Sentences with phrase «taken under this convention»

The parental responsibility referred to in Article 16 may be terminated, or the conditions of its exercise modified, by measures taken under this Convention.

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CNN: My Take: Chick - fil - A controversy reveals religious liberty under threat R. Albert Mohler Jr. president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world, weighs in on the Chick - fil - a controversy.

It was an emblem of the central place of Jesus when, under the terms of the Geneva Convention of 1864 for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field, the international organization created to carry out that moral imperative took the name «Red Cross Society»; its symbol, based on a reversal of the colors of the Swiss flag, is a red cross on a white background.

«I would therefore be grateful to you if you could provide information on these reports and comment on the compatibility of the measures taken with the UK's obligations under the convention.»

The Summit, which is taking place at a time President Mahama has been traveling across the country in furtherance of his transparency agenda to account to the people of Ghana, is important in moving forward Ghana's anti-corruption agenda as contained in the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (2015 - 2024) and our commitments under the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

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.

(6) Under Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developed country parties, including the United States, committed to «take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate, and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know - how to other parties, particularly developing country parties, to enable them to implement the provisions of the Convention».

But true to Franco, who exists on the fringes of mainstream (and has now come under fire over allegations of sexual misconduct), his take on Wiseau is a stark lampoon that defies every imaginable convention.

Schaffner came from TV, and while he has few of the obnoxious visual affectations of the TV - trained director, he tends to restrict the most significant actions and relationships in his films to spatial arenas that could be served very adequately by the tube rather than the Panavision screen: the real convention hustle in The Best Man takes place in hotel rooms, hallways, and basements; the tensest moments in his strange and (to me) very sympathetic medieval mini-epic The War Lord are confined to a small soundstage clearing or that besieged tower; the battle scenes in Patton are hardly clumsy, but the real show is George C. Scott; and Nicholas and Alexandra comes alive only after the royal family has been penned up under the watchful eyes of Ian Holm and then Alan Webb, far from the splendor of St. Petersburg or the shambles of the Great War.

All information regarding this free service, including the locations around the convention center where you can take advantage of this service, can be found in the Exhibitor Services Manual website under Tab 14.

A b eautiful and expansive open - air plaza, lawn and garden offer a respite from convention business as well as an outdoor meeting venue under the stars, taking advantage of Riverside's average temperature of 76 degrees (confirm our average temperature).

Held under the patronage of Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al - Thani, the event will take place in Doha from November 5th - 7th, at the Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel.

The International Conference on seizing tourism market opportunities in times of rapid change took place on June 5 - 7, 2012, under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al - Hussein, at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

The biggest gaming expo to come Down Under is taking over the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) once again.

LawBreakers takes typical multiplayer - shooter conventions and smashes the floor out from under them — literally.

Everybody likes to take a souvenir from a convention, but Toby's idea a little bit overkill... and certainly wouldn't have come under the luggage weight limit.

Frieze is known not for taking place in convention centers, like Art Basel, but rather under a big, architect - designed tent, since 2003 in Regent's Park in London (David Adjaye) and since 2012 on Randall's Island in New York (So - Il).

Any future negotiations on climate change will take place under the auspices of the United Nations and in the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

New Zealand last month chose to align climate efforts with the largest emitters such as U.S. and China by taking its pledge under the United Nations Convention Framework, after passing changes to its emissions trading scheme that critics including the Green Party said weakened its obligations.

Rich, industrialised countries like the EU and US have a legal obligation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC — which the talks fall under) to take the lead in cutting their emissions while providing the finance and technology to poorer countries to adapt to climate impacts and avoid the same fossil - fuel intensive development pathways they did.

Virtually all of the activity documented in the report took place in the voluntary markets, while most media coverage of carbon trading has focused on the European Union's top - down Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that was initiated to handle credits and offsets generated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

«(1) to induce foreign countries, and, in particular, fast - growing developing countries, to take substantial action with respect to their greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the Bali Action Plan developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and

(6) Under Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developed country parties, including the United States, committed to «take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate, and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know - how to other parties, particularly developing country parties, to enable them to implement the provisions of the Convention».

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?

Given that in ratifying the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the Untied States in 1992 agreed to the following under Article 3, 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?

Under the precautionary principle agreed in the climate change convention, nations promised not to use scientific uncertainty as an excuse for not taking cost - effective action.

In the CO2 reduction plan it submitted to the U.N., China said it will «urge developed countries to fulfill their obligations under the Convention to take the lead in substantially reducing their emissions and to provide support of finance, technology and capacity building to developing countries, allowing developing countries more equitable access to sustainable development and more support of finance, technology and capacity building and promoting cooperation between developed and developing countries.»

What's more, the UN Convention under which these climate talks are taking place specifically mandates that those responsible for climate change take up responsibility for reversing it.

