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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"host state"”.
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Sovereigns of Sanctuaries: Host State Responses to Transnational Repression
… political scientists have long studied nation-states’ domestic repression of anti-government dissent, there is a growing awareness that such coercion extends across international borders. Nation-states pursue and repress their nationals abroad through a predatory process known as transnational …
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The state as a shareholder in cases of reflective loss deriving from commercial activities in international investment arbitration
… to provide an overview of the legal position of state shareholders in International Investment Arbitration in case of shareholders' claims for reflective loss deriving from commercial investments. The reflective loss principle refers to direct claims brought by shareholders who have suffered a …
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Remapping territorial faultlines: Conflicts between separatist groups and host states
… conflicts are not likely to occur between states but rather within states. Recent examples, such as the ongoing Chechen-Russian war, Kosovar resistance to Serbian ethnic-cleansing, Mayan (Zapatistas) autonomy claims in Mexico, and the Ogoni struggle for land control in Nigeria testify to …
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Applying principles of administrative law to investor-state treaty arbitrations
… the review of the administrative actions of a host state in investment arbitration. This research examines the extent to which the principles of domestic administrative law can be used as a legal reference for investment arbitrators to address and resolve the legal issues presented in …
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Technical analysis of the creation of a permanent establishment for a non-resident employer by virtue of its employees working remotely from another country
… workplaces. It is widely understood that a state can only tax an enterprise if it has a PE in that state. Consequently, there is a need to examine whether a remote employee can establish a PE in a state and create a taxable presence for their employer in the host state. A PE may exist in the …
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The Mexican Power to Expel Aliens in Light of Its International Limitations and the Dimensional Theory of Law : with Some Comparative References to U.S. Immigration Law)
… law. To be sure, the other is the power of the host State to admit them into its territory. The expulsion of aliens might inflict an enormous harm not only upon them but also upon other persons, e.g., their family members. When aliens are forced to leave their host State, their fundamental human …
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Quantifying the Effect of Vitamin D Deficiency and Alcohol Exposure on Immune Response to Mycobacterium Infection
… dynamic empirical and simulation-based models of host-pathogen interactions to further our understanding of the mechanisms guiding immunologic response. Previous studies on the role of vitamin D3 and its modulation of host response have shown increased anti-inflammatory cytokines and effector …
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Corporate misconduct, human rights, and the challenges of extraterritorial solutions
… on transnational business operating in ‘host’ countries where, for various reasons, such standards are not implemented locally, resulting in governance gaps. Tort litigation in the company’s ‘home’ state or ‘long arm’ regulation emanating from the home state are important alternative …
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A critical analysis of the taxation of income arising to contractors in relation to the execution of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (‘EPCI') contracts in the oil and gas sector
… the project as is relatable to activities in the host state, should be taxed in the host state. The Revenue Authorities contend that EPCI contracts are to be considered as one and indivisible, and hence the entire income from the contract is liable to be taxed in the host state. Based on an …
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Patent protection and foreign direct investment in Uganda's mining sector: a legal analysis of intellectual property as an investment incentive
… examine the laws and policies tailored by the host country to protect and manage their business assets, among other things. Examples of such laws include intellectual property laws that are categorised based on the specific intellectual rights associated with the technological innovations that …
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An integrated methodology for quantitative assessment of proliferation resistance of advanced nuclear systems using probabilistic methods
… in a subjective form are viewed as the current state of knowledge of an evaluator for a system, reflecting an evaluator's beliefs. A modular pebble bed reactor (MPBR) design was chosen as the reference system for demonstration of the methodology. The demonstration study follows the integrated …
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Peacekeepers as enforcers? A legal analysis of the attribution of enforcement powers to UN peacekeeping operations in the new millennium
… operation is forceful, partial and imposed on a state against its wishes, peacekeeping adhered to three “fundamental principles,” whereby it used force only in self-defence, it remained impartial and it was only to be called into existence where the host-state(s) supported the idea. Because of …
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Hybrid and Internationalized Criminal Tribunals: Jurisdictional Issues
… and the relationship of these tribunals with the host state, third states, national courts and other international criminal tribunals.
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Blue Helmeted Dragons : explaining China's participation in United Nations peace operations
… be higher in peace operations taking place in states that have a high strategic value to China. That is, the peace operation host state is important to China because of the presence of natural resources, Chinese investment, diplomatic interests, or a variety of other factors. The thesis finds …
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Choices to Save the Suffering: What Prompts Humanitarian Military Intervention
… has become a more frequent activity of states in the post-Cold War era. New notions that intervening militarily to alleviate human suffering is legitimate have challenged traditional views of state sovereignty and non-intervention. What prompts states to risk lives and resources by …
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Stability and Legitimate Expectations in International Energy Investments: An Analysis of the Interplay between the Two Concepts
… energy investors against unilateral host state actions. Investors constantly look for ways to ensure a stable legal environment in host states in order to be able to secure profit from their investments. Stability provisions, as found under investment contracts or domestic laws, are …
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Development of Tools to Quantitatively Probe Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced Host Phagosomal and Signaling Responses
… (Mtb) necessitates new modalities for host state modulation to promote bacterial clearance. During infection with Mtb, host macrophages engulf the bacteria and sequester them in the phagosome. This interaction involves the recognition of Mtb by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) …
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Why Refugees Rebel: Militarization in Jordan and Worldwide
… lead to refugee militarization in a particular host country at a particular time: a collective project to redeem the homeland from a clear enemy, socioeconomic marginalization from the host state, militancy entrepreneurs and political opportunity. This framework is applied to in-depth case …
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Undocumented and Invisible: Are SADC Member States Implementing the Rights to Birth Registration and Nationality for Migrant Children?
… This greatly increases their risks of statelessness, which opens the way to abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and the inability to claim their human rights. Birth registration represents one of the main protections undocumented children have in avoiding statelessness, as this reduces …
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Re-politicizing State Sovereignty in Global Governance: A Political Economy of Transparency in the Oil Sectors of Gabon and Ghana
… transnational corporations (TNCs) and other non-state actors has gained an undisputed momentum in the fields of International Political Economy (IPE) and global governance, thus challenging realist notions of the state as the main actor in International Relations (IR). This dissertation argues …
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