Sentence examples for basic international law from inspiring English sources
The constant need of George Bush and Tony Blair to claim sovereignty reflects more than a misunderstanding of the laws of war and basic international law.
He accused the negotiators, who are from the United States, France and Russia and work under the umbrella of the European security group, of ignoring basic international law in order to "please 100,000 Armenians who live in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan".
"I have expressed some concerns — and I don't think I'm alone in this — about continuing significant defense deals with Russia at a time when they have violated basic international law, and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of their neighbors," Obama said at a news conference in Brussels last month.
This constitutes a violation of fairly basic international law, something that Israel is admittedly no stranger to.
But reform starts with India itself playing by the rules, respecting the sanctity of contracts and enforcing basic international law.
President Barack Obama was quoted in a Voice of Russia report saying, "I have expressed some concern, and I don't think that I am alone in this, about continuing significant defense deals with Russia at a time when they have violated basic international law, and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of their neighbors".
"It was because the independence and sovereignty of a country, Ukraine, had been encroached upon by force, by Russia.... And, Russia continues to occupy Ukrainian territory and meddle in Ukrainian affairs and support military surrogates who have violated basic international laws and international norms".
While China gets most of the heat for not enforcing international law, India's reluctance to enforce basic international laws should not to be ignored by U.S. investors looking at entering the Indian market.
Having to comply with UAE law, which doesn't offer that much in the way of guaranteeing basic civil liberties, is one thing; having to incorporate basic international humanitarian law standards might be something else entirely.
"If we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws".
