Laura Vassalli 7118763 Professor Alison Brysk Global Studies 111 12 December 2012 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CONGO The conflict in Congo is one of the worst of our contemporary history in terms of casualties and human rights violations. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1996 about 5.400.000 million people died. “The wars in that country have claimed nearly the same number of lives as having a 9/11 every single day for 360 days‚ the genocide that struck Rwanda in 1994‚ the ethnic cleansing
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Introduction to NATO The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have had a history together ever since the organization was created. The United States was one of the first members of NATO and has always been a major military influence. It has played a key role in all major crises in which NATO was part of‚ from World War II; the wars in the former Yugoslavia; and current problems in the Middle East. While the United States at one point in time was viewed as being an important
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Introduction This essay will begin by arguing that the responsibility to protect concept (hereafter R2P) is political in nature‚ not legal. The is mainly due to the lack of legal liability for the main body responsible for carrying out the duties of R2P‚ the Security Council‚ if it fails in those duties. Furthermore‚ the Security Council is not subject judicial review of actions that it does take. Critics of the concept argue that it can be used as a legitimate justification for states with imperialist
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PEACEKEEPING Introduction about Peace Keeping: Peacekeeping refers to activities that tend to create conditions that favour lasting peace. The Peace Keeping emphasised non-coercive activities aimed at re-establishing and maintaining peaceful international intercourse. Nonviolent accompaniment or interventions‚ Speaking out for those who have little or no voice‚ Bearing witness to the facts‚ mechanisms‚ dynamics‚ and results of violence and oppression‚ standing in the way of i.e.‚ nonviolent resistance
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jacob stevens P R I S O N S O F T H E S TAT E L E S S The Derelictions of UNHCR T here are currently over 20 million people ‘of concern’ to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Just over half of those are internally displaced or stateless‚ with 8 million having fled across an international border. Established in 1950‚ unhcr was charged by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with the protection of their interests: full political and economic rights in
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20 Answers In what ways did Canada contribute to world events in the period between 1914-1999? By Meghan 1. For World War II‚ we mainly took a back seat during the beginning due to fear of the same events reoccurring from the previous world war. We also sat out for fear of communism and we believed that Germany deserved a fair deal because we were too harsh on them with the Treaty of Versailles. Also we were not prepared. 2. In World War Two‚ when Canada joined in ( 1939 ) was provided
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WORLD PEACE & SECURITY WORLD PEACE World peace is an ideal of freedom‚ peace‚ and happiness among and within all nations and/or people. World peace is an idea of planetary non-violence by which nations willingly cooperate‚ either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare. The term is sometimes used to refer to a cessation of all hostility among all individuals. For example‚ World Peace could be crossing boundaries via human rights‚ technology‚ education‚ engineering
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The Role of United Nations in Peace Movement Date of submission: April 13‚ 2010 Serial no. Contents: Page no. 1. Abstract 03 2. Introduction 04 3. Peace movement 05 3.1 Types of peace movement 06 3.2 Transformations of peace movement 06 3.3 Objectives of peace movement 07 4. Systems of United Nations 07 4.1 Purposes and principles of United Nations
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HUMAN RIGHTS INTRODUCTION Human Rights are rights that belong to an individual or group of individuals as a consequence of being human. They refer to a wide continuum of values or capabilities thought to enhance human agency and declared to be universal in character‚ in some sense equally claimed for all human beings. It is a common observation that human beings everywhere demand the realization of diverse values or capabilities to ensure their individual and collective well-being. It also is
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