International human rights law

The Death Penalty: Immoral and Inhumane Imagine for a moment, that someone inflicted a horrendous, illegal act to hurt either you or one of your loved ones. Do you then believe that that individual should be put to death for what he/she has done? That the government should be allowed to take away that person’s life, one where they may have their own family, a disability or mental illness, or loved ones of their own? Capital punishment is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as “the legally authorized…

in order to eliminate the armed civilians firing upon and killing some of his men? I argue that he was not justified to order his men to open fire upon the crowd because of the principles of the law of war which govern the legal use of force in an armed conflict. The first principle of the international law of armed conflict is military necessity. This principle essentially states that in order to apply lethal force to a target, that target must be a legitimate military objective. Engaging…

their own personal desires. Similarly, in 1984, O’Brien, the interrogator, is trying to morph rebellious Winston back into order and eventually he conformed. “Yes, even.. He could not fight against the Party any longer. Besides, the Party was in the right. It must be so: how could the mortal, collective brain be mistaken?” O’Brien decapitated Winston’s pride and corrupted his mind just as the North Korean government has done to Ms. Park. The brainwashing the governments are executing is…

protective custody and contraband possession, to violent attacks on other inmates and guards. Now to those of you who do not know what solitary confinement, imagine being confined to a room about the size of your bathroom for 22 - 24 hours a day with no human interaction. Constantly being awakened by the sound of other inmates yelling and pounding on their metal doors, while barely being fed on a regular schedule with the air…

climb that bridge you can imagine what they will be thinking of our state”. In another interview expatiated saying: “We have come here to warn you to leave this place; we would not come back here to warn again. The bridge you see there is an international link bridge and we do not like the eyesore these shanties are creating here; we do not want them near the bridge anymore. The entire area has been bastardised with shanties in the water and we would remove them if you refuse to move,” The…

Afghan women cannot leave the house unless fully clothed and accompanied by a male relative. Typically young brides live with in-laws where she is treated as a servant. Because young ladies are preferred for marriage, older women (widows) lean on prostitution to support themselves. Afghanistan speaks in terms of complementarity and separation, not equality. This is to say, men and…

Just or unjust? Al-Qaeda’s ideology and actions have proven to be unjust, violating just war theory, basic human rights, and plain old human decency. In this paper, I will explain how and why Al-Qaeda’s ideology and tactics violate the Just War Theory, as well as a counterpoint to this. Al-Qaeda which means “The Base” was created by Osama Bin Laden along with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which was led by Ayman al-Zawahiri in the early 1980's in order to push the Soviet Union out of…

suffered countless obstacles in which to reach their rights. Having to die to achieve their goals, such as to stop domestic violence, women trafficking, and to be paid equal as men. Even though they have accounted many barriers to achieve their goals, not all believe it is the right choice. Making some women be the bystanders to these problems that are occurring right in front of them. When women started paying attention to women's rights was in the year of 1920, the fight for women's…

International and domestic law are not perfect instruments to fight against cyberattacks, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) agents and weapons, terrorism finance, or terrorism in general, the private sector and civilian population has to be involved. This is because the nature of these unconventional attacks, coupled with the impossibilities of “perfect security” only allows for a balancing of risk that can be achieved through a redundancy approach to managing these threats.…

North Allegheny School District 10375 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090 Riya Divekar, Ms.Volpe svolpe@northallegheny.org "The International Public Policy Forum" “Resolved: The obligation to provide safe haven for refugees should outweigh a government 's right to control its borders." "On our honor, we pledge that we have received no unauthorized assistance on this work." Affirmative Side In recent events, the amount of refugees has increased immensely. Currently there are long…