Common targets include the World Bank ( WB ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and free trade treaties like the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA ), the Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services ( GATS ).

Costa Rica is party to many environmental treaties, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Environmental Modification, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Montreal Protocol, the Ramsar Convention, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, the Desertification Convention, the Endangered Species Convention, the Basel Convention, the Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on Marine Dumping, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

International law in most nations considers all three of the above agreements as treaties.

International environmental agreements are generally multilateral ( or sometimes bilateral ) treaties ( a. k. a. convention, agreement, protocol, etc .).

International treaty law comprises obligations states expressly and voluntarily accept between themselves in treaties.

In the years that followed, other states subscribed to limitations of their conduct, and numerous other treaties and bodies were created to regulate the conduct of states towards one another in terms of these treaties, including, but not limited to, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 1899 ; the Hague and Geneva Conventions, the first of which was passed in 1907 ; the International Court of Justice in 1921 ; the Genocide Convention ; and the International Criminal Court, in the late 1990s.

In international law interpretation is within the domain of the protagonists, but may also be conferred on judicial bodies such as the International Court of Justice, by the terms of the treaties or by consent of the parties.

Though states ( or increasingly, international organizations ) are usually the only ones with standing to address a violation of international law, some treaties, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights have an optional protocol that allows individuals who have had their rights violated by member states to petition the international Human Rights Committee.

International treaties may or may not cause expiry as early as May 16, 2011.

International human rights instruments are treaties and other international documents relevant to international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general.

International treaties and even declarations can, over time, obtain the status of customary international law.

International laws and treaties provide agreements which nations agree to be bound to.

This has an interesting consequence because treaties that limit or extend the powers of the Dutch government are automatically considered a part of their constitutional law, for example, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The Vienna Convention states that treaties are to be interpreted “ in good faith ” according to the “ ordinary meaning given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its object and purpose .” International legal experts also often invoke the ' principle of maximum effectiveness ,' which interprets treaty language as having the fullest force and effect possible to establish obligations between the parties.

The United Nations Charter states that treaties must be registered with the UN to be invoked before it or enforced in its judiciary organ, the International Court of Justice.

The declaration has served as the foundation for two binding UN human rights covenants, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the principles of the Declaration are elaborated in international treaties such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Convention Against Torture and many more.

Although many countries recognize treaties like the International Labor Organization, which attempt to set standards for worker safety and rights, many countries have made exceptions to certain parts of the treaties or failed to thoroughly enforce them.

The Governments of Botswana and the United States entered into an agreement in July 2000 to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy ( ILEA ) in Gaborone.

The International Accounting Standards Board does not establish an absolute rate at which hyperinflation is deemed to arise, but in International Accounting Standard 29 It lists factors that indicate the existence of hyperinflation:

In 1889, an International Marine Conference was held at Washington, D. C., and it was proposed to establish a " permanent international commission.

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 ( ITTA, 1994 ) was drafted to ensure that by the year 2000 exports of tropical timber originated from sustainably managed sources and to establish a fund to assist tropical timber producers in obtaining the resources necessary to reach this objective.

One month following its conclusion, a similar agreement, General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, was concluded in Geneva, which obliged its signatory parties to establish conciliation commissions in any case of dispute.

International Kendo Federation ( FIK ) grading rules allow national kendo organisations to establish a special committee to consider the award of those grades.

Hereby Leopold II obtained control via his International African Society and later the International Congolese Society, so-called philanthropic organizations who hired the British explorer Henry Morton Stanley to establish its authority.

The International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) conducts a junior tour that allows juniors to establish a world ranking and an Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) or Women's Tennis Association ( WTA ) ranking.

In line with the city's history as an important convention center and the current presence of institutions such as the ICJ, The Hague's city council employs a city branding strategy that aims to establish The Hague as the Legal Capital of the World and the International City of Peace and Justice.

A 1975 advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on the status of the Western Sahara held that while some of the region's tribes had historical ties to Morocco, they were insufficient to establish " any tie of territorial sovereignty " between the Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco.

* July 14 – International Workers Congresses of Paris open and establish the Second International.

The Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to establish the Nansen passports.

* International Fund Services, a leading provider of fund accounting and administration services to the hedge fund industry globally, is to establish a hedge fund administration operation in Drogheda, Co. Louth, with the creation of up to 235 jobs.

Eisenhower and his advisors believed that a nation's airspace sovereignty did not extend into outer space, acknowledged as the Kármán line, and he used the 1957 – 58 International Geophysical Year launches to establish this principle in international law.

