Sentences with phrase «states under treaties»

At its heart, IIAPP offers a database of summaries of some 150 cases brought by investors against states under treaties channelling disputes into less costly arbitration.

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Britain, Ireland and Denmark are already exempt from carrying out the plans under EU treaties, but many of the other 25 member states reject quotas under pressure from anti-immigrant parties.

The delicate, potentially deadly dismantling of nuclear warheads at Pantex, while little noticed, has grown increasingly urgent to keep the United States from exceeding a limit of 1,550 warheads permitted under a 2010 treaty with Russia.

The treaties we possess from the Hittites (an ancient Indo - European people who once inhabited what is now the modern state of Turkey) established the way these suzerains interacted with the city - states under their control.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanstate shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanState to the contrary notwithstanding.

In the days following the end of the DNC, Trump has picked a fight with that aforementioned «Gold Star» Muslim - American family; he has called on the state of Russia to «hack» into the Clinton campaign's email server; he has put into question America's resolve to affirm its treaty obligations to its NATO allies; he has first refused, and then under pressure accepted, to endorse the highest - ranking official of his own party, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan; and he has even begun to state that the election results this November may «be rigged.»

The Geneva Convention allows them to be «detained or prosecuted under the domestic law of the detaining state for such action; subject of course to international treaties on justice and human rights such as everyone's right to a fair trial.»

If the Commission considers that a Member State has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties, it shall deliver a reasoned opinion on the matter after giving the State concerned the opportunity to submit its observations.

The examination of a state's report under a treaty can provide an occasion for exerting international pressure on the state (McQuigg, 813).

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

First, international agreements (regardless of their title, designation, or form) whose entry into force with respect to the United States takes place only after two thirds of the U.S. Senate has given its advice and consent under Article II, section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution are «treaties.»

The agreement for the most part does not obligate the United States under international law — though it does include some procedural components that are legally binding and that the administration says are supported by prior treaties.

The United States has decided not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear countries as long as they comply with their nonproliferation commitments under different international treaties.

As Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, George Shultz helped negotiate the most successful global environmental treaty to date: the Montreal Protocol, which phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone - depleting chemicals.

The administration granted waivers to states such as New York, New Mexico, and Oklahoma failed to consult with American Indian tribes on waiver plans as required by the administration's own rules for the waiver process, Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, and under treaties between tribes and states themselves.

Further, the Tribunal observed that, though relief is not available for state income taxes paid under the India - US tax treaty (tax treaty), the relief is available under Section 91 read with Section 90 of the Act.»

Nothing in these Terms constitutes a waiver of any rights under copyright laws, trademark laws or any other federal, state or local law, regulation, ordinance or treaty or a waiver of moral rights.

This website is under the copyright protection of the Intellectual Property Laws of the State of New York, the United States and International Treaties.

Some within the administration, as well as several Democratic committee chairs on Capitol Hill, urged that the United States take the lead in calling for the elimination of HFC's under the treaty.

The rest is well worth reading — from the media strategy to the keystone point, made repeatedly in Copenhagen by the United States, that from here on in there are two kinds of developing countries and that «advanced developing countries» (meaning China) «must be part of any meaningful solution to climate change including taking responsibilities under a legally binding treaty.»

Dec. 7, 1:11 a.m. Updated below With the latest round of contentious international climate treaty negotiations getting under way in Durban, South Africa, it's worth revisiting what would be required to meet ambitious targets set for greenhouse gases in California, a state that already has pledged meaningful action.

That approach contrasts with the strategy tried, in vain, under two decades of international negotiations aimed at building a comprehensive and binding treaty, and, in the United States, a lost decade aimed at passing a «comprehensive» climate bill.

Given that in ratifying the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the United States in 1992 agreed under Article 3 of that treaty to not use scientific uncertainty as an excuse for postponing climate change policies, do you believe the United States is now free to ignore this promise by refusing to take action on climate change on the basis of scientific uncertainty?

Given that in ratifying the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the United States and almost every country in the world in 1992 agreed under Article 3 of that treaty to not use scientific uncertainty as an excuse for postponing climate change policies, do you believe the United States is now free to ignore this promise by refusing to take action on climate change on the basis of scientific uncertainty?

With a global climate treaty under negotiation and legislation pending in the United States, the climate panel has found itself in the political cross hairs, its judgments provoking passions normally reserved for issues like abortion and guns.

The State Department's legal theory is that international agreements lacking new and material legal obligations are not treaties under United States law, and therefore need not undergo the Senate's advice and consent process.

