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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"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.
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.
"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.
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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