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  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…

  • Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa

    Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa   Article 1 Definitions For the purpose of this Convention: 1. “Wastes”are substances or materials which are disposed of, or are intended to be disposed of, or are required to be disposed of by the provisions of national law; 2. “Hazardous wastes”means wastes as specified…

  • Protection & Preservation of the Marine Environment 3

    Protection & Preservation of the Marine Environment   Article 211 Pollution from vessels 1. States, acting through the competent international organization or general diplomatic conference, shall establish international rules and standards to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from vessels and promote the adoption, in the same manner, wherever appropriate, of routeing…

  • Archipelagic States

    Archipelagic States   Article 46 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) “archipelagic State”means a State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands; (b) “archipelago”means a group of islands, including parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands,…

  • Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses

    Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Convention, 1. “Transboundary waters”means any surface or ground waters which mark, cross or are located on boundaries between two or more States; wherever transboundary waters flow directly into the sea, these transboundary waters end at a straight…

  • Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries 2

    Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries   Article 8 1. The Commission may by a qualified majority make recommendations concerning measures of control relating to fisheries conducted beyond areas under the fisheries jurisdiction of Contracting Parties for the purpose of ensuring the application of this Convention and any recommendations adopted thereunder.…

  • Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South East Atlantic 2

    Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South East Atlantic   Article IX 1. Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Contracting Parties undertake to give effect to any recommendation adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article VIII. 2. Any Contracting Party may, within ninety days of notification of a…

  • Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tuna Commission

    Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tuna Commission   Article I 1. The High Contracting Parties agree to establish and operate a joint Commission, to be known as the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall carry out the objectives of this Convention. The Commission shall be composed of…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 19

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   Article 210 Pollution by dumping 1. States shall adopt laws and regulations to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment by dumping. 2. States shall take other measures as may be necessary to prevent, reduce and control such pollution. 3. Such laws, regulations…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 2

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   PART VII High Seas SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application of the provisions of this Part The provisions of this Part apply to all parts of the sea that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone , in the territorial sea or in…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 33

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   SECTION 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE Article 45 Innocent passage 1. The regime of innocent passage, in accordance with Part II, section 3 shall apply in Straits used for International Navigation : (a) excluded from the application of the regime of transit passage under article 38, paragraph…

  • Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea

    Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea   Article I Assistance and salvage of seagoing vessels in danger, of any things on board, of freight and passage money, and also services of the same nature rendered to each other by seagoing vessels and vessels of inland…