Yes, it acts as a social lubricant in our world.

It regrets that acts of torture by law enforcement officials are considered as arbitrary acts only and treated accordingly.

It has been argued that the veto acts as a fail safe mechanism.

Acts of God. In this picture, five acts of God are as important as everything else.

The Governor acts as Chairman.

Hence, it acts in the same way as most councils of ministers throughout the world.

31. It is far from always true that the acts of officials, if regarded as acts of the State, that violate international law, are international crimes.

(b) That the qualification of acts of torture by law enforcement personnel merely as arbitrary acts results in those acts being treated as less serious criminal offences

There is no special legislation such as homeless persons acts, municipal corporations acts, etc.

It also acts as the governing body of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP).

It was also pointed out that unilateral acts could only be identified as such ex post facto.

Second, it acts as public prosecutor, in accordance with articles 1976 and 2206 of the Judicial Code.

The study of unilateral acts should take account of the different forms such acts could take, as well as other forms of unilateral acts that States might reform in the future.

Experts thought that it was necessary to make a distinction between those acts which are already prohibited acts and acts which required criminalization.

It was suggested that the list of illegal acts mentioned in article 3 of the proposal should be redrafted so as to include all the illegal acts performed by mercenaries.

He acts as if he were a king.

If it acts otherwise it infringes the international legal order.

It was not enough to say, as the Working Group had done, that unilateral acts could have legal effects agreement should be reached on the legal category to which such acts belonged.

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You see, this little thing acts as a periscope.

This encompasses persons who commit terrorist acts, or finance terrorism, as well as those who instigate or otherwise participate in the commission of such acts.

It would seem that acts of terrorism, as condemnable as they are, are only condemnable if they are carried out by individuals or organizations.

It stated that as neither the petition nor the second resolution constituted legal acts, they were permissible under domestic law.

It reiterated its condemnation of all forms of terrorism as criminal acts which violated the sovereignty and integrity of States.

Finally, it should be noted that the amendments to the Federal Penal Code also include increased penalties for the offences of terrorism and related acts, as well as the exclusion of early release for persons convicted of terrorism and related acts.

Most States treated terrorist acts as serious crimes in their legislation and also criminalized preparatory acts committed by terrorist organizations.

The Council acts as the focal point for the conventions.

A list of acts punishable as criminal offences was enumerated.

He acts as if he really wants to help me.

He acts honest. As if he's the one who's right.

Are the acts in question terrorist acts as defined by the domestic legislation of countries or are they acts as governed by the relevant international conventions or, again, are they terrorist acts as defined by the two United Nations declarations adopted by the General Assembly at its forty ninth and fifty first sessions concerning measures to combat international terrorism?

One country states that this relationship with the GM works only for countries for which it acts as chefs de file.

It was indeed vital to have a clear definition of unilateral acts of States capable of creating legal obligations and to distinguish such acts from acts creating political obligations.

97. It is considered that Ministers are individually responsible for their own acts and for the presidential acts they approve.

It called upon the States responsible to cease immediately those acts and all acts of repression, discrimination, exploitation and maltreatment.

However only acts committed by public officials, irrespective of rank, can be international crimes as defined in article 19 of the draft articles on State responsibility, since it is precisely the official position of such persons that confers on such acts the character of State acts.

Acts of violence, such as beating or recurrent beating, are qualified as physical abuse.

Accordingly, his report would cover acts committed by foreigners as well as by Afghans.

It must be said that unlawful acts with serious international repercussions, such as drug trafficking, terrorism and arms trafficking, are in many cases linked to the activities of mercenaries recruited specifically to commit those acts.

Rather than using the expression quot unilateral legal acts of States quot , as proposed in paragraph 207 of the report, it might be more accurate to refer to unilateral acts of States having international legal effects.

The GEF Council acts as the focal point for the conventions.

Like killing a chicken he acts guilty as all get out!

So it acts as a screen to protect the rail and the commuter, and not to have objects falling on the rails.

And at the same time, it removes us from the real subject matter, and this acts as a sort of titillating thing.

Such acts were committed by personnel of detention facilities as well as by other detainees.