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The principle of limited liability provides that a company's liabilities do not extend to any of the shareholders’ or directors’ personal property. 31. (...) Most jurisdictions have a body of common law or statutory provisions describing limited exceptions to these concepts, whereby the company’s owners may be held directly liable for the company's liabilities, an action known as "piercing the corporate veil." (...) Likewise, in Australia courts may lift the corporate veil where a company's structure is being used to perpetuate a fraud, or to enable a legal or fiduciary obligation to be evaded.

Those most frequently referred to the triage system include Albania, India, Pakistan and 27 New Scientist (2019), UK launched passport photo checker it knew would fail with dark skin. 28 Wired (2021), Couriers say Uber’s ‘racist’ facial identification tech got them fired. 29 ITV (2021), Uber drivers claim they were fired after company's identification software failed to recognise their faces. 30 Joint Council for the Welfare of immigrants (2020), We won!

In regions that are very poorly studied, areas where some sampling has occurred may appear unique or support species that appear rare just because something is known about these areas or the species has 8 A/AC.259/16 been recorded at all. (...) The examples listed under Measurement and Proxies for pelagic systems are all cases where the “unique” property also is tied to performance of a life history function, and the areas may be picked up on that criterion as well. (...) Completion of this phase results in maps of areas which meet each 20 A/AC.259/16 of the criteria individually; being representative, unique, important for a critical life history function of one or more species, etc.

The cultural monuments in Kosovo and Metohija represent a unique legacy recognised between World War I and World War II as an integral part of the European heritage. It is important to note that the cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija • preserved the architecture and, in part, the art of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, the mediaeval Serb state, the Ottoman Empire and more recent Serb and Albanian architecture in an uninterrupted continuum of centuries, which is a unique case in the history of architecture and art; • presents the peak of the Byzantine architecture and art; • largely integrates the Orthodox Byzantine architecture with that of the Roman Catholics, which is also a unique phenomenon; • preserved the monuments and sites that exemplify two centuries (from 1170 to 1371) of growth of the medieval Serbia as one of the developed European states; This unique European cultural heritage must be preserved in its original form and, enriched, transferred to future generations. (...) Moreover, they showed no sign of willingness to carry out this duty effectively. Consequently, this unique cultural heritage was left without proper official care for more than four years.

Recovery from the pandemic presents a unique opportunity to address inequalities that have been prevalent in societies around the world. (...) The United Nations had a unique role to play as countries tried to recover sustainably. (...) Strengthening the capacities of national Governments can lead to the achievement of sustainable development. In addition, the unique perspective of the Commission, through its convening and advisory roles, allows the United Nations to have a holistic understanding of contemporary challenges.

Created in 1948, IUCN is constituted as an international association of governmental and non-governmental members in accordance with article 50 of the Swiss Civil Code. IUCN is a unique organization. It brings together 78 States, over 100 government agencies, 800-plus NGOs and some 10,000 scientists and experts from more than 180 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.

Up to modern times, the rice terraces have remained an important, unique and priceless national heritage noted for its excellent human-managed steep slopes, high mountain ecosystem and unique traditional micro-watershed ecosystem management technologies which rely on rainwater harvesting for the sustained production of rice, vegetables, fish and clean recycled domestic water, as well as for the support for the successful performance of yearly rituals, cultural festivities and other traditions of the Ifugao communities. 2. (...) The Ifugao rice terraces are classical examples of very simple bench terraces that have employed a unique and holistic micro- watershed ecosystem approach.

The issue of Muftis and the so called ‘‘elected Muftis’’ It is well established that there is no unique method internationally for the elections of the Muftis. (...) Greek citizens that are members of the Muslim minority are given the option of invoking the Sharia Law, in family inheritance matters. This is a unique case in Europe and we are often criticised by international human rights bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women. 6.

He is grateful to the individuals who took the time to share their unique and valuable experiences, ideas, what they viewed as best practices, as well as reflections on the challenges of promoting respect for the right to freedom of religion or belief. (...) A review of agreements signed between the Government and the five recognized religious communities reveals that each agreement is somewhat unique (though many provisions are similar in nature). (...) The existence of these agreements raises important questions about the State’s desire to preserve the unique characteristics of the country’s traditional religious communities and its relationship with them.

Since March 2010, when Georgia extended a standing invitation to the UN Special Procedures, a number of special representatives visited Georgia and gave us unique opportunity to receive constructive evaluations and recommendations for the further development. (...) Here, I would like to particularly highlight Georgia’s strong commitment to the Universal Periodic Review - the unique mechanism to review the human rights progress of all member states.