Scope of the cover and exclusions

Freedom of contract approach vs. exemption from liability approach

It may only be invoked to exonerate from its responsibility a State which has failed to implement a treaty.

This, however, does not absolve the Government of Iraq from its responsibility to implement the Convention.

Justice Dalia Dorner stated that granting automatic immunity could only be done through legislation.

Where the head of compliance fulfills his her responsibilities of determent and report for any illegal and irregular acts of the securities firm, he she shall be exempted from bearing any responsibility.

However, the attachment of primary liability to the operator was not intended to absolve the State from discharging its own duties of prevention under international law.

(13) The person has fully served a sentence and been subject to other measures of criminal liability, or is exempt from serving a sentence

32. Article 13 absolves a person of criminal responsibility if the act committed is minor and the harm caused is not great.

None of the refugee instruments provide protection, immunity or any exoneration to refugees for illegal acts.

This was clearly due to the Court's lack of jurisdiction ratione personae in respect of any entity other than a State party to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Israel apos s claim that it is the quot South Lebanon Army quot that is in charge of the Khiyam detention centre in no way exonerates Israel from responsibility.

It was recalled that the approach taken in article 5 (5) of the Hamburg Rules was based on exemption from liability and exempted the carrier from liability only for loss, damage or delay in delivery of live animals resulting from any special risks inherent in that kind of carriage.

The only effect of this judgment was to exonerate the European Community from liability under EC law.

For purposes of admissibility, the burden of proof is said to have been discharged, as the authors have made prima facie substantiated allegations.

36. Due obedience cannot exonerate a perpetrator from criminal responsibility at most it may be taken into consideration as a mitigating circumstance.

Reservations were expressed, however, about the possibility that a certification authority might avoid liability for its own negligence by virtue of liability exemption clauses or disclaimers contained in the certification practice statement or in any other document issued by that certification authority.

Numerous delegations pointed out that a reference in the instrument to acts by non State actors ought not under any circumstances to exonerate the State from responsibility, and that establishing direct responsibility for non State actors under the future instrument was not an option.

The right did not discharge the State of its responsibility for education planning, monitoring and general control of the education system.

The final obligations under this contract relating to retention monies and a retention bond owing to the contractor were subsequently released (see para. 16).

7. Proposed law absolving persons of liability to compensate

Paragraph 1 of this Article does not affect the responsibilities, liabilities, rights or immunities of the shipper.

In fact, article 35 of the revised CPL places responsibility on the defence, on the basis of the facts and the law, to present material evidence and opinions proving that the defendant is innocent, that his crime is minor, or that he should receive a mitigated punishment or be exempted from criminal responsibility.

If introduced, liability limits and exemptions should be pursuant to the law or should be approved by public authorities.

The responsibility for year 2000 compliance follows that delineation.

So I have no responsibility to anyone but myself and the subjects.

The doctrine should more appropriately be raised at the merits stage, since it related to attenuation or exoneration of responsibility rather than to admissibility.

A person responsible for a refusal to sell may escape liability on three (3) conditions

The Deputy Executive Director performs those functions in addition to carrying out his or her responsibilities as Director of the Division.

In the Philippines, an imbecile is excused from criminal liability, defined as a person who while advanced in age has a mental development comparable to children between two and seven years of age.

Moreover, liability might be excepted when, for instance, the damage had been the result of armed conflict, hostilities, civil war or insurrection or the result of a natural phenomena.

During the new term of the Government (2002 2007), there have been some changes in the jurisdiction and responsibilities of ministries and ministry level agencies with clearer definition of the functions and tasks of these agencies to avoid overlapping and eliminate intermediary levels.

Parties to armed conflict have a duty to protect civilians from the devastation of war.

Gratis personnel should not perform confidential or sensitive functions.

Slovenia considers the responsibility to protect to be an integral part of national responsibility to protect a country's people against atrocities.

Subject to the fundamental legal principles of the State Party, such liability of the legal person may be criminal, civil, administrative or commercial.

Rather, they demand responsibility, reinforced by a knowledge of the mistakes of the past, and responsibility in view of those previous catastrophes requires us to develop some considerations.

Circumstances precluding wrongfulness in the law of State responsibility

Article 17 of the Act contains a provision exempting a perpetrator who reports a crime and the other perpetrators to the authorities charged with gathering evidence or conducting investigations, before those authorities obtain any knowledge thereof.

Furthermore, the Navy had turned jurisdiction over the land to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to relieve the Navy of any responsibility for cleaning up the land.

The United Nations has a sacred responsibility to combat hatred and intolerance.

Mr. Fomba (Mali) said that poverty reduction was a shared responsibility.

quot Conscious of their duty to prevent and combat this evil,

Mindful of the responsibility of the Secretary General to safeguard the functional immunity of all United Nations officials,

B. Exemption provisions