Geneva

The War We Couldn’t Win Freshly out of World War II, the world is faced with another war. The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics begin the Cold War. Tensions between nations were at an all-time high, and the world watched as they competed against each other. The U.S. and the Soviet Union indirectly fought each other through proxy wars, one of them being the Vietnam War. It was a conflict based on two different ideologies, capitalism and communism. On March 8, 1965, the U.S…

Jastram and Achiron note that international humanitarian law gives provision for the protection of victims of armed conflict. The Geneva conventions and its protocols form the core of international humanitarian law. Article 44 of the Fourth Geneva Convention has a section that deals with refugee issues and Protocol I (1977) ensures the protection of refugees under the Geneva Convention's Part I and III (Jastram and Achiron,…

The Oxford World Encyclopedia defines war as “military combat between large communities, nations, and/or groups of nations”, although those in the midst of the First World War would argue that it most definitely means much more (Philips 1). World War 1 lasted from 1914 to 1918 and is said to have killed over seventeen million individuals (Wikipedia 1). The greatest, most known cause of the First World War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess…

Protestantism. Besides all of that he was a journalist and a theologian from 1509 - 1564 who made a great impact on the fundamental doctrines of protestantism and was also Martin Luther’s successor. Calvin lived In Geneva for a short while then forced to leave in 1538 sadly, but then allowed back in Geneva in 1541. After that he became an important religious and spiritual leader and established a government which he lead In 1555 and gained absolute supremacy.…

One of the main topics of Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein appears as the desire for power. One character that shows its desire for power in Frankenstein is the creature, which Victor Frankenstein brought to life after almost two years of working only to flee in terror of it.. The creature shows this desire for power throughout the novel, especially when it begins to kill the people that Victor Frankenstein cares about. The creature almost immediately obtains its freedom at the beginning of…

Before she had arrived at Geneva the men were boyish and usually made smart remarks back at the teacher during lectures. However when Elizabeth arrived they behaved like gentlemen and treated her nicely. She was once asked to skip a class because it was to ‘unrefined’. However her…

rights. The United Nations have a total of 30 rights that everyone has the right to do/is allowed to do. During the war the emerging concept of human rights included the treatment of Jews, the differing perspectives on the treatment of captives, the Geneva Conventions and the impact upon post-war relationships and…

Blackwell, Anna Blackwell, Mariana Blackwell, Sarah Ellen Blackwell, George Washington Blackwell and John Blackwell. After living for 81 years, Elizabeth Blackwell died in May 31, 1910 in Hastings United Kingdom. Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College, New York in 1849 and became the 1st women to earn an M. D degree and the first woman physician in America. She established the New Infirmary in 1857 and offers womens…

THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME: IS IT REALLY EFFICACIOUS OR IS IT TIME FOR RETOOLING? “Wars, undertaken to maintain national honor, should be conducted upon the principles of moderation” – Hugo Grotius The history pertaining to the prisoner of war is as old as the history of warfare and throughout the course of such history we have always worshipped the victor and the loser is often erased from our memories. As the search for legal protection…

Strained positions for long hours, sleep deprivation and waterboarding, with the occasional punch or slap, may sound worth it in order to save thousands of innocent Americans lives from the ongoing war of terror. It is a known fact that the American government used the term “enhanced interrogation” loosely in order to cover up their questionable actions to get any little piece of information about any terrorist motives with torture. Enhanced interrogation has been described as systematic torture…