Sentences with phrase «set by international law»

While the EU remains committed to human rights, it argues that the ATS must respect the limits set by international law:

Writer and «barefoot lawyer» Guo Feixiong (Yang Maodong) had been active in a range of pro-democracy and anti-corruption campaigns and had called for the Chinese Government to meet the standards for civil and political rights set by international law.

Not exact matches

It is grossly unjust, though it is now legitimized under the prevailing positive international law and the United Nations Organization set up by the victors of World War II after 1945.

By filing a lawsuit to set aside the Mexico City policy on the basis of «international law» created outside the American political system, the CRLP has demonstrated that it firmly believes that «international law» (which has little if anything to do with the will of the American people or the representatives they elect to govern them) is nevertheless enforceable against the American people and, ultimately, the people of the world.

Moreover, it is generally accepted that Congress can set aside customary international law by statute and thereby make it unenforceable in U.S. courts» thus, there is a powerful democratic «check» on the UN process.

Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos, Akin Oyebode is set to deliver a paper on the Strategic Dialogue on Mobilizing the Citizens to Demand Anti-Corruption Reforms and an End to Impunity for Grand Corruption in Nigeria being organized by Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in collaboration with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

Without the setting up of UNEP by the Stockholm Conference much of the international law on environment probably wouldn't exist.

The dabbling poet and short story writer, who'd been raised in the same mining village as D H Lawrence, and who had made his living in the oil industry, broadcasting, banking, and as an international management consultant in fields ranging from parliaments to law enforcement, suddenly found himself struck by the idea that this fascinating country — in such a complex state of temporal and national limbo — would make an extraordinary setting for a crime thriller.

The study (warning: quite wonky) looks at federal and state laws governing greenhouse gas pollutants and asks if they can achieve the goal set by President Obama at the international climate conference in Copenhagen last December — a 17 percent reduction over 2005 levels by 2020.

GFG Alliance, the international group of businesses led by UK entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta, is set to put together its first - ever panel of law firms.

This tax refund case set the precedent in the interpretation and construction of local Philippine taxation laws on imposition of excise taxes to aviation fuel purchased by international carriers for consumption outside the Philippines and its treaty obligations arising from the Chicago Convention and various bilateral air service agreements with other countries.

Within the past decade, banking and insurance companies have hired historical legal experts and spent a lot of time litigation over the US Federal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's founding.

Many law schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single leginternational law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single leginternational focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legInternational Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal cultureLaw and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culture.20

In terms of procedure, Lesotho applied for the award to be set aside either under § 10 (3) of the Singapore International Arbitration Act (the «IAA») or, in the alternative, under Article 34 (2)(a)(iii) of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Commercial Arbitration (the «Model Law»), which is incorporated into Singapore law by virtue of § 3 (1) of the ILaw on Commercial Arbitration (the «Model Law»), which is incorporated into Singapore law by virtue of § 3 (1) of the ILaw»), which is incorporated into Singapore law by virtue of § 3 (1) of the Ilaw by virtue of § 3 (1) of the IAA.

In applying the criteria laid out by the Court, the AG pays little attention to the fact that the tribunals are set up by an international agreement rather than through domestic law, to the ad - hoc nature of ISDS, and to the long - held criticism that ISDS arbitrators lack the basic judicial safeguards for judicial independence.

Integrated Advisory Group International (IAG), of which Aaron's International is a member, was set up 25 years ago by medium - sized law and accounting firms around the world to give on - the - ground advice, support and assistance to the clients of member firms.

Newly promoted by the University of Oxford to Professor of International Law, Public International Law and International Economic Law specialist Dan Sarooshi is now a member of leading commercial set Essex Court Chambers.

While the Human Rights Committee has not determined that «extraordinary» tribunals or «special» courts are incompatible with the requirement that tribunals be established by law, it has taken the position that the provision is intended to ensure that any court, be it «extraordinary» or not, should genuinely afford the accused the full guarantees of fair trial set out in Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Each airline has their own set of rules for international flights which can be affected by the national laws of the countries over which they fly.

In yesterday's ruling the Court did not set aside its decision in Chacón Navas, but did point out that this previous ruling was adopted prior to the entry into force of the CRPD — and that «the primacy of international agreements concluded by the European Union over instruments of secondary law means that those instruments must as far as possible be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with those agreements.»

Notwithstanding the above, recognition and enforcement has been refused on grounds of public policy for the following reasons: the award was obtained by fraud (see Westacre Investments Inc v Jugoimport - SPDR Holding Co Ltd [1999] 2 Lloyd's Rep 65 (CA) and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board v ST - CMS Electric Company Private Ltd [2008] 1 Lloyd's Rep 93); the award was tainted by illegality (Soleimany v Soleimany [1998] 3 WLR 811); the underlying agreement was contrary to principles of EU law, in particular competition law as set out in Articles 101 and 102 of the TFEU (Eco Swiss China Time Ltd v Benetton International NV (1999)(Case C - 126 / 97); and the award was unclear as to the obligations imposed on the parties (Tongyuan (USA) International Trading Group v Uni-Clan Ltd (2001, unreported, 26 Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration 886).

The Judiciary set up a Working Party on Mediation in 2006 chaired by the Hon. Mr Justice Johnson Lam, with members made up of representatives from the Law Society, Bar Association, Consumer Council, Legal Aide Department, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, HKMC and judges.

Restrictions set forth by privacy law can be avoided by foreign authorities when they can seek the cooperation of Consob under the international cooperation mechanisms described in question 13 above to obtain materials containing personal data.

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.

Of course, domestic and international air flight is governed by a fairly complicated set of international conventions and tariffs, some of which are listed here from the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law.

Clyde & Co has assisted local regulators in benchmarking their insurance laws and regulations against equivalent laws and regulations in numerous other jurisdictions, and also against international best practice set out by organisations such as the International Association of Insuranceinternational best practice set out by organisations such as the International Association of InsuranceInternational Association of Insurance Supervisors.

(3) The Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods as amended by the Protocol, prepared in accordance with Article XIV of the Protocol and set out in Schedule 3, has force of law in Ontario on and after the day it enters into force in accordance with Article 44 of the Convention.

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For example, if you've set your sights on a leading national or international firm, you could develop relevant commercial awareness by reading the Financial Times and being aware of developments in the world of business, such as mergers and acquisitions among market - leading companies and the impact of Brexit on different areas of law.

It considers established criteria (as set through processes of international law) for determining whether the «balance» struck by the government is in fact consistent with Australia's human rights obligations or whether the intervention places Australia in breach of those obligations.

The exercise of the rights set forth in this Declaration shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law and in accordance with international human rights obligations.

To interpret the Constitution as intended to set up a nation which could be an outlaw in the international community of nations by reason of mere incidental implication would violate the underlying value of a nation committed to the rule of law.

It should be noted that while the economic, social and cultural rights protected by international law are set out in the provisions of the Covenant, they have been further developed and elaborated through a series of «General Comments» made the CESCR Committee.