Is it a human rights violation and not enforcing the law

Law & contracts   |   Civil law   |   Term papers   |   07/28/2009   |   .doc   |   13 pages
Document abstract : « Still, there is an argument that the rights in international human rights law create an obligation on the parties that adhere to them to enforce these rights. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The enforcement of international human rights . The Vienna declaration . Prosecuting human rights violation. Russia after the Soviet era: Economic conditions and human trafficking. Definition of trafficking. Organized crime in Russia...»

Honor killing in the United Kingdom

Social studies   |   Sociology   |   Case study   |   07/31/2009   |   .doc   |   31 pages
Document abstract : « The case of Owamer Ijlani. International Human Rights Law: The charter of the UN; The principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sex. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Executive summary. Introduction. Perspectives on honor killing. The context of family and the states pretext for non-intervention . Honor killings as extreme acts of domestic violence. The Quran and the freedom of religion . How Prophet Mohammad...»

Human Rights and Universality

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   11/16/2001   |   .doc   |   13 pages
Document abstract : « they argue either that the UDHR is now part of customary international law, due to its to the open-ended provision of the UN Charter on Human Rights and hence ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The UDHR: Western conception of human rights . Human rights: A western invention. Human rights as opposed to duties and collective mechanisms. The accusation of cultural imperialism. The issue of the hierarchy of rights within the...»

Founding of the ICRC and establishment of International Humanitarian Law

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   12/09/2008   |   .doc   |   15 pages
Document abstract : « The first and second Geneva Conventions. Protection of human rights. Founding of the ICRC and establishment of International Humanitarian Law On a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Founding of the Red Cross and basis for The Original Geneva Conventions of 1864.. Importance of establishing a distinctive emblem.. The Convention's ten articles.. Revisions and additions the years of 1906, 1929, and 1949.. ICRC...»

Abortion linked to international trade law

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   12 pages
Document abstract : « in favour of a fundamental human right that s difficulty in the enforcement of international law about abortion national efforts to legislate the rights to life ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. National law in France and Germany.. National French law.. German national legislation.. Criminal code.. 218a impunity of abortion.. European Union as a business law maker.. Ethical issues.. Abortion and Christian religion .. Bad...»

Importance or otherwise for multinational enterprises of developing codes of ethics

Business & market   |   Business strategy   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « It is a term used when a government violates national or international law related to the protection of human rights?, according to the definition in Wikipedia ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Important issues linked with the ethical code.. Human rights.. Environment.. Corruption.. Genetically modified food.. Conclusion.. References.....»

US courts should apply universal principle to Alien Tort Cases

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   07/28/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «Introduction - ATCA background; International treaties and area of and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948; in violation of the law of nations ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction - ATCA background. International treaties and area of jurisdiction for ATCA. The U.S. and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Traditional bases of jurisdiction . U.S. ATCA litigation history. The elements of an ATCA...»

The international intervention in Somalia 1992-1995

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/19/2009   |   .doc   |   31 pages
Document abstract : « killed by UN or US troops seem to have been victim of the use of lethal force in breach of human rights and international humanitarian law obligations . ...»

Synopsis abstract : «General statements and recent history.. Social organization and colonial era.. Military takeover by Siad Barre and beginning of civil war.. The United Nations Operation in Somalia: UNOSOM.. From reluctance to Resolution 751.. Inefficiency of the...»

Cultural relativism or universalism ? An essay in political ethics

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « 276 Amstutz, Mark R., International Ethics: Concepts Religious Minorities under Islamic Law and the of Cultural Relativism , Human Rights Quarterly (February ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Cultural relativism versus universalism: The human rights debate.. Cultural relativism and empirical considerations.. The moral justification underlying relativist claims.. Another conclusion to Walzer's argument.. The Asian...»

Human smuggling in Russia and Central Asia

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   08/29/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « in Europe, and Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Background the German Asylum Amendment." Virginia Journal of International Law 33(3 ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Soviet ector.. Who traffics and who is trafficked?. Factors informing the trafficking.. Loyalty groups and transition.. The rise of the mafias.. A large-scale small-scale operation.. Conclusions.....»

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