The report says international law has failed to protect coral reefs and the tropical fish that live among them from collectors.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

The agreement,once it takes effect, will be the first under international law to target just this problem.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

"The court considers that general international law contains no applicable prohibition on declarations of independence."

VOA: special.2010.07.24

But the director of international law programs at Southern Illinois University is more hopeful.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

Speaking from Belgrade, he said the ruling sends a message about international law.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

International law has less severe punishments for criminals under the age of eighteen.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

International law bars any nation or state from claiming lunar surfaces.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Australia,and other critics, say the annual hunt is merely a front for commercial whaling, which is banned under international law.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

The U.S.report stressed that it did not reach legal conclusions as to whether the abuses cited constituted violations of international law.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Moon Tae-young, a ministry spokesman, says North Korea's actions on this occasion can be seen as having violated customary international law.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The teen from a low-income home in Miami was not a typical client of a international law firm like Greenberg Traurig.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

North Korea contends the April 5 missile firing was a satellite launch to which it was entitled under international law.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

"The Iranian government must now demonstrate through deeds its peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The Russian president said the move was "legitimate" from the point of view of international law, "just" and "absolutely necessary."

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Forest Trends sought to prevent those conflicts by commissioning an international law firm to look into the rights of one tribe,the Surui.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Regardless of the quality of information received, they note torture,under any circumstances, is absolutely prohibited under international law.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

The Obama administration says the United States will follow interrogation guidelines set forth in the U.S.Army Field Manual,which conform with U.S.and international law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

But Mr.Erdogan tempered his rhetoric by calling for cool heads and said all Turkey's actions will be done within the context of international law.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

"The world must stand together to demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise."

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Well,as we all know, going to war for regime change is against international law."

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Choi Jong-kun, an international relations professor at Seoul's Yonsei University, thinks the declaration that Pyongyang violated international law is mainly for the consumption of angry South Koreans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

U.N.Special Rapporteur Philip Alston questioned the legality of their use under international law.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Avraham Tzion,an Israeli expert in international law, says the U.N.has a double standard.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23