Questions tagged [international]
For questions about the interaction of two or more sovereign states, including agreements and laws between them, and disputes of jurisdiction for civil or criminal matters.
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Will a Muslim with multiple wives who travels to the U.S. be charged with polygamy?
If you are a Muslim with multiple wives, and you travel to the U.S., will you be charged with polygamy?
What if you are also a U.S. citizen?
(I'm just curious how this works for people from Saudi ...
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Do I need to present a GDPR banner to IP addresses outside of GDPR regions?
The context of my question comes from this comment:
The problem with solving GDPR compliance with country codes is, it is not in general sufficient to determine if a user is covered by the GDPR. The ...
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What are the detention without charge time limits?
In researching detention without charge, I find this accusation asserted at many countries as if each example is uniquely bad. However, surprisingly I can find no research paper or even informed ...
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Can I steal Elon's Tesla?
My question is pretty simple: if I somehow retrieved the Tesla sent into orbit by SpaceX earlier this week, could I keep it? Why or why not?
I'm specifically wondering if there are any laws ...
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Do international sanctions have an impact on Open Source Software?
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Recently I was reading about embargoes and sanctions on Iran (also this link) and before Sudan, and it got me thinking about how they could impact Open Source Software. Sanctions being ...
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Is there any law that Windows 10 "spying" might violate?
Windows 10 terms of service document includes Microsoft privacy statement which contains the following excerpt (as cited on http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/)
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As of 2020, have any GDPR-related court judgements been successfully enforced on companies without presence in the EU?
The GDPR has been in effect for 2 years now and theoretically applies to any company on the planet which deals with personal data belonging to EU residents. But practically speaking, enforcing this ...
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Can the UN Security Council authorize states to violate international humanitarian law?
Chapter 7 to the United Nations charter gives the Security Council (UNSC) the power to authorize states to use force in some particular case (for example, in the first gulf war the UNSC authorized the ...
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In what way are Jewish settlements illegal?
I don’t really know what they refer to on the ground, only that they are spoken of very controversially and often called illegal.
But my understanding is basically that Zionist Jews who believe that ...
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Is intent required for genocide?
A question was recently posted, asking,
Is there an... lesser charge for genocide, covering e.g. actions with the effect of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious ...
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Is it legally plausible that Israel could be guilty of genocide against Palestinians?
A recent article from the Anti-Defamation League states (without citing any sources or providing any evidence):
Genocide is a legal term, and in no way do Israeli policies and actions meet this legal ...
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Why do the manufacturers using an operating system have to pay patent royalties based on the operating system?
https://rcpmag.com/articles/2014/08/04/microsoft-sues-samsung.aspx
In 2011, Samsung signed a contract agreeing to pay Microsoft royalties
for using the Linux-based Android mobile operating system in ...
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Can I be arrested in my country's embassy abroad?
I am a Syrian refugee who escaped a war!
In my country I am considered to have broken the law by doing this. I live in Romania and need to visit the embassy to renew my Syrian passport, as they ...
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Are parole agreements between PoWs and their captors legally binding?
It seems at one point to not have been unheard of for a prisoner of war to sign a parole agreement with their captor, independent of their own country's command structure.
In the American Civil War, ...
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International standards on prisoners' right to vote
Are there any international standards or declarations/conventions on prisoners' right to vote?
