The UN has also been the locus for the development of new advisory (non-binding) standards, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
International law defines the lower boundary of space as the lowest perigee attainable by an orbiting space vehicle, but does not specify an altitude.
International law provides two distinct normative paradigms which govern targeted killings in situations of law enforcement and the conduct of hostilities.
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The suit was filed on behalf of a number of Iraqi citizens by the Center for Constitutional Rights and a number of other lawyers alleging that Blackwater had violated US and international law, as well as participating in war crimes and disobeying the Alien Tort Statute.
Just before the Union of Lublin (1569), the four voivodeships of (Kiev, Podlaskie, Bracław, and Wołyń) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were transferred to the Polish Crown by direct order of Sigismund II Augustus while the Duchy of Livonia, acquired in 1561, became a condominium (joint domain) of both Lithuania and Poland.
McNair had taken an interest in international law from an early age, and in 1935 he was appointed Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge.
In 2005, he was one of the first team leader of the International Criminal Court and specifically tasked with the enforcement of international law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Boris Meissner (August 10, 1915 Pskov - September 10, 2003 Cologne) was a German lawyer and social scientist, specializing in international law and Eastern European history and politics.
While Venlo and Roermond were lost to the Spaniards in 1637, Maastricht remained in Dutch hands, even though sovereignty over the condominium was to be shared with the prince-bishops of Liège.
The secular rule in the fiscally divided duchies thus became a (international law) condominium of the parties.
When the first British High Commissioner, Sir Garnet Wolseley, arrived in Cyprus in 1878, he was keen to construct a railway on the island but the project did not come to fruition for a long time, due to the uncertainty of the length of the British mandate in Cyprus.
Elements of International Law, first published in 1836, is a book on international law by Henry Wheaton which has long been influential.
He has been working at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pristina in Kosovo since 1987, where he is currently a professor of International Law and International Relations.
Franciszek Ksawery Kasparek (Sambor, 29 October 1844 – 4 August 1903, Kraków) was a Polish jurist, professor of law and rector of Kraków University, founder of the first chair in international law in Poland (at Kraków University), and member of the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków.
He is of Lebanese Christian descent and is currently in semi-retirement, teaching courses in World History, Middle Eastern politics and international law at Concordia University, McGill University, University of Ottawa and Carleton University.
For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country and usually everywhere on Earth, and international language which is a language spoken by residents of more than one country.
Christopher John Robert Dugard (born in Fort Beaufort, South Africa, in 1936), known as John Dugard, is a South African professor of international law.
Kadic v. Karadzic, 70 F.3d 232 (2d Cir. 1996) – There was subject matter jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Claim Act, 28 U.S.C.S. § 1350, because aliens brought an action for a tort committed in violation of international law
The Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (German: Humanitäres Völkerrecht - Informationsschriften) is an academic journal of international law published quarterly by the Secretary General of the German Red Cross and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict.
He supported Turkey's European aspirations conditional on their respect for international law and European Union values.
Other areas of law, such as international law, are essentially regulated externally through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London by Order in Council.
According to Canadian MP and former minister Irwin Cotler, the use of law to delegitimize Israel is present in five areas: United Nations, international law, humanitarian law, the struggle against racism and the struggle against genocide.
Speaking at an opening ceremony of a seminar in September 2012 held by National Taiwan Normal University, Lin reiterated ROC sovereignty claim over regions in South China Sea and East China Sea based on ROC geography, history and international law.
It was preceded by an 1843 edition of a work on international law by Sir James Mackintosh, with reading list, and an 1846 Catalogue of the Harvard Law Library including recent accessions.
A scholar of international law and international human rights, Dr. Mehdi Zakerian holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Islamic Azad University where he has been an assistant professor since 1999.
The election of that party's nominee, Miguel Juárez Celman, to the presidency in 1886 resulted in his appointment as Foreign Minister, during which he pursued regional international law agreements and negotiated a treaty with Chile to help settle the Puna de Atacama dispute, in which Argentine claims over Tarija, Bolivia were dropped for a greater share of the Puna de Atacama region (prized for its copper deposits).
