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- Dictionaryratify/ˈratɪfʌɪ/
verb
- 1. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid: "both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year"
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3 days ago · to give approval to : ratify; to make firm or firmer : strengthen; to administer the rite of confirmation to… See the full definition. Games & Quizzes; Games ...
5 days ago · KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — Home Minister Senator Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today said the government was unable to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) due to its conflict with local laws.
3 days ago · COMMENT | In his recent ministerial reply in Parliament, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told the Dewan Rakyat that Malaysia will not be ratifying the United Nations Convention Against ...
5 days ago · The Paris Agreement set out to improve upon and replace the Kyoto Protocol, an earlier international treaty designed to curb the release of greenhouse gases. It entered into force on November 4, 2016, and has been signed by 195 countries and ratified by 190 as of January 2021.
2 days ago · The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
5 days ago · Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told the Dewan Rakyat that Malaysia has no plans as yet to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) as this would mean amending several pieces of legislation.
4 days ago · People are less likely to define an act as torture when it is perpetrated against others and are therefore less likely to be concerned about torture when it occurs overseas against terrorism suspects that are viewed as a distinct “other” or is perpetrated by a member of one’s out-group (Kearns, 2015, p. 10; Norris, Larsen, & Stastny, 2010).