The decision by the United States to negotiate a future treaty under the auspices of the Framework Convention has left the Howard Government stranded.

This program was started under the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty the United States did not ratify, so why should tax payer dollars be used to support a program the United States did not ratify.

It must be replaced by self - sacrifice for the good of other species — our «fellow biota» — and for the good of the planet, under the auspices of international treaties and a nascent Global Socialist State: the UN.

Conversely, ten of the intervening States, in addition to the Council and Commission, argued that the CJEU had «no power under Article 267 to assess the validity of provisions of the Treaties».

I doubt that any legal system could extend the generous remedy made available to foreign investors under the treaties to all investors or indeed to all persons, each of whom can also be treated unfairly and inequitably by the state.

That the bill presents a case for judicial consideration arising under the laws of the United States and treaties made under their authority with the Cherokee Nation, and which laws and treaties have been, and are threatened to be still further, violated by the laws of the State of Georgia referred to in this opinion.

The U.S. State Department publishes annual reports to Congress on the compliance by U.S. treaty partners of their obligations under the Convention.

An investor - State tribunal, chaired by Neil Kaplan QC, has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to hear Turkcell's claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran under the Turkey - Iran bilateral investment treaty.

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In Item 128 of the ECJ opinion it states, in part, that following the EU Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty, Member States:»... would henceforth be required to provide for such an exception or limitation under Article 4 of that treaty.&states, in part, that following the EU Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty, Member States:»... would henceforth be required to provide for such an exception or limitation under Article 4 of that treaty.&States:»... would henceforth be required to provide for such an exception or limitation under Article 4 of that treaty.»

It is not through the invocation of a substantive electoral right contained in the Treaties that Member States are restricting that the issue falls within Union law — rather it is an implicit obligation contained in Article 14 (3) TEU as reflected in the 1976 Act that elections be universal and direct; it is a general obligation placed on Member States to ensure the democratic integrity of EP elections that catches electoral law and subjects it to review under the Charter.

Should a Member States «court of last instance nonetheless submit a question within the scope of EU law to the ECtHR without being entitled to do so under the acte - clair - doctrine, proceedings for infringement of the Treaties could be engaged against that Member State based on Art. 258 f. TFEU.

Under Article 260 TFEU if the ECJ finds that a Member State has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties, «the State shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court.&rUnder Article 260 TFEU if the ECJ finds that a Member State has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties, «the State shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court.&runder the Treaties, «the State shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court.»

The monopoly of dispute settlement maintained by the EU courts under Art. 344 TFEU obliges the Member States to settle disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Treaties by no other means than the ones provided for in the latter and thereby strengthens the jurisdictional order of competences within the EU.

The reference to «joint responsibility» has also been described as sitting uneasily with the requirement under Article 1 of Protocol No 8 to the EU Treaties to establish «mechanisms necessary to ensure that proceedings -LSB-...] are correctly addressed to Member States and / or the EU as appropriate» (for further discussion, see the ESIL Reflection by Judge Gaja of the ICJ).

The United States could sign a treaty with Canada under which it undertook to eradicate the death penalty throughout the nation.

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges and other public officials in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanstate shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanState to the contrary notwithstanding.

The large commercial software company states the following on their copyright and trademarks page «This work is protected under United States copyright law and other international copyright treaties and conventions.&states the following on their copyright and trademarks page «This work is protected under United States copyright law and other international copyright treaties and conventions.&States copyright law and other international copyright treaties and conventions.»

Therefore, Dentons offered a creative solution: pursue damages under the bilateral investment treaty between the state in question and the country where the engineering company is headquartered.

This isn't malicious as the United States will only sign extradition treaties where the crime has a similar crime and penalty under both legal systems.

Under Article 50 (3), if a withdrawal treaty is not concluded, and if there is no unanimous agreement to extend the time - frame of negotiations, the United Kingdom will cease to be a Member State of the European Union by March 2019.

Be that as it may, in so far as Eurozone Member States are no longer able to fulfil their obligations under the IMF Articles of Agreement without encroaching upon the Union's exclusive competence, it can be argued that they have a duty to take «all appropriate steps to eliminate the incompatibilities» between the Union Treaties and the Articles of Agreement (see Article 351 TFEU).

The Decision clearly states that: «It is recognised that the United Kingdom, in the light of the specific situation it has under the Treaties, is not committed to further political integration into the European Union.