Geneva

Conference of the Red Cross in Vienna on 1965. But then this principles were revised which the text contained in the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and adopted by the 25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, 1986. There were seven fundamental principles that highlighted by this committee in order to serve people in needs. The first is, the principle of Humanity. As everyone concerned, ICRC’s main purpose is to protect civilian from any threat…

established and quickly expanded their network in Switzerland as did, for example, Ibis which has opened 44 hotels in the country whose 12 are in the region of Geneva (Ibis Hotels, 2016). This expansion would not have been…

school, have a career. There was always an “idea of fighting in a war” but until 911 and Al Qaeda War was something that our fathers and Grandfathers knew. The abuse reported at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq brought a new conversation concerning the Geneva Convention. In my personal opinion from reading through the documents on the reports. There was clearly a lack of leadership and training for the soldiers that were in charge of the detainees. The stress and tension that these young…

John Calvin is Martin Luther’s successor as the preeminent Protestant theologian. He plays an important role in the Church History. It is him who made a powerful impact on the fundamental doctrines of Protestantism. He is not only a famous French religious reformer, but also the founder of Calvinism and the writer of a monumental book, Institutes of the Christian Religion. In my opinion, Calvinism and Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin’s greatest achievement because they are…

The Geneva Convention is the prohibition of the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare. Most of the gases banned are colorless, tasteless, and even odorless. Why would you need a gas that can kill people without…

legal, political, and security issue” (p. 9). A suspected terrorist’s classification can make him or her eligible for specific protections or rights such as those covered in the third Geneva Convention which outlines codes of behavior for the treatment of prisoners of war. Those who are protected under the Geneva Convention’s protocols must have the same rights afforded to them as the soldiers of the country which has custody of the combatant. What this essentially means is that in the United…

imaginable, civilized. The rules and documents, signed in 1929, were named the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and it set the grounds for how enemy POWs should be treated. However, despite being put into force eleven years before the start of World War II, it wasn’t until World War II that the Geneva Conventions had it’s first challenge: In a real war full of hatred and tragedies, could the Geneva Conventions hold up? After all, there was no governing body that…

Dinh Diem and formation of South Vietnamese Coup, which led the United States to war in Vietnam, under the pretense of communism. Vietnam was always a U.S. foreign policy, but the United States role became pronounced after the Geneva Agreements of 1954. Prior to the Geneva Agreements, Indochina was under the control of France. The French had been in Indochina since the late 19th century, but the age of French imperialism in Indochina came to an end in August of 1954. During 1946-1954, the…

The Vietnam War began in 1954. However, the reasons for why Vietnam was divided began just after WWII ended in 1945. After Japan withdrew their forces in Vietnam and left, France wanted to regain control of Vietnam as they had control before WWII and before Japan was in Vietnam. Before this, Ho Chi Minh had organized Viet Minh or the League for the Independence of Vietnam. Immediatly after Japan left, Minh invaded northern Vietnam and declared it a Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The main…

Walton) is bounded for the North Pole, and he sends his sister letter back to England and tells her about his dangerous mission. He encounters Victor who is the protagonist and tells them about a monster that he has created. Victor describes his life in Geneva at the age of five that his parents wanted a daughter, so one day while they were walking through the roads they saw an orphanage- like house and one girl caught Victor’s mothers eyes had been fixed on one of the little girls and his…