Araujo, Robert John,“The Role of International Law in US Constitutional Law - A question that might be posed by John Courtney Murray: Is it really law?,” 4 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 35 - 58 (2007).
He later served as judge of the superior court of Baltimore from 1859 to 1867, and as professor of international law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore from 1867 to 1870.
The preamble of the resolution noted recent efforts to bring to an end the use of child soldiers in violation of international law, including the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which prohibits forced conscription of children under the age of fifteen in armed forces or the participation in war crimes.
The preameble of the resolution reiterated the Council's support of Operation Artemis in Bunia and the need to replace the force once its mandate had expired, in accordance with Resolution 1484 (2003).
Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council extended MONUC's mandate and authorised an increase of 5,900 personnel, with deployments in North and South Kivu.
He had previously contributed to the League's efforts to codify international law, having attended universities throughout Europe in 1928, after participating in the Rome conference that revised the Berne Convention.
Currently, she is a member of the International Law Association Committee on International Human Rights Law and Practice; Editor-in-Chief of the Series "Refugees and Human Rights", published by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague; and editor of Eye on the UN.
From 1990 to 1992 Gallagher was a lecturer in the Australian National University's Graduate International Law Program.
In 1971, Gemayel also took another law qualification from the American and International Law Academy in Dallas.
In 1967, the Secretary of the Navy officially designated the academic post as the Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Law in honor of Rear Admiral Charles Stockton, a former faculty member and President of the Naval War College, who had been the U.S. Navy's first uniformed expert in International Law.
Tibone studied at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and later received a post-graduate degree on international relations, international economics and international law from Oxford University.
The Conference was chaired by Willem Schurmann, the Dutch Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Oscar Schachter, a leading figure in international law who later taught at Columbia Law School and the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, and served as the President of the American Society of International Law.
From 2006 until 2009, Ratushny worked as a lawyer in the corporate department of the international law firm Stikeman Elliott.
Prior to MGM, he was a partner of the international law firm White & Case.
Richard Falk has developed the idea from an international law perspective, Ulrich Beck from a sociological approach and Jürgen Habermas has elaborate the normative principles.
Early in World War II the camp was reopened and German nationals resident in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as many sailors, like those removed from the Asama Maru in violation of international law, were housed here.
Leslie Burgin was the Liberal Party candidate and a solicitor specialising in international law.
The Convention brought together many people including experts Richard A. Falk, expert on the international law of war crimes and Robert Jay Lifton, a psychohistorian.
He maintained an interest in international law and helped to work out a scheme that led to the establishment of the Hague Tribunal.
She graduated from the Faculty of International Law and International Relations at Tbilisi State University in 1999 and worked as a lawyer for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Georgia, and then for IRIS Georgia, a Tbilisi office of the University of Maryland’s Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector.
Son of Political Economist Antonio Graziadei and founder of the International Law office Studio Avv Ercole Graziadei.
Then-Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon named international law expert James Brown Scott, Minister to the Netherlands David Jayne Hill, and Passports Bureau chief Gaillard Hunt to the commission.
Raday is currently a Professor of Law at the Haim Striks Law School at Colman College of Management Academic Studies, where she also acts as President of the Concord Center for Integration of International Law in Israel and as Head of the School's Graduate Programs.
Franz von Liszt (1851–1919), German jurist, criminologist and international law reformer
For his work as the principal law enforcement member with Netsafe, the national multi-agency Internet safety programme, the Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (Canada) named him the 2002 inaugural winner of the International Law Enforcement Award.
"Provides a thorough, insightful, and constructive analysis of the treatment of indigenous peoples in both historical and contemporary international law regimes. The book leaves the reader with a clearer understanding of the failures of international law in the past, as well as a sense of the potential of international law today."--Virginia Journal of International Law
Indigenous Peoples in International Law (ISBN 0-19517-350-3) is a book written by James Anaya.
The New Haven School is a policy-oriented perspective on international law pioneered by Myres S. McDougal, Harold D. Lasswell, and W. Michael Reisman.
