Sentences with phrase «where international treaties»

The UK, unlike some other states, is a dualist country where international treaties do not form part of the domestic law.

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But, international law prefers situations where territory obtained by conquest is recognized by a subsequent international treaty acknowledging this reality.

However, there is no such automaticity where treaties that establish international organisations are concerned.

, or without a vigorous opposition press, or with a slanderous and irresponsible opposition press, or which have signed up to supranational bodies outside democratic control, or which have signed up to international treaties ditto, or which make use of protected seats for women or ethnic minorities, or where the if the prime minister is one ethnic group the president is conventionally always another, or where unlimited campaign donations are allowed, or disallowed, or where significant numbers question the legitimacy of the polity holding the vote, or where voting is compulsory, or where non-citizens can not vote, or where they can, or where there is (or is not) a second chamber or supreme court that can block popular legislation...

Mauritius is part of the Commonwealth, which gives it a financial edge in tax treaties and international banking, where other Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries are concerned.

The study follows international negotiations last week in Bangkok, Thailand, where nations discussed the phaseout of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty meant to protect the planet's ozone layer.

As the Avengers and their newfound allies take sides on the issue of whether to sign a treaty agreeing to international oversight or continue with their current strategy of world - saving, no matter the cost, it's fascinating to see who falls where.

For evidence of Solomon's strange stance on environmental issues, one need look no further than his comments in the conservative National Review where he argued that the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty dedicated to reducing carbon emissions, was «the single biggest threat to the global environment.»

Supporters of the plan want to raise money quickly to spend much of it between now and the November negotiating session in Buenos Aires, where important details of the international treaty are to be decided.

This was where the movement turned after two devastating failures: the fruitless effort for an international climate treaty at Copenhagen in 2009, and the death, shortly afterward, of cap - and - trade legislation in the U.S. Senate, despite enormous investments by mainstream environmental groups in these causes.

Campaigning environment journalist Oliver Tickell told the conference that, unlike issues like climate change where it took years to get international legislation in place to reduce greenhouse gases, treaties were already agreed that should prevent plastic reaching the oceans.

That matters on the international stage, where negotiators will hammer out a binding treaty in Paris next summer.

Instead of a near - term treaty, we may see a kind of climate interregnum, a shift from an era of treaties (1992 - 2009), where addressing climate change was grounded in international law, to an era when climate change is addressed through national pledges with no binding international arrangements.

In some circumstances, other international treaties, or the domestic law of the country where enforcement is sought, will also apply to the question of whether a foreign arbitral award should be recognized and enforced.

«that article now lays down a single procedure of general application concerning the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements which the European Union is competent to conclude in the fields of its activity, including the CFSP, except where the Treaties lay down special procedures.»

My question is, what do international treaties and case law have to say about where this line is drawn?

The closest you come to an answer there, I would say, is in Opinion 1/91 (EEA), where the Court (drawing and building on van Gend & Loos) explicitly distinguished the EU Treaties from just «any «international agreements.

Second, the distinction drawn between direct effect and the possibility to use provisions of an international treaty for the review of legality of EU acts even where strictly speaking these provisions had no direct effect also meant a higher potential for international law to be granted at least some effect in the EU legal order.

By Article 25, each party state undertakes to recognise such judgments in other party states with the exception of judgments made against the government of the requested party or its employees in respect of acts taken on its behalf, as well as judgments where recognition or enforcement would be inconsistent with its international treaties.

Where an international obligation does exist, whether under a treaty or a rule of customary international law, a State is barred from invoking its internal law including its constitution.

On the contrary, it resembles the classic suppression conventions, i.e. international treaties imposing the obligation on contracting parties to prohibit individual forms of conduct in their national law and, where applicable, to criminalise and punish them.

Our International Disputes team handles major international litigation matters on behalf of both foreign and domestic clients by advising clients on the unique procedures and strategies of U.S. litigation; the application of foreign law, treaties and regulations; strategies for settlement; and international arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution procedures, whereInternational Disputes team handles major international litigation matters on behalf of both foreign and domestic clients by advising clients on the unique procedures and strategies of U.S. litigation; the application of foreign law, treaties and regulations; strategies for settlement; and international arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution procedures, whereinternational litigation matters on behalf of both foreign and domestic clients by advising clients on the unique procedures and strategies of U.S. litigation; the application of foreign law, treaties and regulations; strategies for settlement; and international arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution procedures, whereinternational arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution procedures, where appropriate.

By s 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (ICCA 2001) the UK has made genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined by the ICC treaty criminal offences against UK law triable in UK courts where such offences are committed by UK nationals or residents.

AustLII's LawCite citator tracks where international cases, treaties and law journal articles have been cited.

The Crown had untrammelled power to act on the international plane, but that did not extend to withdrawing from the relevant EU Treaties where such withdrawal would, as the secretary of state conceded, have a major effect on the content of domestic law.

Oct: ICRAC convenes its first workshop in Berlin where its members call for an international treaty to prohibit development, acquisition, deployment, and use of armed autonomous robot weapons.

Where the language of a statute permits a construction of the statute that is consistent with international human rights law, the Western Australian Government should act in accordance with Australia's human rights treaty obligations by adopting that construction because parliament is intended to legislate in accordance with its international obligations.

(100) Where there is ambiguity in the meaning of a statute, the Court has held that it should favour a construction which accords with the obligations of Australia under an international treaty.

According to Blackstone, the juridical tools that were available under international law to colonial powers seeking to acquire sovereignty over foreign lands in the 18 th Century were threefold; conquest or treaty (cession) where the land was occupied; or occupation where the land was uninhabited.

Where a provision of an international human rights instrument is transposed into a statute, the prima facie legislative intention is that the transposed text should bear the same meaning in the domestic statute as it bears in the treaty.

Where there is ambiguity, the Court has held, courts should favour a construction of a statute which accords with the obligations of Australia under an international treaty.

[149] Consequently, where there is ambiguity [150] courts should interpret statutes in ways that accord with the obligations of Australia under an international treaty.

Where there is ambiguity, statutes should be interpreted in ways that accord with the obligations of Australia under an international treaty (Chu Kheng Lim v Minster for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 at 38 per Brennan, Deane and Dawson JJ).