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NATO's opportunistic invocation of international human rights law is but one example of the broader double standard that characterizes this law.
The United States is the worst perpetrator of the double standard.
This human rights law double standard can be defended, to a point.
The double standard that underlies this hypocrisy, however, is an inevitable feature of international human rights law.
Children forced to live in conflict zones are already suffering; when violence prevents them from learning, they suffer a double tragedy.
Governments could double down on their failed austerity policies.
Many Russians point to past Western military action – bypassing the UN in Kosovo, Iraq, and Libya, for example – as evidence of Western double standards.
But the world’s response – to double down on the pact in opposition to Trump – should also cause concern.
The fund announced by philanthropist Bill Gates is a very promising start, as is the agreement by 22 countries and the European Union double their investments from $15 billion to $30 billion.
Putin promises to double Russia's GDP by 2010 - an ambitious aim, and success would improve democracy's prospects.
They also cite investment opportunities in emerging markets, and make the obvious point that if China and India stay on track, their economies' relative weight in the world will double in the next decade or so, as rapid real growth is accompanied by appreciation in their real exchange rates.
If true investment income were double what is reported, the difference was reinvested abroad in the years 1982-2000, and those assets were discovered by 2014, that would explain about half of the upward revision in the US net international investment position.
And if true investment income is indeed as large as double what is reported, the true US current-account balance entered the black in 2009 and has been in surplus ever since.
To “map” travel properly, the software needs to understand such things as time zones, flight duration, layovers, and the like, along with concepts such as coach or first class, deluxe and standard rooms, double vs. single, and so on.
The current issue is that the monetary aggregate (M4) measure of lending to the private sector is at its lowest level in a decade, while inflation is more than double the BOE’s target.
Credit growth, known in China as “total social financing,” grew at an annual rate of 13% in the fourth quarter of 2015 and again in the first quarter of this year – that is, double the rate of annual GDP growth.
China doubters around the world were quick to pounce on the number, expressing fears of a stall, or even a dreaded double dip.
The United Arab Emirates – where projected electricity demand will more than double by 2030 – is among the countries that are rising to the occasion.
US policy is thus delivering a double whammy on competitive devaluation – weakening the dollar and forcing competitors to strengthen their currencies (though some are taking countermeasures, erecting barriers to short-term inflows and intervening more directly in foreign-exchange markets).
These double standards form a pillar of today's machismo.
(If one worried about double taxation, one could allow a credit for corporate taxes on individual tax returns.)
A policy based on fiction and double standards is bound to fail sooner or later.
In this respect, Vilks’ work must be regarded as having succeeded in exposing moral double standards – no matter what one thinks of the drawing itself.
Women and DevelopmentCOPENHAGEN – A girl born in South Asia or sub-Saharan Africa faces a cruel double burden.
There may be some losses from electing women because they tend to have less political experience than men, but the record in India suggests that if it took 20 years to establish a 30% share of women in local positions in other countries, the benefits would be at least double the costs of achieving this.
Whereas Europe’s birthrate is stagnant, the Arab population is set to double in the coming decades, and the population will rise in many Asian Muslim-majority countries.
It seems clear, however, that his more immediate goal is to expose the West’s double standards, thereby breaking down Western barriers to his pursuit of Russian interests.
In contrast, it takes about two decades for the US economy to double in size.
At the same time, there is a double agency problem, as the ultimate shareholders – individual shareholders – don’t directly control boards and CEOs.
In particular, higher tobacco taxes yield a double benefit: they reduce smoking, a leading cause of adult death, and raise revenue.
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