national authority

national authority

Keywords

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) : national authority [Keywords]

distinction, exclusion or preference made on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin

Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992) : national authority [Keywords]

persons are arrested, detained or abducted against their will or otherwise deprived of their liberty by officials or by groups and individuals acting on behalf of government followed by a refusal to disclose their fate which places such persons outside the protection of the law

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) : national authority [Keywords]

an International Criminal Court is hereby established. It shall be a permanent institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) : national authority [Keywords]

every refugee has duties to the country in which he finds himself; a contracting state shall accord to refugees the same treatment as is accorded to aliens generally

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (1979) : national authority [Keywords]

acknowledge the importance of migratory species being conserved and of Range States agreeing to take action to this end whenever possible and appropriate

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000) : national authority [Keywords]

ensuring an adequate level of protection in the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and human health

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) : national authority [Keywords]

Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1986) : national authority [Keywords]

any nuclear reactor wherever located; any nuclear fuel cycle facility; any radioactive waste management facility; the transport and storage of nuclear fuels or radioactive wastes; the manufacture, use, storage, disposal and transport of radioisotopes for agricultural, industrial, medical and related scientific and research purposes; and the use of radioisotopes for power generation in space objects