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.
«No exceptional circumstances whatsoever,» the Convention reads, «whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability, or any
other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.»
The Blue Alert, a new kind
of public emergency notification was named after two New York Police Department officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were killed in an ambush attack by a man who hours earlier had shot a woman near Baltimore.
«No one walks around with a personal roll of toilet paper
for public emergencies or expects to put a quarter into a machine in exchange for a square of toilet paper in a public restroom,» said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D - Manhattan).
Is anyone else being told — at work or elsewhere — to curtail their criticism of the Bush administration or
public emergency rescue efforts?
The NSW Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) covers demographic and emergency treatment related data for every person that presents to
major public emergency departments in NSW.
Cuomo has called the NYCHA issues
a public emergency caused by bureaucracy and racial and economic inequality and has pledged not to sign the state's budget if it didn't improve the NYCHA situation.
He's called what's going on there
a public emergency caused by bureaucracy and racial and economic inequality.
I have proposed a Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which would unwind the application of the Act and give us a proper terrorism law, ruling out the application of the HRA 1998 while insisting on habeas corpus, due process and fair trial on one hand, and guiding judicial interpretation of provisions during
a public emergency on the other.
«It's
a public emergency,» Cuomo said, noting problems with lead paint, mold and broken heating systems.
Firstly, if the phrase was to be interpreted that way by the executive, why not construct it in a narrower sense, such as the human rights committee's «
public emergency threatening the life of the nation»?
To meet
a public emergency affecting life, health or property, the County Legislature may make emergency appropriations.
A public emergency shelter may not allow your pets inside.
Perhaps the DC universe courts have developed
a public emergency or necessity exception to the state action doctrine whereby private individuals pressed into public service in an emergency are not held to the same standards as ordinary state actors.
D ing control orders can be made pursuant to order (made under th Human Rights Ac 1998, s 14 (1)-RRB- designat ing a derogation from Art 5 where there is «
a public emergency».
Specific amendments would exclude family members from the Labour Relations Code and would allow government to appoint
a Public Emergency Tribunal to end a dispute and arbitrate an agreement, if a strike or lockout could harm livestock or damage crops.