That is a basic international obligation that all countries need to observe.
It may be difficult for French governments to defy both strikers and public opinion, but they now have an international obligation to keep the single market in operation.
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"This is not the only in breach of Saudi Arabia's international obligations under international law, which imposes an outright prohibition on torture, it is also in breach of the government's international obligation under the Convention against Torture that explicitly forbids the use of all forms of torture for the purpose of extracting confessions or acquiring information, " he said.
"Germany, in effect, has invited this court to create a new international legal obligation, one that would necessarily intrude deep into the domestic criminal justice system of any state, " Thessin said.
Under international law there is no obligation to provide automatic residency to anyone who marries a resident, or a citizen, for that matter.
"While we have obligations to abide by decisions of the AU, we are also under obligation to other international agreements including the Rome Statutes, " Kachali said.
Al-Haq's case is that Britain has an obligation, under international law, not to assist Israel because it says Israel has interfered with the Palestinian right to self-determination, has acquired territory by force and has committed war crimes.
Again, that is -- that breaks their obligation and their commitment to the international community.
The deadbeats of international finance rarely walk completely away from an obligation.
"Colombia has gone through the proper international channels and will continue to insist on the application of international law to ensure Venezuela complies with its obligation not to harbour Colombian terrorists, " he added.
"The US and many other international communities do believe that Bhutan has a moral obligation with people who are genuinely Bhutanese citizens, to let them come home, " she said.
Yet it also has an obligation to ensure regional stability is maintained and international obligations are enforced.
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The government defended its decision not to arrest al-Bashir by saying Kenya's first obligation was to the African Union, not the International Criminal Court.
In the filings, the lawyers representing phone-hacking victims say News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that included the News of the World, had a legal obligation to preserve information starting in at least 2007.
The Qatari delegation said it was time to send Arab and international forces in to Syria, as there was a "moral and humanitarian obligation to stop the daily systematic killing there".
An idea also endorsed by many scholars of international law, this means that all countries have a right, indeed an obligation, to try or extradite those accused of the gravest crimes no matter where they are committed.
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