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… that the right to life imposes strict duties on a State Party to prevent and safeguard against the occurrence of … that activities or experiments planned by another State Party will cause potentially harmful interference with … (Article 6), and widened its scope to include damage in a Party’s Exclusive Economic Zone or equivalent area, as well …

… agreements are nested, for example when a State that is a Party to a basin watercourse agreement is also a Party to another agreement regarding a sub-part of the same … parallel watercourse obligations arising because it is a Party to international agreements regarding more than one …

… Convention National Definitions of Hazardous Wastes “Each Party shall, within six months of becoming a Party to this Convention, inform the Secretariat of the … movement procedures applicable to such wastes. Each Party shall subsequently inform the Secretariat of any …

… applies, the Nagoya Protocol does not apply for the Party or Parties 2 COP 5 Decision V/5, Appendix, paragraph 2. … subject to prior informed consent (PIC) of the Contracting Party providing such resources that is country of origin of … RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE12 determined by that Party.19 Access, where granted, shall be on MAT.20 Potential …

… 2013. By December 2013, the Convention had already one Party (USA) and 94 signatures, including many countries of … or mercury compounds are used Exemptions available to a Party upon request Artisanal and small-scale gold mining … reclaimed or re-used. The Convention determines that no Party shall allow the export of mercury, unless the importing …

… as ratification. Accession Act whereby a State becomes a Party to an international agreement already negotiated and … Competent Authority Governmental authority designated by a Party to be responsible for receiving the notification of a … global environmental benefits. Compliance Fulfilment by a Party of its obligations under an international agreement. 26 …

… utiliza- tion of genetic resources with the Contracting Party providing such resources.13 Based on that assumption, … ABS system; while Chapter 5 so that in becoming a party to the convention, a country automatically adopts the … fourth book in this Series.) Normally, countries become party to self-executing conventions with difficulty, owing to …

… Parties to the main treaty are not obliged to become party to an optional protocol. An optional protocol is … it shall have made its intention clear not to become a party to the treaty; or (b) it has expressed its consent to … open for a state to make a reservation on becoming a party. A reservation modifies or excludes the application of …

… Legitimate expectations and vested rights 91 8.3.4.1 Third-party impacts on the ABS agreement 91 8.3.4.2 Claims of … but not to UNCLOS are not coastal states. The USA is not a party to either Convention. 60 See Young, T.R., 2004, … sovereignty over ge- netic resources.63 Although each CBD party has a recog- nized governmental system which includes …

… information in order to assist in ascertaining whether a party is in compliance and, in the event of non-compliance, … address compliance issues. Members of such a body could be party representatives or party- nominated experts, with appropriate expertise on the …