Paragraph 2: Parties are encouraged to take action to implement and support, including through results - based payments, the existing framework as set out in related guidance and decisions already agreed under the Convention for: policy approaches and positive incentives for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries; and alternative policy approaches, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, while reaffirming the importance of incentivizing, as appropriate, non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches.

Under international law, a party seeking to accede to a convention can not take a reservation to a measure that is incompatible with the object and purpose of the convention.

She quoted Michael Zammit Cutajar, executive secretary of the climate change secretariat, to the effect that the 1992 Rio convention defined the project of controlling climate change as a burden to be shared, and that this sharing would have to be one in which, under the rubric of common but differentiated responsibilities, the rich countries take the lead.

This directly goes against the principles of the UNFCCC and is outlined in Article 4 (7): «The extent to which developing country Parties will effectively implement their commitments under the Convention will depend on the effective implementation by developed country Parties of their commitments under the Convention related to financial resources and transfer of technology and will take fully into account that economic and social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties.»

This means that whenever a child is taken to Japan and becomes habitually resident there within the meaning of Japanese law, no access claim can be made under the Hague Convention.

The secondary role of the procedural rules where the arbitration took place was confirmed in a 1979 Report on the Convention by the United Nations Secretary General, which stated that the «priority given to the parties» wishes» under article V (1)(d) «is merely limited by the public policy ground under paragraph 2 (b).»

In normal circumstances, when a child is taken to another country without the other parent's consent, an application can be made under the Hague Convention, to secure the return of the child.

Having worked on international child custody matters concerning Hungary for several years, and having consulted with Hungarian counsel on such issues, it is unfortunately clear that Hungary does not comply with its obligation under the Hague Abduction Convention to promptly return children who are wrongfully taken to Hungary or retained in Hungary.

calls into question the compatibility with the Convention rights at issue of a provision of European Union law, including decisions taken under the TEU and under the TFEU, notably where that violation could have been avoided only by disregarding an obligation under European Union law.

Thus, the Convention requires the left - behind parent to establish that the child was taken from the «habitual residence» and that the parent had «rights of custody» under the law of that jurisdiction.

In a nutshell, a Hague Convention application may be made when a child is taken or retained across an international border, away from his or her habitual residence, without the consent of a parent who has rights of custody under the law of the habitual residence, if the two countries are parties to the Convention.

Article 1 of Additional Protocol II of 1977 to the Geneva Convention applies to «armed conflicts -LSB-...] which take place in the territory of a High Contracting Party between its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other organised armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise such control over a part of its territory as to enable them to carry out sustained and concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol» (para. 1).

It may be preferable for a left - behind parent whose child has been taken to the U.S. to proceed under the UCCJEA instead of the Hague Convention.

However, the third paragraph of recital 12 complicates matters as it provides that where a member state court exercising jurisdiction under the Brussels I (recast) or national law has determined that an arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed, the court's judgment on the substance of the matter can be recognised or enforced in accordance with Brussels I (recast)(although this is expressed as without prejudice to the competence of member state courts to decide on recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in accorded with the New York Convention which «takes precedence over» Brussels I (recast)-RRB-.

Morley explains the requirements a petitioner must meet to make a claim under the Convention: that the petitioner has custody rights and that the child was taken from a country of habitual residence.

In this case, where a father seeks the return of his son to his country of habitual residence (Bulgaria), the main issues for determination under Article 13 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 are whether a return of the child (L) to Bulgaria would expose him to a grave risk of psychological or physical harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation and whether L objects to returning to Bulgaria, and has attained an age and degree of maturity at which his views should be taken into account.

He proposes three alternative views one might take of the nature of the «rights» accorded to investors under investment treaties: that they are «direct rights», similar to those found in the regime of human rights (p 622 - 623); «third party rights», akin to those accorded by treaty parties to third states under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (p 624); or «delegated rights», where the individual is an agent exercising rights that belong to their home State (p 625).

The following provisions shall apply to States Parties which have a federal or non-unitary constitutional system: (a) with regard to the provisions of this Convention, the implementation of which comes under the legal jurisdiction of the federal or central legislative power, the obligations of the federal or central government shall be the same as for those States Parties which are not federal States; (b) with regard to the provisions of this Convention, the implementation of which comes under the jurisdiction of individual constituent States, countries, provinces or cantons which are not obliged by the constitutional system of the federation to take legislative measures, the federal government shall inform the competent authorities of such States, countries, provinces or cantons of the said provisions, with its recommendation for their adoption.

[63] The Convention against Torture obligates a state to «take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction.»

Southwark's conclusion was that it was not necessary for it to provide accommodation to avoid a breach of Binomugisha's Convention rights because, if he were «taking all reasonable steps to leave the UK» he could be provided with accommodation by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) under s 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (IAA 1999).

Parliament can also take us out of the Council of Europe and our obligations under the Convention.