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Why is Germany not among the signatories of the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property?
Germany is one of the countries that has ratified the European Convention on State Immunities, but has not (even signed) the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property.
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Why doesn't the US ratify treaties that have been widely ratified elsewhere?
The Wikipedia article List of treaties unsigned or unratified by the United States lists, among others, some famous treaties that have been widely ratified like the Convention on Rights of Persons ...
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Is there a political solution to climate change without some kind of world government
A conservative opposition to anti Global Warming policy is that it will lead to a "One World Government". This is often derided as a conspiracy theory.
Here is a thought experiment:
If my ...
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Under what domestic legal framework did Trump withdraw the US from UNESCO?
I've read that in Jan last year (2019):
The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process ...
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Who can get UN kicked out of New York City?
There's a fairly large amount of people who think UN should be kicked out of New York City.
Why and whether it's a valid point of view is rather irrelevant. What I'm interested in, what would be ...
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Why has the United States not signed and ratified the International Criminal Court?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty has been signed by 121 countries. A number of countries are not parties; China, Russia, United States. From the countries that are not parties to the ICC, ...
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How are conflicts between constitutional and treaty obligations resolved?
The present Constitution of Bolivia, which came into effect on the 7th of February 2009, has this to say about coca (an English translation follows the original Spanish):
Artículo 384. El Estado ...
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