Should governments separate the concept of protecting asylum-seekers, to which the refugee convention binds them, from that of admitting them to the country they want to go to?
Signed, although not necessarily ratified, by 37 of the 53 members of the African Union, the convention binds governments to provide legal protection for the rights and wellbeing of those forced to flee within their countries because of conflict, violence, natural disasters or development projects.
That Convention required delegates to take a loyalty pledge: "Every person occupying a seat in this convention is bound in good honor and good faith to abide by the action of this convention, and support its nominee".
For people who think like this, the experience of attending an elaborately staged modern political convention was bound to be jarring.
No matter how it is put together, a convention is bound to be a raucous affair, as Iraqis of all religions and backgrounds hammer out a new national identity.
A split in the rules and regulations committee caused it to avoid supporting the fly game at the NABBP's 1859 convention, and votes at the 1860 and 1861 conventions maintained the bound rule.
And you can't overstate the force of convention: Chinese families bound their daughters' feet because that was the normal thing to do.
While the United States has not specifically ratified ILO Convention 98, it is bound by that Convention by virtue of its membership in the ILO, as these rights are part of the ILO charter and, therefore, stand above the individual Conventions.
But it maintains that under the convention it is bound to have responsibility only for the territory over which it has jurisdiction, the Vatican City State, and in effect cannot be held responsible for the actions of Catholic clergy throughout the world.
Voters in these elections generally select delegates who attend a national political convention and are bound and pledged to cast their ballots on the basis of the preferences of the voters.
Can a state remain a party to a treaty or convention without being bound by its rules?
