Sentences with phrase «on general international law»

He has worked regularly as a consultant or as counsel for various governments, international organisations and NGOs on general international law, international environmental law and law of the sea, including maritime boundary -LSB-...]

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But for believing Jews and Christians, the Arab - Israeli conflict is not just another international problem to be approached only «based on general considerations of international law.»

It adds: «With respect to the existence and the political choices of the State of Israel, they must be seen from a point of view that is not in itself religious but based on general considerations of international law.»

He provides a clear summary of international human rights law for the general reader, including a wealth of detail on the manifold human rights operations of the UN, on U.S. human rights policies over the years, and on regional human rights tribunals in Europe and Latin America.

Each of these categories has its own potential legal order; e.g., the 1948 Declaration and subsequent Covenants; the New International Economic Order (NIEO) and various General Assembly resolutions on the rights and duties of states; and the Law of the Sea Convention, covering, among other things, «the right of peaceful passage through international stInternational Economic Order (NIEO) and various General Assembly resolutions on the rights and duties of states; and the Law of the Sea Convention, covering, among other things, «the right of peaceful passage through international stinternational straits.»

Carlos Campo, Ashland University president Vincent Bacote, Wheaton University theology professor Kyle Duncan, former general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and lead counsel in the Hobby Lobby case Tom Farr, Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University Kellie Fiedorek, Alliance Defending Freedom Wayne Grudem, Phoenix Seminary Chad Hatfield, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary chancellor Thomas Kidd, Baylor University professor Daniel Mark, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Michael McConnell, Stanford University Law School Doug Napier, Alliance Defending Freedom Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference president Meir Soloveichik, Yeshiva University Rick Warren, Saddleback Church Thomas White, Cedarville University president

Obviously I am asking inspired by the China's actions but I am more interested in the international law and treaties on such cases on on general level.

Just like international law in general, they are based on consent rather than on the ability to impose sanctions or wield power on...

In their separate goodwill messages, the Osun state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State, Dr Bashir Ajibola, the Osun state Commisioer of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, Osun state Comptroler of Prison, Mr Segun Isaac Oluwasemilore, Dean Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife, Professor Babafemi Odunsi and his counterpart in Osun state University, Diran Ayode, commended the good gestures of the UNDOC, EU and other international agencies on the provision of the Centre.

[Box 9] OIS - China - Chinese Science and Technology Policy Delegation Visit, 1978 Zhongshan University Delegation Visit, 1979 AAAS Popularization of Science Delegation to China, 1980 CAST Science Writers Delegation to US, 1981 AAAS Environmental Planning Delegation to China, 1981 US - China Conference on Energy Resources and Environment, 1982 Interferon Study (Proposed), 1982 CAST Delegation to US, 1982 CAST Quality Control Delegation to US, 1982 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - US Papers, 1983 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - Chinese Papers, 1983 Photo Album of Address by Song Jian, 1985 AAAS Board of Directors Delegation to China, 1985 Chinese Delegation Visit (IIE), 1986 US Fish and Wildlife Service Delegation to China, 1986 FASAS International Climate Change Symposium (Proposal), 1986 CAST Delegation to US, 1986 Background Political Information, 1987 Law / Science Short Course (Proposal), 1987 Collected Information and Papers on Chinese Water Management, 1987 CAST Water Management Delegation to US, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China - Follow - up, 1988 CAST Petrochemical Engineer Delegation to US (Proposal), 1987 Pacific Rim Symposium (Proposal), 1987 Science and Technology Advising Seminar (Proposal), 1988 - 1989 AAAS / ABA Lawyers and Scientists Delegation to China, 1988 China Symposium at 1989 AAAS Annual Meeting, 1988 - 1989 Medical Instrument Maintenance and Repair, 1989 Fang Li Zhi, 1988 - 1989 Amnesty International Reports on Chinese Arrests, 1989 Correspondence re: June 1989 Events in China, 1989 Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs, 1989 China - FASAS Symposium on Environmental Protection in Developing Countries, 1989 FASAS Symposium Chinese Papers, 1989 PRC Joint Commission Visit, 1989 Tibet, 1987 Liz Levey Misc Correspondence, 1982 - 1990 Chinese Code of Ethics, 1986 China Tech Company Information, (undated) AAAS / CAST Exchange Programs, 1978 - 1987 Correspondence with CAST International Director Wang Zheng, 1981 - 1982 Correspondence with CAST, 1981 - 1989 James Hartnett Complaint to CAST, 1988 - 1989 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1987 Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 1987 - 1988 Correspondence with Chinese Embassy, 1982 - 1987 NAS China Committee, 1982 - 1986 Financial Aid for Chinese Students, 1987 Misc Articles and General Background Information, 1978 - 1989 Misc., 1982 - 1989 Presentation Transparencies, 1988 Elzinga, Aant.

