International Committee of the Red Cross

Throughout the course of history many different groups of people have attempted to eliminate mass amounts of specific people. The intentional extermination of a certain group because of their race, culture, belief, or nationality is the definition of genocide. This act of mass murder is not only practically inconceivable but also so incredibly inhumane and barbaric. The first example of genocide occurred in the 1940’s in what was called the Holocaust. The German dictator Adolf Hitler ordered the…

Food. The literal bread and butter of civilization itself. The foundation of survival. The pedestal for progress. It truly is surprising… In this golden age of technology and era of betterment, something as basic as food should be a given. But it is not. In many places in the world, food is but a luxury. Food security, as defined by the United Nations World Food Summit of 1996, exists when “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and…

policies that affect specific issues; This year’s topics will be Homosexuality and Albino Discrimination in Africa. As delegates you will be offering advice according to your delegation and will tackle the different aspects of both topic together as a committee. Ultimately the final goal of the Advisory Panel will be to provide a comprehensive policy plan that can be applied to the issues at hand in such a way as to not overlook any significant issues…

organize labor unions and to eliminate sweatshop conditions. Women's City Club of New York is a nonprofit organization founded in 1915 by suffragettes in New York City and is still active today. The Women's Division of the New York State Democratic Committee was formed as a means of channeling the votes of newly enfranchised women towards Democratic candidates. By the mid-1920s it had become one of the focal points of female political power in New York…

Long term help it brought: In World War ll there were many disadvantages but also many advantages. One of the main advantages was, medical this was a new direct response to a brand new kind of weaponry. That was created in the years of 1939 to 1945 and had grown since then. At the start of the of the 20th century there was a revolution of technology that affected aspects of military medicine. Medical journals were being copied and sent over seas, could communicate over telegraph and telephone.…

ad how they needed to be a success. He states, “The Nuremberg trials were an experiment. There was a clear international consensus among the victor powers that the perpetrators of aggression should this time be treated differently by the international community,” (28). Through out Mr. Sand’s book he is trying to get the reader to understand how this trial lead to many other internationals laws. It even proved big powers could work together for the common good of bring justice to the world’s…

of people are still believed to be held under guilt by association in political prison camps. The majority of them reportedly do not know the reasons for their imprisonment and have never been officially charged. In conclusion, contrary to its international legal engagements, the most fundamental principle of due process of law are routinely violated by the regime. The judicial system does not fulfill the basic requirements of independence and impartiality, and in the absence of legal and…

Understanding today’s international order is a challenging mission since key actors and relations can influence the world in which we live. Throughout a changing environment, the rationale of state actors, combined with the behavior of non-state actors, willingly or unwillingly creates and modifies the international order because these actors want to change or modify the actual order. Therefore, international orders emerge through the establishment of organizing norms of power and stability…

years to dodge the issue in the international criminal law and for a genuine international criminal law to emerge which goes beyond the sovereignty of individual states. The basic meaning of International Humanitarian Law is derived from the idea of rules that seek to limit the effect of armed conflict, for humanitarian reasons. It seeks to protect people who are not participants in the hostilities and also restricts the means and methods of warfare. International humanitarian law is also known…

In the “Basic Rules of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols” by the International Committee of the Red Cross, it is written that “everyone shall be entitled to benefit from fundamental judicial guarantees. No one shall be held responsible for an act he has not committed. No one shall be subjected to physical or mental torture, corporal punishment…