The Hague

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…

The company maintains several principal offices in Houston, Paris, Hague and London. It is also listed in major stick exchanges such as the Ne York Stock Exchange (NYE), the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Euronext Amsterdam, and Euronext Paris (Schlumberger, 2015). According to the Forbes magazine (2015), Schlumberger operates within three distinct segments; production, drilling, and reservoir characterization. It manages most of its businesses through 35 geomarket regions grouped into four areas;…

It routinely ranks first or near the top in “best places to work” reports. Google’s value proposition as an employer combines a laser focus on innovation and smart business practices with a small-company feel that includes direct access to top management. For instance, no one hesitates to pose questions directly to the founders at the weekly all-hands meetings. The HR management system plays a critical role in keeping this value proposition well tuned and relevant for each successive…

Vincent van Gogh Abdulla Al-Ubaidy Block: C An artist by the name of Vincent van Gogh has produced more than 2,100 art works. He was a very talented artist that is known in this day and age. One of his first pieces was “The Potato Eaters”. Many more of his art included oil paintings, water colors, drawings, sketches and prints. He helped develop art in a completely new way at such a young age, which has helped his art become prominent. At the age 27 Van Gogh infiltrated…

a boarding school where he felt alone. He felt unhappy and started concentrating on art rather than studies. he spoke French, English and German. At the age of 16, pressed from the family, he obtained a position as an art dealer at Goupil & Cie in Hague but he was later transferred to London, Southampton street. This was a very time for him. Due to the transfer, Vincent started to earn a generous amount of money, a matter of facts he was earning more than his…

post-decree. An abduction is wrongful where it is in breach of an existing “child-custody determination” or, if pre-decree, in violation of rights attributed to a person by operation of law. The term “breaches rights of custody” tracks Article 3 of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Uniform Law Commission, 2006).2” (Shear & Kushner, 2013, p.…

When comparing the Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimension between the USA and the Netherlands, we found that there are not only some differences between the two countries, but some similarities as well. We found that both countries have a high number of individualism. The high number of individualism means that they truly only care for themselves and their immediate family. The power distance for both countries have a low score meaning that people in the Netherlands are independent and hierarchy is for…

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert Netherlands. His father Theodorus van Gogh was a minister. His mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus was a moody artist whose love of nature, drawing and watercolors was transferred to her son Van Gogh. Gogh was born exactly one year after his parent’s first son also named Vincent but he was stillborn. When Gogh was 15 his family was poor so he had drop out of school and start work. He worked for his uncle Cornelis ’at his art dealership.…

I] Madrid Agreement A] Background: There was a need felt to establish a system which would link the international registrations of trademarks. The international registration draft which was prepared in the Paris revision conference of Rome in 1886 was placed before the next round which was scheduled at Madrid. The international Trademark Draft which was placed at the Madrid Conference in 1890 was signed and adopted by nine countries in 1891. The following were the highlights: - • Original draft…

The visits were allowed under third party supervision and my sister convinced Sam’s ex-wife to be the supervisor. Sam’s ex-wife had her own home and was raising two kids; she was a trusted person with apparently no legal issues, to this CAA agreed. Visitations started to occur at Sam’s ex-wife’s home around AJ’s age 8. This was the mother and daughter relationship although AJ would describe it as if her mother and her where together all the time. It is more of what she wished that what it really…