The Working Group doesn't have the authority to force a country to act in response to its opinions, but it can send a strong diplomatic and political message, Genser said.
If Congress wants to reverse such de facto legislative moves, say defenders of this judicial power-grabbing, it can pass corrective legislation, as it did with the 1991 Civil Rights Act in response to related Court decisions.
And we certainly expect that if there is not cooperation, if there has not -- if the Assad regime has not fulfilled its obligations under that plan to withdraw its forces, that the international community will be -- will see that very clearly and there will be discussions to decide what should happen next, and how the international community should act in response to that.
Funding for ex-presidents dates back to 1958, when Congress created the Former Presidents Act largely in response to President Harry Truman's post-White House financial woes, the Congressional Research Service said.
In the decision of Skilling v the United States the Supreme Court made a ruling on Honest Services fraud by stating that to prove this crime, the government must show an exchange between something of value and an act taken in response.
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The financial regulations imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, passed in response to the financial crisis of 2008, have struggled as interest groups continually undercut their effectiveness by persuading legislators to avoid any kind of tough implementation.
The audit committee was responsible for complying with parts of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which, in response to the Enron, Tyco International, and WorldCom financial scandals, sought to establish new standards for corporate boards, management, and auditors.
The federal law in question is the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, a response to decades of often abusive social service practices that resulted in the separation of large numbers of native youngsters from their families, in many cases to non-Indian homes.
In 2010, he caught deer poachers in the act and saw the police response first-hand.
The requirement for senior executives to put their own signature to company accounts themselves is just one aspect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was rushed through Congress in response to the string of scandals and which is one of the most far-reaching pieces of financial legislation since Depression-era laws established the SEC almost 70 years ago.
"The government has decided to act in a more pre-emptive manner in response to the heightened macroeconomic uncertainties, " said Choi Sang-mok, director general at the ministry.
Subtitle B of title III of the Implementation Act authorizes the President to take certain actions in response to a request by an interested party for relief from serious damage or actual threat thereof to a domestic industry producing certain textile or apparel articles.
Yesterday came word that a key House hearing originally scheduled for Wednesday will be delayed until there is a "consensus" on the bill, and today the White House has issued an official statement on SOPA (and the Protect IP Act, its counterpart in the Senate) in response to a petition that drew thousands of signatures.
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In response to the situation, Democrats want to gut the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act, which phases out subsidies in return for giving growers the flexibility to switch crops in response to changing markets.
The federal law in question is the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978, a response to decades of often abusive social service practices that resulted in the separation of large numbers of native youngsters from their families, in many cases to non-Indian homes.
The audio of her three-hour interview with investigators, as well as 324 pages of documents and more than 600 crime scene photos, were released for the first time in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Associated Press.
Paul Clement, the high-profile lawyer hired by House Speaker John Boehner and fellow Republican legislators to defend DOMA, suggested the act was passed as a "cautious approach" in response to initial efforts in some states to change state marriage laws to include homosexuals.
In response, I read to her the Privacy Act statement that is printed on the front of the form, which can be downloaded from government Web sites.
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Luckily, some are already on the books, thanks to the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, an outgrowth of the Sago Mine accident in West Virginia in January 2006.
Funding for ex-presidents under the Former Presidents Act dates back to 1958, when Congress created the program largely in response to President Harry Truman's post-White House financial woes, the Congressional Research Service said.
In response, American authorities began invoking statutes such as the Wire Act to prevent offshore gambling providers from accessing the American market.
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Mr Obama said the test was a "highly provocative act", and called for "swift" and "credible" international action in response.
Suffice it to say, Tony Blair's mugged-liberal response to terror attacks in the United Kingdom makes the USA Patriot Act look like the ACLU's fondest dream.
Last week, the Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a legal opinion in response to a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Defence of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which was precipitated by the tragedy in Alaska, has put forward a response plan with levels of certification and qualification for those who respond to oil spills.
In the 2005 reauthorization, Congress once again strengthened the Act to improve the health care response to domestic violence, to include a new focus on prevention, and to expand protections for children exposed to violence.
The figures came in response to a request from the BBC Wales news website under the Freedom of Information Act about serious incidents involving patient safety in Welsh hospitals.
Ancelotti needed to act and his response was dramatic by any standards, hauling off Torres and replacing him with Drogba in an attempt to rescue a quarter-final that was slipping away.
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