Sentences with phrase «obligation under international law»

Another Canadian obligation under international law is the Convention.

If it decides to do so, this measure will create an obligation under international law between Denmark and the other Member States bound by the measure.

Even though in NS the MS was discharging an obligation under international law, because this had been harmonized by the Regulation, then the exercise of discretion by the MS was in the scope of EU Law.

Honduras» obligation under international law (3) demands that indigenous people are consulted on projects that affect their land.

«We urge the Iranian government to uphold this right for religious minorities in Iran, in line with its obligations under international law and the provisions upholding the rights of religious minorities in its own constitution.»

Hague explained: «Given our need to fulfil our obligations under international law to deliver a suspect for questioning on serious offences, we have ensured that the Ecuadorian authorities have a complete understanding of the full legal context in this country.»

In time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation any High Contracting Party may take measures derogating from its obligations under this Convention to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with its other obligations under international law.

Leaving aside the question about justicability, it could be claimed that the right to education (especially right to self - determination and right to receive impartial information in education) is being infringed because of the inconformity of the described practice with state's obligations under international law described above.

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).

Canada is a party to the ICESPR and thus has obligations under international law to fulfill the commitments made under that treaty.

A legal challenge is being filed at the Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under international law.

Of course, states would still be violating their UN Charter obligations if they did not comply with Security Council resolutions, and hence their obligations under international law.

Urgenda argued that the Dutch state had therefore breached a duty of care owed to them (and to Dutch society generally), had infringed their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights («ECHR»), and had contravened various obligations under international law and the Dutch Constitution.

«Investors may well be wary of investing in Egypt if they run the risk of being subjected to the kind of concerted campaign of arbitrary and discriminatory measures to which Al Jazeera has been subjected in violation of Egypt's obligations under international law,» he adds.

A legal challenge has been launched in the Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under international law.

Switzerland has obligations under international law not to send people to countries where they may be tortured or face the death penalty.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«Including its obligations under international humanitarian law and UNSCR 2254.»

The UN Human Rights Committee, which regularly reviews whether states are living up to their obligations under the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, today made more than a dozen recommendations for fundamental changes in Canadian law and policy in respect to the treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Member states (MS) must ensure that the Commission is not granted the power to undermine a human right international law and thus misinterpret duty / obligation under it.

I know from my work with them how seriously they take their obligations under UK and international law.

«All government in Nigeria at all levels are under legal and moral obligation even above citizens to obey the law of the land and all part of international law binding on her.

If a state can meet these conditions, under current international law it is permissible to give priority to human rights obligations over the obligations of the U.N. drug conventions.

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

Within this perspective, Paul Weis describes refugees as «a vessel on the open sea, not sailing under any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and punder any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and punder a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and pUnder these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and peace.

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.

Under international law as it developed out of the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia and evolved in the West, obligations may be imposed on a sovereign state only with its consent.

The State Department's legal theory is that international agreements lacking new and material legal obligations are not treaties under United States law, and therefore need not undergo the Senate's advice and consent process.

Executive Summary Countries» obligations under international human rights law are well established.

Nor, as I understand matters, does IPCC's adoption of the resolution saying that «IPCC considers its draft reports, prior to acceptance, to be pre-decisional, provided in confidence to reviewers, and not for public distribution, quotation or citation» create an obligation under Canadian or international law that requires me to comply with your request to remove discussion of IPCC drafts from Climate Audit.

«Should it ever be determined that there existed an inconsistency between the ECT and EU Law», observed the Tribunal in RREEF Infrastructure, «the unqualified obligation in public international law of any arbitration tribunal constituted under the ECT would be to apply the formLaw», observed the Tribunal in RREEF Infrastructure, «the unqualified obligation in public international law of any arbitration tribunal constituted under the ECT would be to apply the formlaw of any arbitration tribunal constituted under the ECT would be to apply the former.

Generally speaking, treaty obligations stand on equal footing under international law.

«These cuts are inconsistent with Canada's basic legal obligations under domestic and international law».

It also argues that the cuts fail to comply with Canada's obligations to protect the rights of refugees under international law.

Agreements may be made in respect to any matter except to the extent that the agreement conflicts with the rules of international law incorporating basic standards of international conduct or the obligations of a member state under the Charter of the United Nations.

In an important passage the Panel took a new perspective on NVNI with a reference to the «good faith» obligation under customary international law.

If it formulated its ruling in such a way as to highlight the exceptionality of the circumstances that would force Member States to apply Article 25 (1) of the Visa Code to issue LTVs despite the fact that there might be reasons to refuse a visa according to Article 32 of the Visa Code, the EU would honor its obligations under international and European refugee and human rights law, without endangering the functioning of the CEAS.

It outlines how a proper case for self - defence was not made in respect to necessity and proportionality, and Canada's NATO obligations were therefore improperly invoked under international law, points that have been raised before by other legal academics.

At the outset it should be stressed that the immunity given to the defendant had been given solely in order to comply with the UK's obligations under public international law, namely the 1947 Convention.

In his opinion, s 4 may have two purposes: to draw the attention of Parliament, the government etc, to an inconsistency between a domestic law provision and a right arising under domestic law by virtue of the incorporation of Convention rights in HRA 1998; to draw the attention of the same constituencies to an inconsistency between domestic law and the UK's international law obligations which arise by virtue of being a signatory of the Convention.

Where an international obligation does exist, whether under a treaty or a rule of customary international law, a State is barred from invoking its internal law including its constitution.

Disregarding the relationship between the EU treaties and inter se treaties under international law, the CJEU safeguards the international law validity of inter se treaties, but imposes an EU law obligation on Member States to cure incompatibilities.

While at this point there is not yet a crystal clear general legal requirement in Canadian law to consult with Indigenous peoples on the negotiation and ratification of international treaties, a number of «modern'treaties, called comprehensive land claims settlements, include explicit obligations on Canada to consult with the Indigenous party in advance of new international treaties that might affect rights under these agreements.

These depend on identifying the legal effects of an incompatibility of a Member State international agreement with EU law, which creates different obligations on different actors under different legal orders.

«This form of international arbitration is incompatible with the exclusive competence of EU courts to rule on the rights and obligations of Member States under EU law.»

(2) Contracting States may, in fulfilling their obligations under paragraph 1, utilise a country profile form recommended and published by the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

CWP's political activities included hosting a dinner where people living in poverty ate a meal with members of parliament and other decision - makers, and discussed their experiences of poverty and ideas about how to address it; organizing policy summits where people living in poverty could collaborate with social policy experts and academics to develop recommendations for addressing poverty; and offering an online course on Canada's obligations to address poverty under international human rights law, those living in poverty could join a community of learners to discuss topics of the day.

In turn, Eli Lilly brought an international arbitration against Canada under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA in 2012 because in «the mid-2000s, after the patents had been examined and granted, but prior to their invalidation by the courts, Canada's patent utility law underwent a dramatic transformation,» which arguably was inconsistent with Canada's obligations to protect patents under NAFTA.

Second, statutory incorporation of this kind does not necessarily override the significance of obligations under other international treaties as a matter of domestic law.

In addition, the Commission will examine the question of whether the mechanism for examining and investigating complaints and claims raised in relation to violations of the laws of armed conflict, as conducted in Israel generally, and as implemented with regard to the present incident, conform with the obligations of the State of Israel under the rules of international law.