Committee: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Topic: Combatting Drug Usage in Incarcerated Populations Nation: China Delegate: Azzara Nincevic‚ American Heritage School Plantation The abuse of drugs by incarcerated peoples is a rapidly growing issue among all nations. The goal of prison is to reform and rehabilitate former criminals‚ however this goal cannot be accomplished if more and more prisoners are abusing controlled substances. It is estimated that over 80% of prisoners abuse a controlled
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Chapter-1 DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1. Definition: International Law or the law of Nations as it was called‚ have been given many definitions. The understanding and the definition changed with the development of time. Here is the small effort to carve out certain important definitions as given by certain very famous scholars of their times. Oppenheim “Law of Nations or International Law is the name for the body of customary and treaty rules which are considered as binding by the
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ensure a steady supply of petroleum to oil consuming nations. The headquarters of OPEC are found in Vienna‚ Austria. Brief History of OPEC OPEC was created in 1960 at the Baghdad Conference (September 10-14th). The organisation was initially created by 5 nations: Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The original headquarters of OPEC were in Geneva‚ Switzerland until the move to Vienna five years later. OPEC was‚ in part‚ set up in response to the market dominance of the ‘Seven Sisters’;
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Atomic bombs have killed up to 80‚000 people in an instant when dropped. During the Cold War many countries built more nuclear weapons. Communism and the creation of nuclear weapons were two major problems during the Cold War. The Soviet Union and The United States were allies during WW2 but soon turned against each other after the resolution of the war in 1945. The Cold War then lasted approximately 45 years‚ when becoming obvious in 1947 and then ending in about 1991. The first obvious movement
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small number of sellers. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)‚ is best defined as an oil company which is located in Vienna‚ Australia. It was established in Baghdad in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its members. Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Venezuela were the original members. Qatar joined in 1961 followed by Indonesia and Libya in 1962. Abu Dhabi in 1967 joined which later transferred to the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Algeria joined
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Before I talk about the ozone hole‚ I would like to talk about what ozone is. Ozone is a gas that is made of three oxygen atoms and it’s found up in the atmosphere (stratosphere layer). These three oxygen atoms are so important to us because they protect us from UV radiation. When UV rays try to come to earth they come across these three oxygen atoms and hits them‚ converting them into oxygen gas (O2) and one more oxygen (O). That prevents the UV rays from coming to earth. Ozone hole means that it’s
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Public International Law Notes LAWS 6243 1. History of International Law a. Ancient: Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Greece & Rome b. Middle ages: authority of Church commencement of political divisions that would become States. c. Renaissance: State as sovereign competition between States. d. Early Theories: i. Spanish philosophers central to theory ii. Vitoria: 1480-1546 1. theory of natural law: law divine from source 2
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Southern Rhodesia; that nothing either in the British Nationality Act or in the 1961 Constitution wrought to confer even limited sovereignty upon Southern Rhodesia Additionally‚ the convention under which the Parliament of the United Kingdom did not legislate without the consent of the Government of Southern Rhodesia on matters within the competence of the Legislative Assembly‚ though politically important as a convention‚ had no legal effect in limiting the powers of the United Kingdom
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Article 1 For the purposes of the present Convention‚ a child means every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child‚ majority is attained earlier. Definition of the Child 2 Definition of the Child Article 1 1. Article 1 defines the holder of rights under the CRC as ‘every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child‚ majority is attained earlier.’ The Convention clearly specifies the upper age limit for
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Ethics and Women The purpose of this literature review is to explore and analyse selected texts while aiming to address the question of whether rights conventions are appropriate in international ethics. I will write this essay in a feminist perspective and reframe the question to focus specifically on whether international rights conventions are appropriate in international ethics when it comes to women. The primary issue this essay focuses upon is whether an international human rights framework
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