Archivo de Etiquetas: Northern Ireland

The Who, Where, and When of Secession Sep 29, 2017 Joseph S. Nye National self-determination, the principle that US President Woodrow Wilson put on the international agenda in 1918, is generally defined as the right of a people to form its own state. The independence referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan and …

Scottish Independence: Political Rhetoric and Legal Realities The recent publication of Professors Crawford and Boyle’s opinion on the international law aspects of Scottish independence is an event not because it says anything new – most commentators (including the present writer) come to the same conclusions – but because it puts …

Agreement on Control Machinery in Austria July 4, 1945 The Governments of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Provisional Government of the French Republic; in view of the declaration issued at Moscow on …

Agreement concerning an Armistice between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, andtThe United States of America on one hand and Hungary on the other Moscow, January 20, 1945 The Provisional National Government of Hungary, recognizing the fact of the defeat of …

London, 12 May 1954 THE GOVERNMENTS represented at the International Conference on Pollution of the Sea by Oil held in London from 26 April 1954 to 12 May 1954, DESIRING to take action by common agreement to prevent pollution of the sea by oil discharged from ships, and considering that …

THE GOVERNMENTS of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, hereinafter referred to as the “Original Parties”, PROCLAIMING as their principal aim the speediest possible achievement of an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict …

The Governments of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Desiring to define a régime of fisheries of a permanent character; Have agreed as follows: Article I (I) …

Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation Done at Montreal on 23 September 1971 The State Parties to this Convention, Considering that unlawful acts of violence which endanger or are likely to endanger the safety of persons at airports serving international …

The States Parties to this Convention, Conscious of the dangers of oil pollution posed by the explora­tion for, and exploitation of, cerLain seabed mineral resources, Convinced of the need to ensure that adequate compensation is available to persons who suffer damage caused by such pollution, Desiring to adopt uniform rules …

Los infrascritos Plenipotenciarios, a nombre de sus respectivos Gobiernos, con el propósito de determinar en ciertos casos su situación en cuanto a obligaciones militares a las personas que tengan dos o más nacionalidades, han convenido en lo siguientes: ARTICULO I La persona que tenga dos o más nacionalidades y resida …

Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization. October 7, 1944 Source: Pamphlet No. 4, PILLARS OF PEACE Documents Pertaining To American Interest In Establishing A Lasting World Peace: January 1941-February 1946 Published by the Book Department, Army Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., May 1946 PROPOSALS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF …

Election of judges to the International Court of Justice Last week, the General Assembly and the Security Council elected five new members of the International Court of Justice (see press release). The elected judges are: Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan) and Ronny Abraham (France) who were both re-elected. Messrs. Antônio …