necessarily belong to national jurisdiction.

In addition to national jurisdictions, violations of IHL can also be prosecuted by various international criminal tribunals.

However, the Damages Directive will be a minor revolution for many national jurisdictions within the EU, most notably by introducing limited obligations to disclose documents relevant to the case.

It also contains a graphic presentation of national jurisdictions and a selective bibliography.

But it seems unlikely that it will have that much resonance in an Ottawa where every measure is judged in terms of increasing electoral support in Québec and the winning of the next election and in Foggy Bottom, where the State Department is still articulating American needs in terms of a post-September 11 paradigm, in which traditional concerns of national jurisdiction have a lesser weightFor which see todays» news on the long journey of the NatWest Three.

Given the complexity of many types of large - scale fraud, which often involve more than a single country and so go beyond national jurisdiction, it is necessary to provide EU - wide enforcement at least on this issue.

My feeling is that the Lords went as far out in the issue of foreign torture and the extension of national jurisdiction over crimes abroad as they are likely to go in some of the statements in the Pinochet case (Regina v. Bartle) at http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199899/ldjudgmt/jd990324/pino1.htm.

Partnership for New York City President and CEO Kathryn Wylde said: «The Global Cyber Alliance addresses the growing need for a network dedicated to prevention of cyber crimes that transcends national jurisdictions and industry silos.

The firm stated that, «the proposed legislative amendments do not seem to contemplate for the likely scenario that an individual can simply choose to exchange with a digital currency provider outside of Australia's national jurisdiction.»

The participating associations have already started collaborating with regulators and authorities within their national jurisdictions.

When you choose the BMO CDAA MasterCard, every purchase you make helps CDAA raise important funds for supporting our Organizational Members in the advancement of the dental assisting profession; advocating in matters of national jurisdiction; and contributing to the oral health of Canadians.

While some national jurisdictions readily incorporate customary law, or aspects of it into their legal landscapes, (127) most countries colonised by imperialist European nations in the latter half of the last millennium transplanted their own common law systems to the lands they settled and continue to operate under a singular common law system.

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Meanwhile, Quebec's Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Jean - Marc Fournier noted the Supreme Court had already established provincial jurisdiction, but would wait to see the details of the new national body before deciding whether to launch a court action.