Sentences with phrase «violation of international law by»

Watson said the deployment of 59 Tomahawk missiles «appear to be a direct and proportionate response to a clear violation of international law by the Syrian regime».

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It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

«The Palestinian sites of al - Haram, al - Ibrahimi / Tomb of the Patriarchs in al - Khalil / Hebron and the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque / Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem: the Board voted 44 to one (12 abstentions) to reaffirm that the two sites are an integral part of the occupied Palestinian Territories and that any unilateral action by the Israeli authorities is to be considered a violation of international law...»

And this is the problem: the measures he proposes would and could only be enforced at the cost of massive violations of human rights, and by dismantling the fragile but promising structures of technological know - how, international law, trade, and communication by which we are building up a still - feeble sense of what it means to be a single humanity on a single globe, under God and responsible for a common world.

«Would you accept that the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion was largely due to your failure to ensure: (1) that system was in place to ensure a transparent and accountable spending of budget for military operations in strict accordance with the standards of international law including the UN Convention against Corruption; (2) that any such system was operating in a continuous and effective manner; and (3) that violations of the standards were punished when detected by that system?

It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a state party is a clear violation of the chemical weapons convention and a breach of international law.

Every militant group is located in a sovereign nation, by bombing that group, you are also bombing the nation, which might cause some violations of international laws.

The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad, viewed the action taken by Trump as an «aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made - up up pretext».

Undoubtedly, Western interests are at stake in Syria and the region more widely, but we are not going to advance or protect them by unilateral military action — not only because such action would be in violation of international law but also because it can not achieve desirable outcomes.

Taylor is himself in the dock charged by the Special Court for Sierra Leone with crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.

[U] nder customary international law as it presently stands, a State is not deprived of immunity by reason of the fact that it is accused of serious violations of international human rights law or the international law of armed conflict.

These lawyers further acted incompetently by advising superiors to approve interrogation techniques that were in violation of U.S. and international law.

By concentrating on the legal interpretation of the GC, the Court could avoid a consideration of the claims brought by Front Polisario, which included potentially valid accusations relating to the violation of fundamental principles of EUlaw and international laBy concentrating on the legal interpretation of the GC, the Court could avoid a consideration of the claims brought by Front Polisario, which included potentially valid accusations relating to the violation of fundamental principles of EUlaw and international laby Front Polisario, which included potentially valid accusations relating to the violation of fundamental principles of EUlaw and international law.

Exceptional revocation cases that raise complex issues of fact and law, such as those involving war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as cases regarding security, other human or international rights violations and organized criminality, would instead be decided by the federal court.

The case established that the ATS provides jurisdiction over tort actions in such «foreign cubed» cases, brought by non-US plaintiffs against non-US defendants for violations of customary international law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed outside the US.

... it seems to us that if a state adopts a rule restricting access to the court which it is not required by international law to adopt, there is a violation of Article 6 ECHR unless the rule otherwise meets the requirements for the limitation of that right.

The Nuremberg Tribunal considered a number of factors relevant to its conclusion that the authors of particular prohibitions incur individual responsibility: the clear and unequivocal recognition of the rules of warfare in international law and State practice indicating an intention to criminalize the prohibition, including statements by government officials and international organizations, as well as punishment of violations by national courts and military tribunals (id., at 445 - 47, 467).

Article 3 is intended to realise that undertaking by endowing the International Tribunal with the power to prosecute all «serious violations» of international humaInternational Tribunal with the power to prosecute all «serious violations» of international humainternational humanitarian law.

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The application focuses on export licences for weapons in general, and follows allegations of violations of international humanitarian law by Saudi Arabia, including, but not limited, its use of cluster munitions.

«Accountability and legal rights, including matters relating to the responsibility for any violations of laws by an artificial intelligence system and the compatibility of international regulations.»

When an agreement in concluded by the EU, a binding interpretation of EU law that would result in a violation of autonomy exists only when an international agreement concluded by the EU exhibits a special link to EU law.

Germany has asked the ICJ to declare that the «Italian Republic must take... all steps to ensure that in the future Italian courts do not entertain legal actions against Germany» by allowing civil claims based on violations of international humanitarian law by the German Reich during World War II.

Germany asked the ICJ to declare that the «Italian Republic must take... all steps to ensure that in the future Italian courts do not entertain legal actions against Germany» by allowing civil claims based on violations of international humanitarian law by the German Reich during World War II.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

International money transfer company Payza has been accused of wittingly transmitting funds that were derived from illegal activity by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), a violation of criminal laws.

(10) A violation of this section may subject the party committing the violation to civil or criminal penalties or a federal or state warrant under federal or state laws, including the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act, and may subject the violating parent to apprehension by a law enforcement officer.

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