* Chapters XIV and Chapter XV establish the powers of, respectively, the International Court of Justice and the United Nations Secretariat.

On the first and second International Zoological Congresses ( Paris 1889, Moscow 1892 ) zoologists saw the need to establish commonly accepted international rules to be followed in all disciplines and in all countries, to substitute the various different conventions and unwritten rules used in various disciplines and which differed also among countries in which English, French or German was either spoken or used as the international scientific language in these times.

According to the ICSID ( International Council of Societies of Industrial Design ), " Design is a creative activity whose aim is to establish the multi-faceted qualities of objects, processes, services and their systems in whole life-cycles.

In June 2000, Missouri State University entered into an agreement with Liaoning Normal University of the People's Republic of China to establish the Missouri State Branch Campus Dailan ( LNU-MSU College of International Business ) on the campus of LNU.

The Communist Party of Great Britain was founded in 1920 after the Third International decided that greater attempts should be made to establish communist parties across the world.

He attempted to establish an International Union of Amateur Astronomers, though this venture failed due to lack of interest.

The first annual conference ( referred to as the International Labour Conference, or ILC ) began on 29 October 1919 at the Pan American Union ( building ) in Washington, D. C. and adopted the first six International Labour Conventions, which dealt with hours of work in industry, unemployment, maternity protection, night work for women, minimum age and night work for young persons in industry.

The development of International English often centres on academic and scientific communities, where formal English usage is prevalent, and creative use of the language is at a minimum.

In 2006, the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) argued that the minimum wage could not be directly linked to unemployment in countries that have suffered job losses.

International horses ( New Zealand not included ) which are entered for the Melbourne Cup, must undergo quarantine in an approved premises in their own country for a minimum period of 14 days before travelling to Australia.

What constitutes sufficient " minimum contacts " has been delineated in numerous cases which followed the International Shoe decision.

In the US, the NSF International ( an independent not-for-profit organization ) sets the standards for wash and rinse time along with minimum water temperature for chemical or hot water sanitizing methods.

Missouri State ’ s agent, the International Management Education Corporation ( IMEC ), identifies and develops relationships with sponsors, who identify and prepare students, screening them for work experience, a minimum grade-point average at the undergraduate level ( 2. 75 ) and English language proficiency.

As the treaty parties of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court could not agree on a minimum age for criminal responsibility, they chose to solve the question procedurally and excluded the jurisdiction of the Court for persons under 18 years.

# The first route is the Bachelor of Laws ( Hons ) or LL. B ( Hons ) programme with a minimum of four ( 4 ) years of full time study from recognised local universities: University of Malaya, International Islamic University Malaysia, National University of Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA ( 3 years for BLS included ).

The International Preparatory Schools are ranked and recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science ( MEC ) and all teach a minimum level of Spanish language, science, literature, geography and history.

The council is a member organisation of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, and endorses both the IHEU minimum statement of Humanism ( ref bylaw 5. 1 ) and the Amsterdam Declaration 2002 ).

For this reason, maritime regulatory agencies such as the International Maritime Organization specify minimum safety margins for sea-going vessels.

In an attempt to increase safety, the 2004 season saw the International Ski Federation impose minimum ski lengths for the super giant slalom for the first time ; to for men, for women.

In 2010, Tongan Brigadier General Tau ' aika ' Uta ' atu, Commander of the Tonga Defence Services, signed an agreement in London committing a minimum of 200 Tongan troops to cooperate with Britain ’ s International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) in Afghanistan.

* International competitions have a minimum of 4 countries

International laws require any whisky bearing the label " Scotch " to be distilled in Scotland and matured for a minimum of three years and one day in oak casks.

Every team would play a minimum of three games: the four teams that lost their first two games would cross over and play U. S. vs. International games.

) Each team still plays a minimum of three games, playing a " crossover " ( U. S. vs. International ) consolation game if eliminated after their second game.

The International Ship and Port Facility Security ( ISPS ) Code is an amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea ( SOLAS ) Convention ( 1974 / 1988 ) on minimum security arrangements for ships, ports and government agencies.

The number of U. S. businesses meeting the minimum criteria as an FBO is 3, 138 as of April 2009 according to a survey conducted by Aviation Resource Group International ( ARGI ).

In contrast, Test and One Day International cricket is played on a field with a minimum width of and length, giving a minimum area of, assuming an elliptical shape.

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ( SOLAS ), 1974, requires flag States to ensure that their ships comply with minimum safety standards in construction, equipment and operation.