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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Speeding tickets issued to foreigners without U.S. driver's licenses [closed]
Just recently, my friends (tourists) and I booked a rental car just for a day trip in New York. Unfortunately, we got caught by a cop for speeding. I showed my foreign driver's license to a cop and my ...
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Which EU country's regulation is applied when doing direct marketing from country A to a legal or natural person in country B?
So I'm wondering which country's legislation is used when, for example, a company from Sweden would do electronic direct marketing to another company in, say, Germany.
Assuming that Sweden and Germany ...
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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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Does the Israeli military have a legal right to shoot at anyone within the Gaza Strip that they suspect of being a member of Hamas?
In regard to the ground incursion of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military, I would like to know if it is stated somewhere in either international law, or in Israel law, or in the Geneva Convention, ...
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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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Is it legal for a party to an armed conflict to hold civilians just because they are on the wrong side of the front lines?
Human rights groups and trade unions believe that Israel is holding thousands of workers from Gaza in military facilities following the revocation of their permits to work in Israel.
We do not ...
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What is the international law that allows resisting the occupiers with violence?
is there any international law (Geneva, Rome, UN) that the UN recognises that gives the right to people under occupation to resist the occupier with violence?
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What services is it a war crime to cut off or eliminate access to?
Many news sources say cutting off a region from water, intentionally is a war crime.
This is rooted in proclimations like the INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC),
In essence, water is a ...
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Was UN security council resolution 242 binding?
From what I understand, UN security council resolutions are binding, in contrast to general assembly resolutions which are not. This fine page from Cambridge, which is a body that is generally trusted ...
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What is the legal way to expel diplomats from a country under the Vienna convention?
Suppose a receiving State wants to expel diplomats representing the sending State.
My question is, what is the legal method of expelling a diplomat; in case the sending State refuses to comply with ...
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Does my website have to comply with the legislation of every country in the world?
I have a website (cad-gis.online) running on an apache2 server on my raspberry pi connected to my router in Germany. It has some pretty simple html and css content and two javascripts using leaflet ...
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What's the easiest way to extend my J-1 grace period?
I'm a visitor from the EU to the US with a J-1 visa, and I'm currently in my grace period of 30 days before I need to leave the US.
Unrelatedly, I already have an approved ESTA visa waiver (from about ...
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Can you initiate a lawsuit against Russia in the United States to recover seized assets?
Ever since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Russia has halted payments to international creditors and individuals holding assets like stocks.
Is it possible for an average person who happens ...
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Question about a footnote referred to Security Council Resolution 1244 in The ABC of EU LAW
I am reading 'The ABC of EU law' on page 22, where I found a footnote referencing the source that states,
The prospect of future EU membership has also been offered to Bosnia
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How corrupt does a contract need to be for a country to invalidate it?
It is in the news that there is a case in the UK High Court regarding a contract between Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) and the Nigerian state. It involved gas extraction, but the ...
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