International human rights law

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « Conclusion. Sources. International human rights law Today, various international instruments allow for the protection and respect of human rights. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. States' obligations.. The article 26 explanation.. The Preamble of the Covenant.. The purpose of obligation.. The importance of monitoring.. The Economic and Social Council.. Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant.. Strengthening the...»

International law: history and definition

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « Today, terrorism is a real challenge for international law. But international law is not restrained to the idea of peace and human rights. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The history of international law.. The promises of international law since the antiquity from Middle Ages.. Peace of Westphalia and the modern state: The development of international law.. Conflicts, wars and new issues in 20th...»

International criminal courts: An historical and sociological overview of supranational criminal justice

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   04/22/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « of violations of the of the laws and customs of war, human rights abuses, particularly genocide. The adjudicating of international criminal law is a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. History: ?The Road to Rome?. Sociology and criminal courts . Applying the Functionalist Theory to international courts . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

International law and normative unity

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   05/08/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « If massive violations of human rights are a shocking come states act as if human beings living in between sovereignty and normative unity in international law. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. A legal system based on the concept of sovereignty. International law as the expression of the sovereignty of states. International law and sovereignty preservation. The case of normative unity. Competences and sovereignty. Normative...»

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...»

Consider the extent to which international law is law, or ‘really law' or ‘law properly so-called' with reference to legal and other theorists

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/21/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « International law seen as a set of purely normative human rights is not really law because such rights cannot replace the institutions that are needed to ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Positivist views on international law.. The rise and fall of the predominant paradigm.. From Bentham's introduction to the principles of morals and legislation to H.L.A. Hart's the concept of law.. Consequences of modernity on...»

US Foreign Policy and international law

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « of violations of basic human rights, of international conventions and even of rights provided by prisoners have right under international law (especially the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Using international law when it serves US interests.. US policy towards Iran and North Korea.. War against Iraq and Afghanistan.. Frustrating multilateral rulemaking.. Kyoto Protocol.. Unsigning the ICC Rome Statute.. Overriding...»

Critically discuss the contributions of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement to international legal scholarship

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   05/13/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « international relationships. International human rights law, as a major topic for the UN, also held the TWAIL s attention. Indeed, scholars ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The three objectives of TWAIL. The influence of TWAIL. Contributions of TWAIL. The central issue of the TWAIL scholars . The real impact of TWAIL actions . Criticisms against TWAIL. Conclusion. Bibliogra...»

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...»

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is primarily a Western document, limiting the claimed universal applicability of Human Rights

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « Osiatynski, June 2002. Mary Glendon, ibid. Paul G. Lauren, The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen, 1998 term papers ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. How far did the great Western powers influence the writing of the UDHR.. UDHR viewed as being Western.. Cultural relativism.. Conclusion.....»

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