Archivo de Etiquetas: International Law

A/RES/41/128 4 December 1986 97th plenary meeting 41/128. Declaration on the Right to Development The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the right to development, Decides to adopt the Declaration on the Right to Development, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution. The General Assembly, Bearing …

(Consolidated text of the 1988 Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf and the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol) ARTICLE 1 1. The provisions of article 1, paragraphs 1(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and 2(a), of articles …

THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS PROTOCOL, BEING PARTIES to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, RECOGNIZING that the reasons for which the Convention was elaborated also apply to fixed platforms located on the continental shelf, TAKING ACCOUNT of the provisions of that …

THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION, RECOGNIZING the desirability of determining by agreement uniform international rules regarding salvage operations, NOTING that substantial developments, in particular the increased concern for the protection of the environment, have demonstrated the need to review the international rules presently contained in the Convention for …

The Group of Experts, Taking note that nuclear power generation and the radioisotopes involve the generation of radioactive waste, Aware of the potential hazards for human health and the environment that could result from the improper management or disposal of radioactive waste, Aware of public concern about any unauthorized international …

The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (hereinafter “the Parties”), Recalling the United States-Russia Convention of March 18/30, 1867 (hereinafter “the 1867 Convention”), Desiring to resolve issues concerning the maritime boundary between the United States and the Soviet Union, Desiring to ensure that coastal State …

Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada on Air Quality The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada, hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”, Convinced that transboundary air pollution can cause significant harm to natural resources of …

Recalling the reaffirmation by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of faith in the dignity and worth of the human person; Considering that situations of internal violence, disturbances, tensions and public emergency continue to cause serious instability and great suffering in all parts …

Is the Rome Statute Binding on Individuals? What a positively weird question, you might think. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court cannot be binding on individuals. It is a treaty, to which only states can be parties, since individuals are not subjects of international law, and it is …

Preamble The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage and facilitating their economic and …

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Having met at Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, Reaffirming the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, adopted at Stockholm on 16 June 1972, and seeking to build upon it, With the goal of establishing …

The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its thirty-fifth session and the text of the Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space as approved by the Committee and annexed to its …