Questions tagged [international]
For questions about the body of law known as "international law," the interaction of two or more sovereign states, including agreements and laws between them, customary international law, and disputes of jurisdiction for civil or criminal matters.
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How do erga omnes obligations reshape the defense of collective rights in international law? [closed]
Following the ICJ’s judgment in Barcelona Traction (1970), the concept of obligations erga omnes was introduced to international law, distinguishing community-wide duties from bilateral diplomatic ...
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Can the New York police arrest Israeli PM Netanyahu for war crimes and genocide?
The Democratic party candidate for the New York Mayor election has said publicly that he would make efforts to arrest Netanyahu if he ever comes to New York.
Politicians, of course, say a lot of ...
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What happens if you enter a polygamous relationship in a country where it is legal, then go to a country where it is illegal? [duplicate]
Say Alice legally marries Bob & Charlie in a country where polygamous relationships are legal. They then (attempt to?) go to a country where polygamous relationships are not legal. What happens to ...
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UK company DSAR query: right to retrieve WhatsApp messages for overseas members of a group
Alice is a non-employed, unpaid director of a UK not-for-profit company.
The board is made up of unpaid directors like Alice, from various countries, plus the full-time, UK-based (paid) Executive ...
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How Would Secession Be dealt With [closed]
I have two related questions:
How would international organizations and states deal with a U.S. state that had an overwhelming referendum for secession in cases such as if Trump decided to put CA ...
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Is it possible to sue Israel for disruption of the internet?
The same night that Israel attacked Iran via planes, drones, etc., Google Cloud and Cloudflare reported worldwide outages.
Pretty much any disruption of cloud services causes money/reputation/client ...
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Taxation of US investment income under to the USA-France tax treaty
Article 24 of the USA-France tax treaty specifies how France should tax French residents on investment income accrued in the US (e.g. interest on savings accounts held in US banks).
There appears to ...
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Combatants with a base under unknowing hospital
In this BBC Verify video (at timestamp 10:10), Sir Geoffrey Nice claims that if the staff of a certain hospital did not actively allow there to be a Hamas base under the hospital, then, even if such a ...
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Does Article 20 of the France-USA tax treaty apply to permanent contracts?
According to Article 20 of the France-USA tax treaty, teachers and researchers who visit the US in order to teach or do research, immediately after being tax residents of France, are supposed to be ...
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Does Pope Leo XIV lose his citizenships?
Does the new Pope lose his citizenships of Peru and the United States respectively on becoming the Pope?
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Could U.S. sanctions against Ukraine violate its commitments under the Budapest Memorandum?
In 1994, the United States, United Kingdom, and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum, offering security assurances to Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons and joining the Non-...
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If one NATO country were to attack another one, would Article 5 allow/compel the other NATO countries to counterattack the attacking NATO country?
My question is pretty much captured in the title.
The most famous article of the North Atlantic Treaty by far is Article 5, which states that
an armed attack against one or more [NATO parties] shall ...
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I need a relatively quick beginner course for law language and expressions
Background: I come from Europe and am a political science major who is currently looking to get a position in a legal firm as an assistant/paralegal, with goal of acquiring as much experience as I can....
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What would trump have to do to "take" Greenland and have that legally recognized by the world?
Would he roll tanks into the capital city and have soldiers march into the town hall and just declare that they're part of the United States?
What if their current president says no? Do they shoot him?...
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Do Trump's new tariffs violate WTO regulations?
https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-china-levies-34-duties-on-us-goods/live-72138192:
The Commerce Ministry in Beijing also said it would increase the
export controls on key rare earth materials that ...
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