Prof. Joost Pauwelyn, a law professor at Duke University subsequently published U.S. Federal Climate Policy and Competitiveness Concerns: The Limits and Options of International Trade Law, which holds out strong hope that border tax adjustments could pass muster under WTO and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trades) rullaw professor at Duke University subsequently published U.S. Federal Climate Policy and Competitiveness Concerns: The Limits and Options of International Trade Law, which holds out strong hope that border tax adjustments could pass muster under WTO and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trades) rulLaw, which holds out strong hope that border tax adjustments could pass muster under WTO and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trades) rules.

This policy document aims to provide context for Rio +20 discussions through analysis of current challenges in ocean and coastal management around the world, assessment of how well the multiple goals and objectives of previous international efforts have been met, and building on recent dialogue and inputs including the meeting of the UN Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS) and the Secretary General's report on Oceans and Law of the Sea.

For example, the Division approves or monitors sensitive areas of law enforcement such as participation in the Witness Security Program and the use of electronic surveillance; advises the Attorney General, Congress, the Office of Management Budget and the White House on matters of criminal law; provides legal advice and assistance to federal prosecutors and investigative agencies; and provides leadership for coordinating international as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement matters.

Depending on the view one has over these two intertwined general questions, Achmea can either appear as a logical corollary of EU constitutionalism or as a breach of the EU's commitment to the international rule of law.

In my research on general principles of law in the decisions of international criminal tribunals, I've found that the domestic legal systems that are most frequently invoked by the tribunals are, by far, those of Western Europe (in particular those of Germany, France, and England and Wales).

Report of the Secretary - General: Study on the Application and Interpretation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958), A / CN.9 / 168, in X Yearbook of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 106 (1979).

The application of the principle of proportionality may be observed in a variety of international law settings, including cases in which the proportionality of countermeasures taken in trade disputes is challenged before a WTO Panel under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade («GATT»).

In particular, as part of a more qualitative approach, one needs to have a look whether the current perceived «turbulences» have also by now reached the more fundamental layers of international law, i.e. meta - rules such as the ones on sources, State responsibility, State immunity, treaty interpretation, or res judicata effect of international court decisions must be abided by the parties involved, to name but a few, the general acceptance of which is indispensable for a functioning international legal system.

46 To that end, it should be noted that, on the basis of customary rules of general international law and those of multilateral agreements, the Head of State enjoys a particular status in international relations which entails, inter alia, privileges and immunities.

The Luxembourg Court, in adherence to the great shift in thoughts aimed at protecting «the rule of law at the national and international levels», as the United Nations General Assembly urges (see UN GA Resolution A / RES / 67 / 2012), and intended to repress the crime of serious VAT fraud, with established an effective measure (i.e., the disapplication of national rules incompatible with Article 325 (1) TFEU, Article 2 (1) of the 1995 PIF Convention as well as Directive 2006/112 on the EU's common system of VAT, read in conjunction with Article 4 (3) TEU) which, alongside the guilty, condemns States defaulting and disrespecting EU law and the founding principles of the world legal order.

First, a demand for disconnection clauses (e.g. Art. 282 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) contradicts the general praxis of international agreements to create an exception for the major part of parties excluding them from the dispute settlement procedure without opening this possibility for the other parties to the agreement (see also AG view para 115 - 6).

As to the allegation that the investors had not exhausted local remedies before commencing their claim, the High Court gave consideration to general principles of public international law and, in particular, the guidance contained in the International Law Commission's Draft Articles on Diplomatiinternational law and, in particular, the guidance contained in the International Law Commission's Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protectilaw and, in particular, the guidance contained in the International Law Commission's Draft Articles on DiplomatiInternational Law Commission's Draft Articles on Diplomatic ProtectiLaw Commission's Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection.

The most informative result from the survey is that a substantial majority, 51 67.5 percent, of the respondents reported that they had worked on a legal matter that required them to know something about foreign and / or international law.52 This response (see Appendix C) supports our original thesis that international and comparative legal issues have become part of the general practice of law.

We expect international law firms with China inbound practices focused on representing foreign MNCs in general corporate advisory work and other China - related legal services (FDI, JVs, divestitures, restructuring, FCPA / compliance, employment, etc.) to have steady business in 2017.

This adoption of Strasbourg reasoning makes these European decisions an integral part of the core of international human rights norms connected to sexual identity claims, and this is why Advocate General Sharpston's Opinion on this point failed to engage with the development of international human rights law in sexual identity claims.

