Questions tagged [international]
For questions about the interaction of two or more sovereign states, including agreements and laws between them, and disputes of jurisdiction for civil or criminal matters.
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German and American Driver's License
I'm from New York and got a NY DL. I'm staying 2 years in Germany, for a job opportunity. I already checked, that I have 6 month to get a German License, before my NY one isn't valid there anymore.
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Can I Use A Server In International Waters To Provide Illegal Content Without Getting Arrested?
This is currently just a theoretical question.
If I took a ship to international waters, set up servers on it, and used it to host illegal content could I do that without getting in trouble?
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How is Nationality Principle applied in practice?
I was very surprised to see some people thinking that once they step out of their country of citizenship its laws no longer apply to them.
It is my understanding that the concept of citizenship ...
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What majority age is taken into consideration when travelling from country to country? [closed]
I asked the following question here in travel StackExchange but was advised to also post it here to receive more accurate answers
Multiple countries have differing ages, and citizens are considered ...
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Breaking a trade embargo
Say country "A" has an embargo against purchasing items from country "B" . John Doe is a private businessman who is interested in doing business with country "B" anyway. ...
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De jure or de facto organ of the state?
In the ICJ's Iran v. United States case judgment, Khomeini's statement that the militants' actions were "done by our nation" effectively recognized them as state actions. Regarding the legal ...
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If a non-state actor is recognized as a state organ, does that status persist?
In the ICJ's Iran v. United States case judgment, Khomeini's statement that the militants' actions were "done by our nation" effectively recognized them as state actions. Regarding the legal ...
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Can presidential statement of UN security council be considered as the "decisions of the Security Council"? [closed]
Presidential statements of the UN security council are adopted by consensus of the Council members in the absence of any formal opposition. On the other hand, Article 27(2) and 27(3) of the UN Charter ...
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Can a state get away with failing to comply with treaty obligations during wartime?
During wartime, when a state claims that its administrative authority to enforce laws is limited by the urgent circumstances of war, and thus it could not comply with its obligations under a treaty to ...
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Does State Responsibility Arise from Supporting Non-State Actors in Acts of Genocide?
I am researching the legal implications of state support for non-state actors that commit acts of genocide. Specifically, I am interested in understanding whether a sovereign state incurs legal ...
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Whats the point of ICC warrants against Russia or Israel?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Russian officials and has an application for warrants against Israeli officials. For the latter, Karim A. A. Khan states “my ...
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How can Telegram defend themselves from law enforcement action? [closed]
It has been stated for over a decade on Telegram's Privacy Policy that
All data is stored heavily encrypted and the encryption keys in each case are stored in several other data centers in different ...
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Is Maldives banning Israelis a form of 'collective punishment' and therefore illegal?
According to an article in the Guardian the Maldives are going to ban Israelis from visiting.
According to a quote in wikipedia...
International law posits that no person may be punished for acts ...
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A tricky question about cybercrime
Let’s say I hack into a database when I’m in America, but the database servers are physically in Iran, but to complicate it even more- the company that owns the database is European.
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How far "down" do war crimes go?
South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in "genocidal acts" in Gaza.
We have had cases where relatively low level people ...
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Is it legal for india to ban major platforms and websites under Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016
“No person shall depict, disseminate, publish or distribute any wrong or false topographic information of India including international boundaries through internet platforms or online services or in ...
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Literary translation and copyright
A US friend would like to translate literary works published in Farsi. What should they do (if anything) to ensure this is legal assuming the works are not yet in the public domain?
Or do the ...
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Is it true that the International Criminal Court can only bring a state to trial if that state accepts the court’s jurisdiction over them?
Article 36 of the ICJ Statute appears to say that a country can voluntarily assent to having the ICJ have jurisdiction over them for the purposes of some trial.
https://www.icj-cij.org/statute
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Process after signing a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cross-border M&A in Malaysia
If a listed company in Malaysia signed a MoU for cross-border M&A (merger and acquisition), what kind of process does the company needs to take?
For example, announcement to their stakeholders;
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Common reporting standard
I have a question that I still have no answer for.
I know that countries have a mutual agreement called Common Reporting Standard which is thought for fiscal transparency, but how does it operate?
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Are the final stages of a product’s lifecycle protected by patent?
This is a follow up to this question: International patents
Consider the following stages of a product’s lifecycle:
Manufacture
Sales
Import/export
Use
End of life/disposal
It is presumed that in a ...
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Does a WIPO patent supersede a US patent?
If a United States utility patent has expired but a virtually identical World Intellectual Property Organization patent is still in effect, would the WIPO patent prevent any US manufacturers from ...
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Are countries not allowed to require proof of revaccination (booster) against the yellow fever as a condition of entry?
I read on cdc.gov:
Countries cannot require proof of revaccination (booster) against [the yellow fever] as a condition of entry, even if the traveler’s last vaccination was >10 years ago.
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How does jurisdiction apply to ownership rights of personal belongings across countries? Can ownership be transferred?
Here is the predicament:
A has belongings of B. A is a US citizen based in the US and B is a foreign national of another country. B decides that they are giving ownership of their belongings to C who ...
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Criminal proceedings for a criminal who committed crimes in multiple countries
If a criminal from another country (say Australia) were to commit crimes there and flee to the United States, what government would track him? After capture, would he be returned to the Australian ...
