ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY DEFINITION According to Republic Act No. 7659‚ death penalty is a penalty for crimes that are "heinous for being grievous‚ odious and hateful offenses and which‚ by reason of their inherent or manifest wickedness‚ viciousness‚ atrocity and perversity are repugnant and outrageous to the common standards and norms of decency and morality in a just‚ civilized and ordered society." Death penalty is a cruel‚ futile and dangerous punishment for "very serious reasons and with
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When is Humanitarian Intervention Justified? “The regime is killing us‚ many of the opposition fighters are becoming criminals and the world is watching it like a film” (The Economist‚ 2013). This is a statement by a Syrian student whose sentiment has become common amongst Syrians. According to the UN‚ since March 18th 2011‚ the date that marked the beginning of the Syrian uprising‚ 70‚000 Syrians‚ mostly civilians‚ have died‚ but the death toll is likely to be considerably higher (ibid
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Humanitarian intervention had better be avoided because it is difficult for foreigners to enforce human rights”. Liberals argue that states are recognized by the knowledgeable consent of their citizens argued that fairness could only be established by a local struggle for liberty. Human rights cannot take root if they are carrying out or enforced by outsiders. On the occasion of northern Iraq in April 1991‚ on the other hand also Somalia in December 1992‚ local public opinion played a significant
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Humanitarian Aid as a Strategic Response Humanitarian Aid as a Strategic Response Abstract Many governments and intergovernmental organizations rely on nongovernmental organizations to implement their decisions in areas such as humanitarian relief and economic development. Humanitarian aid and cash donations for Haiti’s earthquake victims have been pouring in after the disaster took place. Though useless goods can clog the humanitarian chain of supplying the affected populations with the necessities
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Book Review Capitalism and Slavery‚ (1944)‚ written by Eric Williams‚ has been the most influential scholarly work from a Caribbean historian about the Caribbean and its contribution to world history. Due to his unconventional perspectives toward the conclusion of slavery in the British Empire‚ followed by his critiques on previous statements made by historians that have concentrated on false actions of abolition and so forth deemed as humanitarians. This historical literature has been highly
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States History Pro-Slavery Slavery was one of the biggest impacts that happened during the eighteen and the nineteenth century. The word slavery is defined as a person who is the property of another person. It was can also be define as a great contribution to the United States. There are many different races of slaves and servants in America‚ but Africans Americans were the ones who had the worst discrimination. The failing of indentured servants was main reason slavery became inevitable. Slaveholders
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Opinion On the Abolition of Public Examination In most country‚ students are required to sit for public examinations after secondary education. In Malaysia‚ students sit for public examinations‚ the UPSR‚ PMR and SPM. I think publics examinations are good for the students. So‚ they should not be abolished. In fact‚ I have to say that public examinations are necessary. School play many roles in educating and producing well-adjusted young people who can contribute to our labour market. The nation
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THE ERADICATION of child labour from our society seems to be a herculean task at this moment. However‚ with determined efforts on the part of both Central and state governments along with the help of various national and international societies‚ it seems that change can be brought about to make everyone believe that children are the treasures for future and they are not born to work; they are born to learn‚ play and enjoy their childhood. My focus on this article is based on a related article
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Slavery has been in the United States early as 1619. Slaves were brought to America for one thing and one thing only‚ money. Tobacco took a great amount of work to harvest‚ but with the slaves help it all got completed. Slaves cost at least three more times than a regular servant for the reason that slavery was their life‚ it was their job. Regular servants finished their ‘slavery’ time in about 4 years. Slavery really got across the whole country as time passed‚ and in 1670 the crop‚ tobacco‚ took
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of authority. For example‚ if were debating which car is faster car x or car y‚ a good argument for car x would be that it was stated by a skilled Nascar driver to be one of the fastest cars he’s ever driven. Now let’s analyze a passage from The Abolition of Man.“Perhaps I am asking impossibilities. Perhaps‚ in the nature of things‚ analytical understanding must always be a basilisk which kills what it sees and only sees by killing. But if the scientists themselves cannot arrest this process before
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