Iraqi International Law Group (IILG) was created in 2003 by Salem Chalabi and Marc Zell as "the first international law firm" based in Iraq.
Conason discusses what he sees as a trend towards authoritarianism during the administration of US President George W. Bush, focusing on manipulation of intelligence and public opinion surrounding the Iraq War, disregard of national and international law (the NSA warrantless wiretapping controversy and signing statements are used as examples), the increased mix of big business and government, and more.
She visited NYU School of Law as a Fulbright scholar co-teaching courses in International Law and Yale Law School as Senior Schell Fellow.
Dugard visited the Palestine Center in Washington DC in March 2009 and gave a lecture entitled "Apartheid and Occupation under International Law."
He is currently a Partner at the international law firm, Reed Smith, in the New York Office.
He was the founding President of the Pacific Islands Branch of the International Law Association (ILA), served on the ILA Committee on Compensation for Victims of War and has been a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India and a Visiting Professor at Gujarat National Law University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
He studied law at the University of Athens and the University of Milan, has a doctorate in private international law from the University of Cologne, and is an associate of the Munich Institute for Southeast Europe.
Krzysztof Rutkowski (born April 6, 1960 in Teresin near Sochaczew, Poland) is a private "detective" (with no licence, so according to Polish and International law, can't be called a detective), Polish ex-politician, former ex-member of Sejm, occasional actor and celebrity.
In February 2010 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced the Afghanistan deployment was being reclassified as an "armed conflict within the parameters of international law", which would allow German soldiers based in Afghanistan to act without the risk of being prosecuted under German law.
She is known for her work in Public International Law and human rights, and from 2001-2003 she served as a Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (she was nominated by then Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt and appointed by Congress).
Her sister, Ana Palacio, was Foreign Minister of Spain from 2002 to 2004, and vice president of the World Bank, Ana collaborated also in the French N. Sarkozy's government, in a field connected to Nuclear Energy, Ana specialized in international law.
Philip Sapsford, QC, defending, told the court martial: "The flight lieutenant is entitled to advance before this tribunal that the use of force in Iraq was unlawful in international law," essentially reasoning that Kendall-Smith should be allowed to argue that any participation in the war effort was therefore unlawful.
After working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Beirut, he spent the rest of his career in the Department of Law at Keele University and he was a member of the editorial committee of the British Yearbook of International Law.
Chen Show Mao, Partner in the Corporate Department of international law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell and Managing Partner of their Beijing Office.
At Yale Law School, Mr. Lateef was elected Executive Editor of the Yale Journal of International Law and Editor of the Yale Law Journal.
For his work on international law and the prevention of war crimes, Lemkin received a number of awards, including the Cuban Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes in 1950, the Stephen Wise Award of the American Jewish Congress in 1951, and the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1955.
Robert J. Beck (born 1961), scholar of international law and international relations
In 1999, the SSAA sponsored an international workshop that focused on the marking and identification of firearms for the international law enforcement community, in conjunction with firearm manufacturers and dealers, which was attended by the FBI, Interpol and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
He also received a degree from the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations at The Hague Academy of International Law in 1981.Annual internship certificate,UN(1979).
The International Group of Experts was led by Professor Michael N Schmitt, Chairman of the International Law Department at the United States Naval War College, who also served as the Project Director.
Tom Ginsburg (born February 22, 1968) is the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
On March 15, 1996, the State Duma of the Russian Federation expressed its legal position in relation to the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in "The denunciation of the Treaty establishing the Soviet Union" as the wrongful, unconstitutional act passed by a grave violation of the Constitution of the RSFSR, the norms of international law and then in force legislation.
In 1957-58, Flowers continued his graduate studies in international law as a fellow at the University of London.
Lyal S. Sunga Individual Responsibility in International Law for Serious Human Rights Violations, Nijhoff (1992) 252 p.
At the time of his death, he was a co-chair of Albright Stonebridge Group; a retired partner in the international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; and an advisory board member of Promontory Financial Group.