“The conduct of organs of an IO or of officials or agents of an Organization shall be considered an act of that Organization under international law if the organ or official or agent were acting in their official capacity, even if that conduct exceeds the authority or contradicts instructions given (ultra vires).”
In the final analysis, the Syrian letter does little more than expose the intolerable contradiction inherent in having a State which is a foremost sponsor of terrorism sitting as a member of the Security Council
there was a gap in the evidence which would support a violation of the right to presumption of innocence or if the factual observations made in the sentence were in contradiction with documents which demonstrated the error
Members shall for the duration of this [Agreement] use their best endeavours and cooperate to promote the attainment of its objectives and to avoid action in contradiction to them
By a strong centralized State he meant one with the ability to raise taxes, regulate society and provide public goods while that might seem to be in contradiction with the broad distribution of political power, the two elements could work together or against each other and, in fact, both necessary.
Ways to ensure that the existing policy contradictions within both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are rectified in the true interests of promoting economic, social and cultural rights” (para.
Furthermore, there might be a contradiction between the purpose of the draft guidelines, which was to protect the natural environment, including the composition and quality of the atmosphere, and subparagraph (a) which excluded from the scope of the draft guidelines human activities that altered the atmosphere but which did not have any major adverse effects on human life and health or on the earth’s natural environment.
A number spoke of the bitter contradiction inherent in the fact that astounding advances in information and communication technologies were serving to deepen the digital divide between the developed and the developing countries.
These measures directly contradict the Iraqi constitution which outlaws the privatization of key state assets and bars foreigners from owning Iraqi firms.
Interestingly, there is no proved example of the Bible contradicting known scientific facts in such cases when the context of the remarks is taken into account.
Under the Constitution, the highest law in the domestic legal system, human rights provisions are directly applicable and take precedence over any regulation that would contradict or restrict them
As in other societies in transition, not all people in Estonia have been able to keep up with rapid changes and benefit from social development and economic growth, nor have the tensions and contradictions accompanying dramatic changes in society left children untouched.
By stating that in the case of contradiction between any term of the Convention and the norms of Islamic law it is not under obligation to observe the terms of the Convention, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formulates a reservation of general, indeterminate scope that gives the other States parties absolutely no idea which provisions of the Convention are affected or might be affected in future.
Since Art. 4 par. 2 d Protocol II protects all persons who do not take a direct part or who have ceased to take part in hostilities against acts of terrorism it would really be a contradiction to exclude the Terrorism Convention in that sphere.
The results of the consultation were therefore invalid and had no legal effect since they contradicted the spirit and letter of the principle of self-determination
The alleged contradiction between the existence of a Ministry of Human Rights and the silencing non-governmental human rights organizations stemmed from a misunderstanding
The report is riddled with flaws and assumptions not based on logical and objective findings, which in most cases contradict the facts on the ground, as mentioned above.
While some members expressed opposition to draft articles on refugees and stateless persons which went beyond a reference to the # onvention relating to the Status of Refugees and the # onvention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, other members were in favour, provided that the content of such draft articles did not give rise to contradictions with the treaty regimes currently in force