JuriGlobe is a research group formed by professors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, which focuses on the development of a multilingual information data bank, accessible to all on the internet, containing general information relating to the different legal systems in the world, to the different official languages and to some of the most important international commercial conventions, as well as other multilateral commercial tools.

Embarrassingly, the instruction relating to international law was deleted on the same day that the Attorney General gave a keynote speech extolling its inclusion in the Ministerial Code.

The application focuses on export licences for weapons in general, and follows allegations of violations of international humanitarian law by Saudi Arabia, including, but not limited, its use of cluster munitions.

In general, that means the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), which has led the development of e-commerce law in the worLaw (UNCITRAL), which has led the development of e-commerce law in the worlaw in the world.

The components of the service available through this subscription are: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts and Oxford Reports on International Law in Courts of General Jurisdiction (ICJ, PICJ, PCA and ITLOS), and International Human Rights Law.

Rob La Gatta: Your firm focuses on general issues related to international law.

Suzanna provides trust advice to numerous international trust companies and individuals, including drafting trust documentation, advising on general trust law issues and advising on policy documentation.

After graduating law school, Mr. Goetz joined the international law firm of Holland & Knight LLP where his practice focused on the defense of claims involving product liability, medical negligence, and general liability, as well as complex commercial litigation matters.

Based in part on over 90 interviews with General Counsels of international corporations, Law Partners, and Heads of Innovation at law firms around the world, this session explores how thelaw marketplace is changing, what lawyers» clients are saying, and the skillset needed of today's lawyeLaw Partners, and Heads of Innovation at law firms around the world, this session explores how thelaw marketplace is changing, what lawyers» clients are saying, and the skillset needed of today's lawyelaw firms around the world, this session explores how thelaw marketplace is changing, what lawyers» clients are saying, and the skillset needed of today's lawyers.

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.

Interestingly, the Advocate General ranged much more broadly in reaching the same conclusion, stating that these limitations on the review of international arbitral awards were «contrary to the principle of effectiveness of EU law», «(n) o system can accept infringements of its most fundamental rules making up its public policy, irrespective of whether or not those infringements are flagrant or obvious» and «one or more parties to agreements which might be regarded as anticompetitive can not put these agreements beyond the reach of review under Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU by resorting to arbitration» (AG Op § § 58, 67 and 72).

Serving as General Motors» Global Process Team Leader, International Trade Law, an active member of its Global Ethics and Compliance Group, Senior Corporate Counsel, and Chief Privacy Officer (Canada), she has amassed a wealth of practical, hands - on experience working on complex trade and compliance issues.

Mr. Sobota and Chuck Kotuby «s monograph General Principles of Law and International Due Process, an update of Ben Cheng's seminal 1953 treatise on the topic, was published by Oxford University Press in 2017.

Today Three Crowns» Luke Sobota visits Yale Law School to deliver a lecture on «General Principles of Law and International Due Process.»

The Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law shall at regular intervals make arrangements for -

Even the Law Society of Upper Canada was upset and issued a statement, which began: «The actions of President General Pervez Musharraf are blatant violations of fundamental human rights under international law and unacceptable attacks on the independence of the judiciary, the bar, and the rule of law.&raqLaw Society of Upper Canada was upset and issued a statement, which began: «The actions of President General Pervez Musharraf are blatant violations of fundamental human rights under international law and unacceptable attacks on the independence of the judiciary, the bar, and the rule of law.&raqlaw and unacceptable attacks on the independence of the judiciary, the bar, and the rule of law.&raqlaw.»

Dewar and Dallaire, a retired lieutenant general, were speakers at a sold - out professional development session on human rights law jointly organized by the Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights and Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative.

GlobaLex, a key free source of research guides on foreign, comparative, and international law topics, changed general editors from Mirela Roznovschi to Lucie Olejnikova.

Advised an international oil and gas corporation on the launch of a new product, focusing particularly on product liability, health and safety, regulatory law and general contract and tort issues.

Hioureas previously served as Special Legal Advisor to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations, where she represented Cyprus at the Sixth Committee to the General Assembly (Legal Affairs), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Those who view the international legal system by comparison with domestic legal systems will comment on the general absence of effective enforcement mechanisms in international law.

This has put pressure on the legal community to think outside and beyond the narrow confines of traditionally local regulation, to start internalising general concepts of EU law, of international public order and human rights and to learn new habits and practices of international dispute resolution.

As someone who has purchased or rated Knowledge Management and the Smarter Lawyer by Esq., Gretta Rusanow or other books in the Law Practice > General category, you might like to know that Set - Off Law and Practice: An International Handbook will be released on April 11, 2010.

And EU law — unlike general public international law — also imposes obligations and confers rights directly on individuals.

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