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  • American Convention on Human Rights 6

    American Convention on Human Rights   Article 46. 1. Admission by the Commission of a petition or communication lodged in accordance with Articles 44 or 45 shall be subject to the following requirements: a. That the remedies under domestic law have been pursued and exhausted in accordance with generally recognized principles of international law; b.…

  • American Convention on Human Rights 6

    American Convention on Human Rights   Article 46. 1. Admission by the Commission of a petition or communication lodged in accordance with Articles 44 or 45 shall be subject to the following requirements: a. That the remedies under domestic law have been pursued and exhausted in accordance with generally recognized principles of international law; b.…

  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 5

    International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights   Article 30 1. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of the entry into force of the present Covenant. 2. At least four months before the date of each election to the Committee other than an election to fill a…

  • Illicit Trafficking

    Illicit Trafficking Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms Note: See the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms here for previous articles of the Convention. Article XX Establishment and Functions of the Consultative Committee 1. In order to attain the objectives of this Convention, the States…

  • Illicit Trafficking

    Illicit Trafficking Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms Note: See the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms here for previous articles of the Convention. Article XX Establishment and Functions of the Consultative Committee 1. In order to attain the objectives of this Convention, the States…

  • Charter of the Organization of American States 4

    Charter of the Organization of American States   Part Two Chapter VIII THE ORGANS Article 53 The Organization of American States accomplishes its purposes by means of: a) The General Assembly; b) The Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs; c) The Councils; d) The Inter-American Juridical Committee; e) The Inter-American Commission on Human…

  • Statute of the International Court of Justice 2

    Statute of the International Court of Justice   Chapter I. Organization of the Court. Article 2. The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges. elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices,…

  • Statute of the International Court of Justice

    Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) The Statute of the International Court of Justice , which was based on the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, is annexed to the Charter of the United Nations , of which it forms an integral part. The International Court of Justice was established by…

  • Veto

    Veto Definition (Lat. I forbid). Veto may be defined as the refusal of the executive body of a country whose assent is necessary to let pass a law or measure approbed already by the legislative body. See veto in the legal dictonary. In Europe The veto power of the British sovereign has […]

  • Veto

    Veto Definition (Lat. I forbid). Veto may be defined as the refusal of the executive body of a country whose assent is necessary to let pass a law or measure approbed already by the legislative body. See veto in the legal dictonary. In Europe The veto power of the British sovereign has […]

  • Central Government

    Sphere of Government The action of the state, or sovereign power, or government in a civilized community shapes itself into the threefold functions of legislation, judicature and administration. The two first are perfectly well-defined, and the last includes all the kinds of state action not […]

  • Education

    "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Muslim Marital Property

    Muslim Marital Property Note: The information is mostly drawn from two publications which are based on research by local legal experts and activists in the Muslim community: Knowing Our Rights: Women, family, laws and customs in the Muslim world, and Home Truths: A Global Report on Equality in the Muslim Family. Giving Wives a Fair…