Under the Refugee Act, a refugee is defined as a non-citizen who is unable or unwilling to return to their home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on their religion, race, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Retaliatory measures, or reprisal, is a term used in labor law and international diplomacy law to describe unfriendly, but lawful measures adverse actions adopted by an authority or State, in response to actual or perceived threatening behavior exercised by another. In the context of diplomacy, retaliatory measures do not violate international obligations of the State.
See letter of request and letters rogatory.
[Last reviewed in June of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]
A self-executing treaty is a type of international agreement that becomes enforceable as domestic law immediately upon ratification, without the need for any additional legislation or implementation by the national legislature.
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a federal statute that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace.
The dismantling of South African apartheid culminated in a multi-racial democratic election in 1994. The African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela became President, and an interim constitution was drafted and enacted.
Special immigrants are non-citizens from certain groups, including U.S. government or international organization’s employees and their families, religious workers, and some juveniles, who can apply for permanent workers’ visas under USCIS special immigrant programs. Once approved, they may work and live in the U.S. permanently with green cards. See: 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27).
USCIS: www.uscis.gov
A sponsor is a person or entity that takes responsibility for supporting another person, proposal, or venture.
The attributes of statehood under international law have traditionally been considered the following:
In public international law, the subjects of international law traditionally included states. Since the establishment of international criminal tribunals, individuals are also proper subjects of international law.
