Sentence examples for conventions relating to from inspiring English sources

The work of the Comité consists principally of drafting international conventions relating to subjects of maritime law.

"The events surrounding this terrorist act of hijacking have shown serious weaknesses in the way in which international conventions relating to refugees, terrorism and human rights operate.

According to the Indict organisation, which has been seeking to prosecute members of the deposed regime, he is also complicit in the gross violations of Geneva conventions relating to pris oners of war during 1990-91, and in excessive use of military force against the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq following the 1991 war.

The conference did, however, adopt several conventions relating to such matters as the employment of force for the recovery of contract debts; the rights and duties of neutral powers and persons in war on land and sea; the laying of automatic submarine contact mines; the status of enemy merchant ships; bombardment by naval forces in wartime; and the establishment of an international prize court.

Both artists challenge conventions relating to normative forms of black masculinity and femininity.

China has signed several international conventions relating to environmental protection, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has strengthened cooperation with other countries and regions and international organizations in the field of environmental protection.

The chapter also includes a description of some conventions related to profiles that are used in the rest of the book.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the IMO adopted several new conventions related to the maritime environment, including one prohibiting the use of harmful chemicals in antifouling systems (2001), which prevent the accumulation of barnacles and other marine growth on ship hulls, and another aimed at ballast-water management (2004).

The last 15 years has seen an enormous surge in these laws as international pressure has encouraged low income countries to sign international conventions related to the prohibition of child labor and to pass labor laws consistent with the principals of those conventions.

The Government of Uganda and her social partners will, therefore, need to move fast not only to ratify international Conventions related to Child Labour, but also to set up a national framework for their implementation.

Many countries and international processes use different definitions of key terms and this affects policy discussions in processes such as the United Nations Forum on Forests and the conventions related to biological diversity, climate change, and desertification.