Specifically, the Commission decided to seek a legal opinion from the Legal Counsel on the following question

In response, the Legal Counsel requested that the following views be recorded

The Commission also decided that the request for a legal opinion from the Legal Counsel should not include technical or scientific issues.

Reinstatement was automatic according to the legal opinion of the United Nations.

A legal opinion is not a guarantee that a court will reach any particular result.

The two countries simply agreed to disagree over Taiwan s legal status.

He regretted that the international community's political organs had so far failed to convert that legal opinion into political action.

During the discussion concerning the request for a legal opinion from the Legal Counsel, the Commission also considered whether the agenda of the fifteenth session should be amended in order to include a new item concerning such a request.

Zimbabwe had significantly curtailed freedom of speech and association and freedom of the press in total disregard for human rights, and had enacted repressive legislation at odds with its own constitution.

Third, Cuba agreed with the view that the existing legal regime was inadequate to ensure the prevention of an arms race in outer space.

Indeed, public opinion polls show that most Americans are clustered in the moderate center of the political spectrum rather than at the two extremes.

Blogging allows readers and journalists to be opinionated about the news and talk about it in an open environment.

Before reporting the different viewpoints, a brief background on the legal implications of the dispute and sentences is necessary.

The United States has no quarrel with the right of the Palestinian people to self determination .

It is charged with preparing and presenting an opinion on the regulatory standards that would ensure radiological protection and nuclear safety.

Nevertheless ways to incorporate a definition of discrimination and the Convention's provisions on equality into the country's legal framework should be found.

This, of course, is weighed against the direct risk of complications from the procedure, which are rare but not unheard of.

Article 339, paragraph 2 stated that, in the event of a difference of opinion on the upbringing of the children, the will of the father would prevail.

In this example, we would say that belief in what combination was purchased is underdetermined by the available evidence.

Public opinion is divided on this law also (The matter has been discussed in Chapter XV, para 19 26).

In addition, one member of the Commission indicated that, even though he did not fully agree with the request for a legal opinion from the Legal Counsel and its formulation, he would not formally object to it so that the Commission could achieve consensus on this matter.

I recently attended a presentation on the constraints of creativity faced by editorial cartoonists.

Public opinion polls show that many Americans accepted the administration s word on the connection, but the evidence has not sustained it.

Amnesty International deemed her a prisoner of conscience, questioning the fairness of her trial and those of 6 others.

Olga Kyryliuk at the presentation of the analytical report on freedom of expression in Ukraine.

Presentations and discussions at the Forum revealed a division of views about how best to promote economic growth.

The Project has just finalized a study on the legal framework for the protection of the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples in Cameroon, and the impact of the legal framework on the living and working conditions of the peoples concerned.

The division of opinion on this question is natural the stakes are too high, and it is one of the clear signs of the health of democracy that opinion can be diverse.

US State Department legal adviser Harold Koh disagrees, arguing that America is involved in a worldwide armed conflict with Al Qaeda, as well as the Taliban and associated forces.

But public opinion does not seem to matter if the issue is mandatory disclosure of political spending by corporations.

And public anxiety about employment and living standards has replaced the fears about global warming that inspired the 2009 movement.

In addition, they have divided Australian public opinion unnecessarily on the vital issue of the country s security.

De jure belli ac pacis () is a 1625 book in Latin, written by Hugo Grotius and published in Paris, on the legal status of war.

At the bilateral level, Indonesia had established joint cooperative legal frameworks, such as the extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties it had signed with a number of countries.

TOKYO There is something odd and disturbing about the conventional wisdom surrounding the upcoming Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The second reason to worry is that there is limited consensus in Europe on what, exactly, is needed to make the monetary union resilient and prosperous again.

Indeed, public opinion polls show that most Americans are clustered in the moderate center of the political spectrum rather than at the two extremes. But political elites, such as party activists and members of Congress, tend to be more extreme than the public.

Russia supports those efforts, which are aimed at quickly reaching consensus on this most important of legal instruments in the area of counter terrorism.

A survey had been conducted on the number of women in decision making positions in the public and private sector, the results of which would be made available to the Committee, as well as statistics on women's participation in the legal sphere.

Whatever opinion on the proposed new shape of the Security Council one may have, one thing is obvious. The new composition of the Council goes hand in hand with the geopolitical realities of the twenty first century.

The question of expanding the Security Council and the concept of collective security require further study and intergovernmental negotiations so as to arrive at a consensus on these important questions.

The Legal Framework

Law reform

Twelve members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.