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An Eye for an Eye Makes the International Human Rights System Blind For a great deal of history, torture was commonly used with little to no compliant. The Egyptians, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, and as well as the Church all contributed to the practice of torture and justified torture as an appropriate weapon in their armouries. Even multiple legal systems utilized torture prior to the beginning of the nineteenth century. As civilizations began developing and advancements in the area…

“Artists are influenced by Society and other political reasons, the art comes in many forms; as has many perspectives to Social Media’s eye.” There are many different types of artists out there who explore the different sectors of art itself. People who define their art in a way that catches the human eye, It could mean anything really, sadness, anger, happiness, anything, even the most randomest of things, some come out as a comedic way and others take it more seriously. Visual art, or as in…

Jordan’s growing international fame in the late ‘80s marked America’s cultural transition from the Cold War to globalization. Martina Navratilova lived in Communist Czech until she defected to the US and became a tennis player in America. She is one of the first openly gay sports figures, coming out in 1981. Because she is female, gay, and Czech, Navratilova faced discrimination, but she steadfastly remained a vocal advocate for equal rights and pay and a strong supporter of many charities…

The world-wide desire for change was culminating in the year 1968. Mark Kurlansky writes about the revolts of oppressed peoples throughout the globe, in his book, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World. In this book, he evidently describes how the anti-war movement and the prevalence of media coverage induced the peoples’ determination for change through rebellion in 1968. Kurlansky begins his book by depicting the international aspiration for peace during 1968. The United Nations, France, and…

Knocking on wood is considered to be good luck. This superstition was first documented in 1905 the first people to believe in or create this superstition are the British, Pagans and Americans. The countries in the world where this superstition is believed are the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most of North America. It is believed in many other countries as well. This irrationality started before Christianity was a religion. Tree worshipper-mostly Pagan cultures, like the Celts- laid their…

church was consecrated in honour of St. Francis of Assisi in 1668, three years after its finishing. The consecration was carried out by the Prague archbishop Jan Bedřich of Wallenstein. PRAGUE 1 MONUMENTS CENTRAL Church of St. Francis of Assisi (czech: kostel sv. Františka z Assisi) - interior Interesting facts about the church The dominating feature of the church is especially the mighty, forty meters high bricked cupola. We will find exceptional elements also inside the church, especially…

The Second Amendment, is a very controversial area under discussion in the media. Both advocates for and against gun ownership have been lobbying Congress to gain legislation in their favor for decades. Congress is at a standstill over gun issues and has voted down all proposals on gun control in the legislature. Although regulation is useless against criminals some harm can be avoided through tougher unified gun control, the American people have a Second Amendment right to bear arms,…

Leadership played a huge role in deciding the fate of any regime, be it the Bolsheviks or the Anti-Bolsheviks, without a good leader, there was disunity, as seen with the whites. The Bolsheviks were extremely lucky in the quality of their leadership, with Lenin and Trotsky. Lenin had led the Bolsheviks to victory in the October revolution. Throughout the Civil war, Lenin provided the motivation and energy for his supporters to lead them into success - this was mainly due to the fact that he had…

3.4. Reasonableness/Arbitrariness/Discrimination The Tecmed Tribunal expressly accepted that arbitrariness and discrimination could not be reconciled with the FET standard. The Tribunal in Pope & Talbot frequently referred to the reasonableness of the conduct of a State or its organ to rule out a violation of the FET standard. Benedict and Schill are of the opinion that there is a link between the concepts of reasonableness and proportionality on one hand and the permissibility of States right…

created art with similarly exaggerated features. What did you find puzzling? I found the universality of the Venus figures to be puzzling. The film showed many examples of such Venus figures across many modern-day European countries, like France and the Czech Republic, but none outside of this area. I would be interested in knowing if these Venus figures existed outside of Europe or if it was purely a Western phenomenon, as it was not mentioned. If…