Sentences with phrase «of sovereign states»

After all, controlling one's own borders is one of the core functions of a sovereign state.

Ideally, international law should also extend far beyond these traditional provisions for preserving the integrity and independence of sovereign states, into the domain of universal human rights.

Isn't it a right of a sovereign state to decide who should they cooperate with?

In general terms, if you ask the court of a sovereign state to probate a will, the court will inquire if the will is valid under national law.

Meanwhile, Just two days ago, the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said that the arrest and detention of the director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is shaping the minds of activists.

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, has lambasted pro-Biafra groups, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB...

The warning followed the observation by the Nigeria Police Force leadership of the increasing resort to acts of brigandage by sets of misguided individuals who apparently are hiding under the cloak of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to threaten national security and public peace in parts of South East geopolitical Zone and some other conterminous States.

These are related to the preservation of the «international democratic order» both at the domestic level in terms of public participation and consultation on geoengineering and at the international level concerning interference in the affairs of sovereign states in accordance with Article 2 (7) of the United Nations Charter.

The permanent five members of UN Security Council, however, were initially reluctant to sponsor a notion implying both additional responsibilities and the right to intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign states.

Foley Hoag, a top law firm with offices in Boston, New York, Paris and Washington, D.C. has extensive legal experience in the representation of Sovereign States in matters involving public international law.

The SCC also opined that the international law on secession did not apply to Québec's situation because international law does not address the situation where component parts of sovereign states want to legally secede unilaterally from the «parent» state.

This brings us to something really interesting and provocative, and that is we are beginning to see in Venezuela, potentially, the first bitcoinization of a sovereign state.

Cryptocurrencies do not have the support of sovereign states.

«The solvency of sovereign states has ceased to be a foregone conclusion,» Mr. Draghi told bankers in Rome.

EU - wide policy objectives and the backing of sovereign states — both Poland and France have done their own sovereign green bonds in the past six months — is said to be driving a broader openness to sustainable products among European corporates.

The spaces between cities» especially the lawless roads where the expelled criminals roamed» were pacified through the rise of sovereign states in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The end of World War II saw the creation of the United Nations as a political organization of sovereign states.

We want them anchored in the actual practice of sovereign states.»

As late as the nineteenth century, the Church still banned the writings of Hugo Grotius, an early defender of the sovereign state and the father of modern international law.

They, soon reinforced, we may hope, by a more clear - eyed U.S. policy, may succeed in recalling the United Nations to its former and more modest self — a necessary, if frequently irritating, instrument of sovereign states in search of cooperation without abdication.

As Pope Francis assumes his role as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he is also the newest head of a sovereign state that accepts and accredits foreign envoys while sending its own diplomats around the globe to advance its interests.

Humanitarian intervention entails the ranking of one set of values over against another, and in real life this may mean war or the invasion of another sovereign state.

If he is such a great patriot (which one would suspect from a former military man), shouldnt he be more concerned with the crime spree on the U.S. - Mexico border than with the acts of a sovereign state trying to address a crisis caused by the federal government's cowardice?

First, it is a historical example of a non-European international society not composed of sovereign states or based on the principle of sovereign equality, but based on the principle of adaptable hierarchy and the ranking of powers.

The Nigeria Politics Online learnt the protesters marched through major streets in Enugu metropolis just as they also demanded urgent recognition of the Sovereign State of Biafra.

I always thought that calling for the destruction of a sovereign state, which is a member of the United Nations, is something that goes beyond «political views.»

We are also by this release, calling on all well - meaning Ghanaians and Civil Society Organizations, to add their voice to this ugly and extremist canker that has taken hold of this sovereign state as it has grave repercussions for the security and peaceful coexistence of all Ghanaians and our foreigner development partners with businesses here in Ghana.

«Certainly a due respect for federalism would at least demand that a representative from Texas, acting on his own, not be allowed to compel action from a constitutional officer of a sovereign state.»

The leader of the Movement for the Actuali - sation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, on Tuesday, said the movement is not part of...

Instead of being able to fly into any country they like, attempting to take out dangerous men and women, they would need proper clearance from the U.N. as a ways of respecting and honoring the rules of sovereign states.

Strong source: Wikipedia's List of sovereign states.

As we continue to expand our work in this area of the world including the representation of sovereign state clients in international arbitrations, Alberto will play an increasingly instrumental role.»

The PTAB held that the university, as an agency of the sovereign state of Florida, was immune to an inter partes challenge to the patent's validity.

This is despite the fact that the Declaration provides clear provisions for the certainty of the sovereign state.