Search results for: “assistance of counsel”
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Foreign Government Custody
Foreign Government Custody: Statement of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The State Department has no greater responsibility than the protection of U.S. […]
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International Criminal Justice
International Criminal Justice U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State (2008): I’d like to discuss the United States’ approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about…
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International Criminal Justice
International Criminal Justice U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State (2008): I’d like to discuss the United States’ approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about…
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Crime Victimization
Crime Victimization ‘Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law’ Historical Context The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities entrusted in 1989, by its resolution 1989/13 of 31 August 1989, a…
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Crime Victimization
Crime Victimization ‘Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law’ Historical Context The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities entrusted in 1989, by its resolution 1989/13 of 31 August 1989, a…
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Us Presidential Determination
Presidential Determination in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Consistent with § 110(c) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 7107, the President annually […]
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Us Presidential Determination
Presidential Determination in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Consistent with § 110(c) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 7107, the President annually […]
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Extradition of Fugitive
Extradition of Fugitive Alleging Failure to Comply With Requirements of Extradition Treaty in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On December 20, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit […]
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Uncitral Commercial Law
Commercial Law/Uncitral in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Commercial Law/Uncitral: On October 16, 2013, John Arbogast, Counselor for Legal Affairs for the U.S. Mission to the UN, addressed the UN General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee during its […]
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Attorney
Introduction to Attorney Attorney, in law, any person authorized by another to represent him or her. An agent who has been granted express authority to bind his or her principal is called an attorney in fact. Such authority is usually granted by a written instrument called a power of […]
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Attorney
Introduction to Attorney Attorney, in law, any person authorized by another to represent him or her. An agent who has been granted express authority to bind his or her principal is called an attorney in fact. Such authority is usually granted by a written instrument called a power of […]
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Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters The three-week Eleventh Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law produced the final text of the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, contained in the Final Act of the Session completed and signed on the…
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Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
International Law Commission's Work on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to ILC's Work on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics: On November 4, 2013, Mark […]
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Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
International Law Commission's Work on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to ILC's Work on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics: On November 4, 2013, Mark […]
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Central Authority
Central Authority Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction In addition to creating a judicial remedy for cases of wrongful removal and retention, the Convention requires each Contracting State to establish a Central Authority (hereinafter “CA”) with the broad mandate of assisting applicants to secure the return of their children…