Violation of Human Rights at Guantanamo Bay

Arts & media   |   Journalism   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « position of the Administration is that detainees of Guantanamo are enemy combatants and not prisoners of war and thus the third Geneva Convention Relative to ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Issue background.. Possible courses of action.. Arguments supporting the policy direction.. Conclusion.. Works cited.....»

Founding of the ICRC and establishment of International Humanitarian Law

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   12/09/2008   |   .doc   |   15 pages
Document abstract : « Conventions The protection and treatment of captured combatants during an international armed conflict is detailed in the Third Geneva Convention relative to ...»

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...»

US Foreign Policy and international law

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « The numerous prisoners have right under international law (especially the third Geneva Convention) but the US had tried to deprive them from the status of ...»

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...»

A critical analysis of the EU legal framework dealing with illegal immigration

Political science   |   European union   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « is discreet on the area of readmission policy in the third-countries, but Thus the Geneva Convention on refugees (28 July1951) prohibits a repression where the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The different means perfected by the communities to develop its common policy in this domain.. The decisions which strictly depend on the member state.. The evolutions and the objectives of EU legal framework dealing with illegal...»

The US and Guantanamo Bay

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   11/29/2006   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « and hence the possibility of exercising the rights guaranteed by the Geneva Convention. Finally, the third potential course of action is keeping the Guantà ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Issue background: Guantanamo and the United States since 1898. The Platt Amendment . The revolution in 1959. The post 9/11 world: A new dimension to the Guantanamo issue. Courses of action. Reaching an agreement with the Castro government on this...»

Difficulties of application of international law - Example of the Cambodia genocide

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of of Genocide of 1948, also called the Genocide Convention. slaughter were not with strength third but it ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Historical context and birth of the Khmer Rouges.. Birth of the movement.. Ideology.. Seizure of power.. The Khmer Rouges regime.. The end of the Khmer Rouges.. Requirements for the crimes considered by the international criminal...»

Is there room, and how much, for immigrants in the European social model?

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   08/31/2006   |   .doc   |   11 pages
Document abstract : « seekers biometric data was also created recently, cooperation with third countries aims at asylum system based on the respect of the Geneva Convention has been ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Immigration: A window of opportunity for greying Europe. The economic impact of a rapidly ageing population. The contrasted picture of immigration in Europe. The coming of age of a European immigration policy and the economic...»

Law of war crimes: command responsibility and the Yamashita precedent

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « And Article 26 of the 1929 Geneva Red Cross of the foregoing articles (of the Convention), as well presented even included second- and third-hearsay evidence. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The legal framework for Yamashita's trial in Manila.. The actual jurisdiction of the American Military Commission.. The legal basis of the charges against the General Yamashita.. Yamashita and command responsibility: A debatable...»

The colonial legacy of the Herero Genocide in Namibia

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « Laws and Customs of War by Land, ratified in 1900, or the Geneva Convention for the for a log that postcolonialism should not be seen as a third-world movement ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The history of the genocide.. Historical background of the German colonization in Namibia.. The history of the genocide.. The reparation issue around the genocide.. The fight of the Herero community for a recognition of the...»

Disaster in Darfur and the responsibilities of France

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « to a right of intervention of third parties, like justified by military necessity 1949 Geneva Conventions are Article 147 of the Fourth Convention defines war ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Begining of the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.. Debate on the qualification of exactions in Darfur as crimes of genocide.. Beyond the interrogation on the existence or not of genocide.. Responsibilities regarding international...»

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