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  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING PROTECTION Article 1 DEFINITION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY For the purposes of the present Convention, the term “cultural property” shall cover, irrespective of origin or ownership: (a) movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural…

  • United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

    United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Legal Materials The text of the CISG is published with supporting information by the United Nations Audiovisual Library which includes summary, legal instruments, documents, bibliography, procedural history, status (select “Historic Archives” and then “List of Instruments”). Pace Law School also provides the text of…

  • Convention on the High Seas

    Convention on the High Seas   Article 1 The term “High Seas “means all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State. Article 2 The high seas being open to all nations, no State may validly purport to subject any part of them…

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child 5

    Convention on the Rights of the Child   Article 29 1. States Parties agree that the Education of the child shall be directed to: (a) The development of the child’s personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential; (b) The development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and for the…

  • Protocol of San Salvador

    Protocol of San Salvador     Article 1 Obligation to Adopt Measures The States Parties to this Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights undertake to adopt the necessary measures, both domestically and through international cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the extent allowed by their available resources, and taking into account their…

  • 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…

  • Charter of the Organization of American States 5

    Charter of the Organization of American States   Chapter XI THE COUNCILS OF THE ORGANIZATION Common Provisions Article 70 The Permanent Council of the Organization and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development are directly responsible to the General Assembly, and each has the authority granted to it in the Charter and other inter-American instruments, as…

  • Charter of the Organization of American States

    Charter of the Organization of American States Chapter III MEMBERS Article 4 All American States that ratify the present Charter are Members of the Organization. Article 5 Any new political entity that arises from the union of several Member States and that, as such, ratifies the present Charter, shall become a Member of the Organization.…

  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 6

    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade   Article XXI Security Exceptions Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed (a) to require any contracting party to furnish any information the disclosure of which it considers contrary to its essential security interests; or (b) to prevent any contracting party from taking any action which it considers necessary…

  • SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2

    See previously: Sei Fujii v. the State of California In a recent article by Mr. Blake Clark published in The Freeman on July 16, 1951, he states: “Mrs. Nawa Munemori is the mother of an American World War II hero. A grateful nation bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor on her son Sadao for wiping…

  • SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

    Sei Fujii v. the State of California Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…