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What international law did Ecuador break by storming the Mexican embassy?
It is in the news that
Mexico is cutting ties with Ecuador after police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice-President Jorge Glas.
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Can a country choose to only partially ratify a treaty?
Let's say that Country A wants to enter into UNCLOS. However, it doesn't like certain provisions of UNCLOS. Is it legally possible de jure (not de facto, since countries clearly can just establish the ...
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Where is the line between law enforcement and warfare wrt the Chemical Weapons Convention?
As I understand it chemical weapons such as tear gas are prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention but allowed in law enforcement, possibly by section 9 (d):
"Purposes Not Prohibited ...
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Does international law permit counterterrorist invasions under any circumstances?
Or is it the case that if a nation considers some non-state group to be a threat to its security, international law only permits the host state of that group to undertake hostile measures against that ...
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Is intent required for genocide?
A question was recently posted, asking,
Is there an... lesser charge for genocide, covering e.g. actions with the effect of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious ...
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Is there a manslaughter version of genocide?
Snopes's article on the South Africa vs Israel genocide case explains that intent is an important element of genocide. Likewise, intent is an important element of murder.
But we've also invented the ...
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Is it legal to give someone money when you know they might spend it on bribes?
I've heard that, to escape dangerous regions, refugees sometimes find themselves needing to bribe border officials. This could be because they are legally not supposed to be allowed to leave the state ...
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What happens if someone requests asylum in Vatican City?
Suppose someone were to enter Vatican City and request asylum. Vatican City is a highly unusual country and I’m not sure what would happen. Are they a party to any treaties that would require them to ...
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Can just anybody sign the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea?
Say I'm an aspiring state. People are complaining I'm not a "real state" because among other things I'm not a signatory to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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How is international law interpreted when the set of states is subjective?
Different states recognize different other enteties as states, or consider them to be non-states. Sometimes there is international disagreement over which purported government for a state is the real ...
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Does how state-like the Houthis are have any effect on the legality of their attacks on Red Sea shipping?
This question is prompted by comments on my previous question about the relevance of armed professionals on shipping alters their legal status:
It's not legal for terrorists to attack a merchant ship ...
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Does the presence of mercenaries like Ambrey Risk change the legality of Houthi attacks?
The M/T Pollux has been hit by a Houthi missile. Reuters is referencing Ambery Risk in their article. We do not know what role Ambery Risk played in this, but some ships are using armed ...
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Would it have been legal for Ukraine to target the Pollux?
The M/T Pollux has been hit by a Houthi missile. This has been described as "lawless" by the US State Dept.
The Houthis are describing this as a "British ship", and Reuters is ...
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Publish a vocabulary list from a Korean Comic
I'm learning Korean through comics. So everytime I read a chapter, I always make an extensive vocabulary list containing an English translation for each Korean word in that chapter.
My question is: ...
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Section 184 of the Canadian Criminal Code and Foreign Actors
This is inspired by recent events, but I will not be naming names.
My understanding of section 184 is that people in Canada are allowed to intercept communications by any means provided that they ...
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Is there a specific law protecting undersea cables?
It is in the news that the Yemeni republic are saying the Houthis may target the undersea communication cables that run through the red sea.
Shipping is protected by specific international treaties ...
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German Online Law [closed]
Since moving to Germany you're always faced with stories of fees to pay upon internet usage (streaming movies, z-library, google adblocker add-on, VPN add-on etc.) what's the punishable acts online in ...
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What is the legal situation with warships and Israeli flagged vessels using Yemeni waters?
A previous answer discussed the legality of a blockade and the answer was that this is governed by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. On the signatories page this was created when Yemen was two ...
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Does US courts' application of the "political questions doctrine" to breach of international conventions not itself breach them?
The US is a party to the 1948 genocide convention (full text here), and is obligated by it not to support genocide, and, in fact, to act to prevent genocide. It has also codified the convention into ...
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Can a Japanese Company sue another Japanesse Company in US Court?
The company Pocketpair recently released a game that many allege violates Nintendo's IP rights. My friends and I were discussing the situation when I brought the Idea-Expression Dichotomy, a feature ...
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Do armed residents engaging in self-defense count as civilians during armed conflict?
Resident T does not hold any official position in an armed group
An Army or a militia from a foreign country not recognized by T's country, enters T's neighborhood.
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is it legal to monetize a translation of a foreign song
Suppose I find a copyright-protected song that has not been released in English. Could I release and monetize an English translation/interpretation of this song?
Is it possible to copyright my ...
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Risk assessment and international safety regulations for cruise ships
I saw that a new giant cruise ship powered by methane gas has just entered service. The linked article talks only about the risk for climate change which might be caused by leaking gas, but I thought ...
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Would destroying rupees be an international offense?
In the Bill No. 174 of 2023 - "THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA (SECOND) SANHITA, 2023", it is stated that:
"Mischief causing loss or damage to any property or fine, or both, including ...
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Does offering a surrender you know will not be accepted count as a false surrender?
you're a captain on a ship that's taken heavy damage, so you decided to devise a plan, you order your crew off the ship, you surrender your damaged ship and her crew (which consists of just you) to ...
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