Sentences with phrase «minor international disputes»

But while the League of Nations did assist with minor international disputes, it had little real power for dealing with issues such as the Japanese invasion of Asia, Italian expansion in Africa and German aggression in Europe.

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a. Those who are the subject of international parental disputes over custody or contact; b. Those who are the subject of international abduction (including in those states which are not able to join the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention); c. Those who are placed abroad in alternative care arrangements which do not come within the definition of adoption and are therefore outside the scope of the 1993 Hague Inter-country Adoption Convention; d. Those who are the subject of cross-border trafficking and other forms of exploitation, including sexual abuse; e. Those who are refugees or unaccompanied minors.

In the world of international arbitration, cases come in all shapes and sizes, from billion - dollar blowouts with big geopolitical consequences to minor dustups involving commercial disputes, regional backwaters or arcane treaties.