Questions tagged [treaty]
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Which countries have an agreement with the US that specifically exempts dual nationals from induction into the US military in the event of a draft?
I was reading the "Dual Nationals" section on Selective Service System's website, found here. It states that some dual nationals would be exempt from induction into the military in the event ...
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Can a country choose to only partially ratify a treaty?
Let's say that Country A wants to enter into UNCLOS. However, it doesn't like certain provisions of UNCLOS. Is it legally possible de jure (not de facto, since countries clearly can just establish the ...
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In Canada, would becoming a republic require indigenous consent?
I hear some people claiming this is correct. I genuinely have not even the slightest understanding of how someone could reach that conclusion.
Treaties do not require any of the parties to maintain ...
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Why is the Treaty of Waitangi not considered a legal document?
The Treaty of Waitangi is a founding text in New Zealand, which documents a political agreement signed in 1840 between Captain William Hobson as consul for the British Crown, and a number of Māori ...
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can states interpret an international law however they want? [closed]
can they even interpret it to effectively negate the rule of not using domestic law as a justification for non fullfilment of obligations by interpreting the treaty in a way that suits them ?
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Why are magic mushrooms generally regarded as subject to the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances while khat is not
The UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances lists the following substances, inter alia:
cathinone - Schedule 1
cathine - Schedule 3
psilocin - Schedule 1
psilocybin - Schedule 1
Neither khat, which ...
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Are there any other ways to effect "responsibility to protect" without a UN security council approval?
“Responsibility to protect” is a UN pledge against genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity which allowed states to authorise force as a last resort against other states if those crimes ...
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Was it legal to shoot down the Chinese balloon?
Recent news headlines read: "US fires air-to-air missile and takes down alleged Chinese spy balloon." It happened in February 4th, 2023.
The balloon, as far as we know, was not armed and did ...
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Is there a "court of law" for treaty disputes between nations?
For example, say the USA and Canada sign a treaty. But then Canada feels that the USA broke the treaty, but the USA maintains that they didn't. Is there some "court of law" equivalent where ...
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Internal country rules for repealing a treaty
Most countries have rules and procedures set (usually) in their constitution about how to sign and ratify international treaties and what standing they have compared to the laws and the constitution ...
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on what matters does the ICJ have compulsory jurisdiction?
in the ICJ statute it is stated
The jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases which the parties refer to it and all matters specially provided for in the Charter of the United Nations or in ...
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who has the power to interpret the UN charter?
does the power to interpret the UN charter explicitly fall within the hands of the state parties ? and what would be the consequences of multiple state parties having different interpretations ?
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Does an MLAT request have an age limit?
Having recently found out about Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) requests, I had some questions that I could not find on the government (gov.uk) website. I am interested in both between UK and EU ...
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Minimum sentence for Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request
I was told by a friend studying Law, that for a country to submit a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request there would be certain criteria that must first be met. If they are not met, the MLAT ...
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Since the UN charter is amendable easily. What is stopping nations from amending it to have less UN obligations?
It seems like a pretty intuitive thing to do. They could even invalidate various treaties they have signed.
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