International law

persons and individual fleeing persecution have been granting protection by states for centuries; conversely, the refugee regime in the contemporary context is largely the result of the second half of the twentieth century. On like international human rights law, modern refugee law has its roots in the consequences of World War II as well as the refugee crises of the interwar years that preceded it. Enshrined in Article 14(1) of the Universal declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted…

There is an argument in international relations that state sovereignty is being undermined by globalisation. Scholars argue new global powers are bringing about the end of state sovereignty as states are losing the ability to effectively govern their own societies and economies. (Ohmae 1995, Scholte 2000 in McGrew 2014: 16) This essay however will attempt to reaffirm the importance of the sovereign state despite globalisation, initially through examining some arguments for the proposed idea, and…

“to break a rule or law, usually to gain an advantage at something”. Cheating is commonly found in schools all over the country, even from prestigious school like Harvard and Duke. Many cases of academic dishonesty involve international students. According to Denise Simpson, who wrote, “Academic Dishonesty: An International Student Perspective”, the amount of international students coming to the U.S to attend a school has increased dramatically over the years. International students come from…

Realism is a broad paradigm in which it is a view of international politics that stresses its competitive and conflictual side. Realists often trace their intellectual roots to Thucydides classic account of Peloponnesian war in the fifth century B.C. At their core realists’ theories have a pragmatic approach to international relations describing the world as it is not as it ought to be. Realist believe that power is the currency of international politics. Great powers, the main actors in the…

various stakeholders underline the emergence of CSR concepts. Moreover, it creates challenges for organizations like IKEA to develop and communicate CSR policies. For example, two external stakeholders IKEA has an existing relationships with are the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Save the Children. Both organizations have social and economic agendas that include human and labour rights (IKEA, 2008). Rangan Exports, an IKEA supplier is another example of an external stakeholder.…

Samuel nartey E1500539 FOREIGN TRADE IN PRACTICE Foreign trade is exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, it represents a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP). For example when one walks to a supermarket to purchase apples imported from italy , carrots from Germany , salt from Ghana and many more other things , the effect of foreign trade is taking place . This gives a rise to foreign economy in which supply…

1.1 Background The need for an international criminal court came about by the fact that international community did not have adequate instruments to punish those who committed serious international crimes. Abuse of human rights law at the international level went unpunished due to the lack of legal structure and therefore punishment for these international crimes was left to domestic courts. The problem with the domestic courts was that they were used as agents of the criminals. They were…

United States got involved with International affairs, the economy was reliant on their own people and businesses to create such an economy that World Powers would recognize how amazing the US could be. At the end of WWI the US had entered a period of isolationism, this allowed for the US economy to boom and effectively enter a period of prosperity among the middle class, while pushing for sanctions to protect workers who had suffered because of the lack of labor laws. The United States had…

The international community witness as the American government allows the CIA to commit an international crime. It should come as no shock that other nations view the leniency of the American government as an act of hypocrisy. The vehement nation that has opposed the use of torture due to its cruel nature now authorizes torture because it is of use. By disregarding the treaties, the United States not only insults the international community and makes a mockery of the international legal system…

1. Why do you want to become a commercial lawyer, at an international law firm, and what differentiates Eversheds from our competitors? (445 words) Why do I want to become a commercial lawyer? (121 words) Whilst at the European Investment Bank I shadowed English law qualified lawyers and drafted transaction documents, conducted cross-border legal research on topics such as the execution process in Brazil and experienced first hand the role of an in-house lawyer for an investment bank,…