the first international convention on maritime transportation is thebrussels’ convention of 1924. this convention was widely acceptedthroughout the world and; thus, lasted for a long time due to the widespreadsupport of the countries possessing fleet for this convention and the lack ofexistence of a legal document in terms of maritime transportation. thepassage of time together with innovations...

The government of Hungary ratified this UN Convention and Protocol on refugee status on March 14, 1989; the government of Mozambique ratified the Protocol on May 1, 1989.

Greece ratified the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock on 15 June 1988, and Ireland ratified it on 5 October 1988.

A year after the World Health Assembly adopted the framework convention on tobacco control, the goal of having 40 countries ratify the treaty by 29 June is proving elusive. While 192 member nations of the World Health Organization backed the convention last year, only 113 countries have taken the first step towards implementing it by signing it. Of these only 13 have taken the next step and rat...

This qualitative study examined U.S. legal cases where battered mothers living abroad fled with their children to the United States. These women subsequently faced child abduction lawsuits brought by their batterer. The cases are governed by the Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention) which was ratified by the U.S. in 1988. Using content analysis, the...

this article aims to explain enforcement procedure and conditions in turkey. international private and civil procedure law of turkey and turkish procedure law are the main laws governing the procedure of enforcement of foreign judgments in turkey. in this article, we’ll guide our readers based on the provisions of these laws. it is also important to note that turkey ratified convention on the r...

The Government of Samoa ratified the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees on 21 September 1988.