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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Under the Vienna Convention, a] norm accepted and recognized by the international community as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted, and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.  1, record 1, English, - peremptory%20norm%20of%20general%20international%20law

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

For example, the prohibition of torture is considered a peremptory norm of [general] international law.  1, record 1, English, - peremptory%20norm%20of%20general%20international%20law

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Au sens de la Convention de Vienne, norme] acceptée et reconnue par la communauté internationale des États dans son ensemble en tant que norme à laquelle aucune dérogation n'est permise et qui ne peut être modifiée que par une nouvelle norme du droit international général ayant le même caractère.  3, record 1, French, - norme%20imp%C3%A9rative%20du%20droit%20international%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La prohibition du génocide est une norme impérative du droit international général.  4, record 1, French, - norme%20imp%C3%A9rative%20du%20droit%20international%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Normas que] se imponen de modo absoluto a la voluntad de los particulares, en el sentido de que éstos no pueden sustituirlas ni alterarlas.  1, record 1, Spanish, - norma%20imperativa

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

norma imperativa: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.  2, record 1, Spanish, - norma%20imperativa

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Bowmans counsel objected to Smith s testimony, arguing that his statements constituted "non-verbal hearsay," improper lay testimony, and opinion testimony offered to prove an ultimate issue of fact.  1, record 2, English, - non%2Dverbal%20hearsay

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Hearsay in its most general and oldest meaning is a term used in the law of evidence to describe an out of court statement offered to establish the facts asserted in that statement. Hearsay is generally not admissible in common law courts because it is of suspect value, but there are many exceptions to this prohibition.  3, record 2, English, - non%2Dverbal%20hearsay

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Prohibition was an attempt to forbid by law the selling and drinking of intoxicating beverages... The provincial temperance Acts varied, but in general they closed legal drinking establishments and forbade the sale of alcohol for beverage purposes and its possession and consumption except in a private dwelling; in some provinces native wines were exempt.  2, record 3, English, - prohibition

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La prohibition est une mesure législative visant à interdire la vente et la consommation de boissons enivrantes [...] Les lois provinciales sur la tempérance varient, mais elles ont en général pour effet de fermer les débits de boissons et d'interdire la vente, la possession et la consommation d'alcool, sauf dans les maisons privées.  2, record 3, French, - prohibition

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The Attorney General of Quebec concedes that the prohibition against the appellant's son wearing his kirpan to school infringes the son's freedom of religion, but submits that, regardless of the conditions ordered by the Superior Court, the prohibition is a fair limit on freedom of religion, which is not an absolute right.  1, record 4, English, - fair%20limit

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le procureur général du Québec reconnaît que l'interdiction faite au fils de l'appelant de porter son kirpan à l'école porte atteinte à la liberté de religion de celui-ci, mais prétend que l'interdiction du port du kirpan à l'école, qu'elle soit ou non assortie des modalités ordonnées par la Cour supérieure, est une juste limite à la liberté de religion, droit qui n'est pas absolu.  1, record 4, French, - juste%20limite

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Proposed. Treaty on the Complete and General Prohibition of Nuclear-Weapon Tests(draft).  1, record 5, English, - International%20Committee%20of%20Experts%20of%20States%20Parties%20to%20the%20Treaty

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Admission of aliens. While theoretically almost all States claim the right to exclude aliens, in practice they do not exercise this right to its fullest extent. As a general rule, conditions are imposed on admission, or only certain classes, for example, tourists, or students, are freely admitted. Moreover, there is one practical limitation on the full exercise of the right which every State must carefully take into account, namely, that the entire prohibition of the citizens of one particular State would diplomatically be regarded as an affront or as an unfriendly act towards that State.  1, record 6, English, - admission%20of%20aliens

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] le fait par un État d'accepter, éventuellement sous certaines conditions, que les étrangers pénètrent sur son territoire, y séjournent, s'y établissent.  1, record 6, French, - admission%20des%20%C3%A9trangers

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish