Legal aspects of terrorism at sea Glen Plant* INTRODUCTION On 7 October 1985‚ four armed men claiming to represent the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the Italian-flag cruise liner Achille Lauro on the high seas about thirty miles off Port Said and held the crew and passengers hostage. They had boarded her in port in Genoa posing as legitimate passengers. They demanded the release of fifty Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and threatened to blow up the ship if intervention were
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Introduction As a human right‚ privacy has a long history. It is hard to give a clear definition of privacy since it is a broad idea. Sexual identity‚ lifestyle‚ credit information‚ medical records and communication data‚ etc. are all human right to be kept in privacy. But in recent years numerous cases of breach of confidence are presented in public‚ especially on business and political secrets and lives of prominent people. Since European Convention on Human Rights was effectively absorbed into
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Terrorism in the United States Terrorism endangers the life of every single person in the world‚ and it’s been around longer than some people think. Al Qaeda attempted to to blow up the world trade center in 1993 but did not succeed in doing so. The United States has been a victim of terrorist attacks more than a handful of times in the 1990’s. Terrorism isn’t only a problem that the United States of America has to deal with. It happens all around the world‚ and there are many effects that
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The protection of the patient privacy and security is essential for the health care providers and hospitals. There are several federal laws and rules aiming to protect the health information of patients. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) gives the authority the right to pass the law to protect the patient privacy. The Privacy rule that passed in 2003 regulates the use and disclosure of the health information. Accordingly‚ the Protected Health Information that
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At this time in our world we live in I do believe nuclear terrorism is a huge threat and the U.S. should be very concerned about it. It was noted by Jeffrey T. Richelson that “declassified documents have confirmed that the U.S. (and other) governments have anticipated the possibility of a terrorist nuclear incident at such high-profile events as the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics” (Richelson 2012). United States government officials have been concerned
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A Fighting Angel Brooke Dees Period 6 I’ve always believed that some things are so complex that only God can see reasoning and benefit from them. A more than perfect example of this would be the heart wrenching life story of my beautiful friend Talia. As long as I’ve known Talia‚ she has had to go through more than most people in their entire lifetime; though everything‚ Talia stays strong and has hardly fallen weak. At the age of seven‚ Talia was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma‚ an extremely
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Domestic Terrorism in the United States Thomas A. Salisbury HSM 305 Survey of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Professor Erick Stone January 22‚ 2012 Domestic Terrorism in the United States Domestic terrorism is a real threat to this country. This type of attack is nothing new to this country but until the threat of international terrorism became prominent‚ there was not a large focus on domestic terrorism. With a look at history‚ domestic terrorists are a greater threat to security
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The War on Terrorism In a world where the integration of cultures‚ prolificacy of international trade markets‚ and blurring of state borders has become a widely accepted norm‚ the distinction between standardized warfare and‚ the newly prescribed term‚ “war on terrorism” has become increasingly relevant and paramount to define and combat in the modern world. Though the “War on Terror” is considered modern vernacular in a new globalized sphere‚ the idea of terrorism has been around
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Adjusting to Terrorism CJA/453 September 26‚ 2011 Professor XXXXX Adjusting to Terrorism On September 11‚ 2001‚ all across the United States million of people were waking up; taking children to school‚ and going to work. This was not a normal day for people all across the United States. There were millions of people around the world watching the terrorist attack; and not believing this was happening. The first attack‚ a plane hits the north tower of the World trade center in Manhattan New
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TERRORISM Terrorism is the systematic use of violence as a means of coercion for political purposes. In the international community‚ terrorism has no legally binding‚ criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious‚ political‚ or ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety ofnon-combatants (civilians). Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence
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