Sentences with phrase «protection under the convention»

People have been looking at this group of animals for protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, but there has been no way to know which of the groups need protection because the filters are cut out and the rest of the animal is discarded, she said.

The report also confirms that many of the products are from internationally protected great whale species including fin, sei, minke, sperm and Bryde's whale — all of whom are protected under the moratorium on commercial whaling established by the International Whaling Commission in 1986 and have the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Gragl starts with a useful reflection on the need for a whole book on this subject, which leads him to set out his research question: Can accession and the system of human rights protection under the Convention be effectively reconciled with the autonomy of EU law, and if so, how?

The legal bars to asylum are explored at length, as well as the alternative protections to asylum — Withholding of Removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture — for those that do not qualify for asylum.

Not exact matches

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that those under the age of 18 often need special protection, but vitally, they also «have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kind...».

If the UK had accepted Ecuador's request to make Mr Assange an officially accredited diplomat, he would been immediately entitled to protection under the Vienna Convention, to which the UK is a ratified signatory.

The amendment, crafted by Dominic Raab, a Eurosceptic Tory rising star, sought to make it easier to deport foreign criminals who claim a right to a family life as protection under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Martin Pratt, an expert on maritime boundaries at Durham University in England, says that the only environmental protection afforded under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relates to so - called Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) in waters within a territory extending 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from a country's coastline.

Marine mammals, sharks and rays, polar bears, and some birds are among the 31 species that will get greater protection under a deal reached earlier this week by more than 100 countries at a meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a U.N. body.

The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985), which outlines states» responsibilities for protecting human health and the environment against the adverse effects of ozone depletion, established the framework under which the Montreal Protocol was negotiated.

Furthermore, the animal experimentation follows the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (ETS No. 123) with its appendix A. All animal experiments are and will be carried out in full accordance with the Law and the Decree, which state that the work with animals is carried out only under specific authorizations that include licenses for the personnel, housing of the animals, and also individual experiments.

Therefore the Court found that expressing this kind of opinions does not fall under the protection of the freedom of expression according to article 10 (1) of the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

The idea of «fundamental British values» feeds into broader narratives of «Britishness» which played a significant role in the UK referendum vote to leave the European Union and Conservatives» call for a British Bill of Rights to replace the protection offered by the European Convention on Human Rights, under the Human Rights Act.

In many other European countries, it is forbidden under the terms of the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals, unless «a veterinarian considers such non-curative procedures necessary either for veterinary medical reasons or for the benefit of the animal».

I actually got started in the broader field of sustainability ethics and worked at the United Nations under the Clinton administration as the program manager for United Nations organizations at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of International Policy on all the Rio Earth Summit issues, namely Agenda 21, the Biodiversity Convention, the UNFCCC, the Forests agreements, and Toxic Substances.

In the UN Convention of Biological Diversity, 196 nations have agreed to put 17 % of the earth's surface under protection.

[3] The following year, the Dutch authorities, ironically the first country in the world to recognise in 1981 [4] the protection of gay men as a Particular Social Group under the 1951 Refugee Convention, [5] posed three questions to be addressed by the Court, through the prism of the 2004 Qualification Directive, [6] with respect to the asylum claims of 3 gay men from Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda: [7] Continue reading →

In the case Belvedere Construzioni Srl (Case C - 500 / 10) this was under discussion vis - à - vis the principle of resolving judicial proceedings in tax matters within reasonable time under Article 6 (1) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

[3] The following year, the Dutch authorities, ironically the first country in the world to recognise in 1981 [4] the protection of gay men as a Particular Social Group under the 1951 Refugee Convention, [5] posed three questions to be addressed by the Court, through the prism of the 2004 Qualification Directive, [6] with respect to the asylum claims of 3 gay men from Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda: [7]

In the meantime, the Order indicated, the government would extend full protection under all humane treaties on prisoners» rights for those still at Guantanamo, indicating an end to any harsh treatment in violation of four aspects of the Geneva Convention.

[21] Article 9 (1): «Acts of persecution within the meaning of article 1 A of the Geneva Convention must: (a) be sufficiently serious by their nature or repetition as to constitute a severe violation of basic human rights, in particular the rights from which derogation can not be made under Article 15 (2) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; or (b) be an accumulation of various measures, including violations of human rights which is sufficiently severe as to affect an individual in a similar manner as mentioned in (a).»

In Canada, we do not have the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms that provoked the prosecutorial charging guidelines in England and Wales so we could not motivate or launch any actions under that.

This time the toll is to be paid by Americans who want to use works that had, according to US law at the time, entered the public domain but that have been removed from that status and place back under copyright by a 1994 act of the US Congress in order to bring that country into line with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

The Court of Protection Rules have been amended to accommodate applications to that court under s 21A of MCA 2005 arising from the operation of the scheme, for example an application which disputes a finding by a «supervisory authority», such as a local authority, that a care home resident is in fact deprived of his or her liberty within the meaning of Art 5 of the Convention.

Under the New York Convention, arbitral awards enjoy the same protection as domestic court decisions and deference is given to agreements to arbitrate.

Where the Minister certifies by notice, published in the Canada Gazette, that any country that is not a treaty country grants or has undertaken to grant, either by treaty, convention, agreement or law, to citizens of Canada, the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copyright protection substantially equal to that conferred by this Act, the country shall, for the purpose of the rights conferred by this Act, be treated as if it were a country to which this Act extends, and the Minister may give a certificate, notwithstanding that the remedies for enforcing the rights, or the restrictions on the importation of copies of works, under the law of such country, differ from those in this Act.

Where the child has his or her habitual residence in the territory of a third State which is not a contracting party to the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition, enforcement and cooperation in respect of parental responsibility and measures for the protection of children, jurisdiction under this Article shall be deemed to be in the child's interest, in particular if it is found impossible to hold proceedings in the third State in question.

The FTT (Judge Berner) held that the provisions were compatible with (a) BAT's directly effective EU law rights (including the principles of effectiveness, protection of legitimate expectations and proportionality, and rights derived from the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights); (b) BAT's Convention rights under the ECHR (including under A1P1 and Article 6); and (c) BAT's common law rights.

Judicial authorisation is an important safeguard to ensure effective protection of the rights of an incapacitated person to freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment, and to respect for their physical and moral integrity under the European Convention on Human Rights, Art 3 and Art 8.

But under the Berne Convention, Canada does not need to use a copyright notice to have copyright protection.

Bob has years of experience working with foreign patent counsel the world over prosecuting patent applications in foreign countries for U.S. clients as well as prosecuting patent applications in the U.S. made in foreign countries, based on International Applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty or priority filings under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

The reconsideration resulted in a determination that the appellant was not entitled to protection under either convention.

Adoption Service Providers in the United States must meet high standards of professional conduct under the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.

The Hague Convention provides protections for children, birthparents and prospective adoptive parents under internationally agreed upon rules and and procedures.

A court may make a location order under section 67M or a Commonwealth information order under section 67N for the purposes of the Child Protection Convention.

The Ramsar Convention is directly linked to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Ramsar wetlands are recognised as a matter of national environmental significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

It also raises concerns under Article 6 of the Convention, which provides that «States... shall assure to everyone within their jurisdiction effective protection and remedies... against any acts of racial discrimination.»

What applications can be made under the 1996 Hague Convention on State, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children?