United Nations Charter

The United Nations Charter (UN Charter) and Declaration of Human Rights are similar in their ideals; yet, fall into conflict in how issues should be addressed. While the documents do have similar ideals it is important to note the documents were designed for two very different purposes; the UN Charter was designed to bring the United Nations (UN) into existence and the Declaration of Human Rights was designed to set up what rights everyone is entitled to. This fundamental difference between the two documents allows for conflicts, these conflicts then have major repercussions on the world. The UN Charter was created in 1945 in the wake of World War II. The charter was the founding treaty of an intergovernmental organization that sought to prevent…

horizontal system of law which is unable to enforce consent to cooperate with treaties and charters. Unlike domestic law, which embodies an enforceable judiciary, legislature and executive, International law has no agency or organisation capable of mandatorily sentencing States for unlawful conduct. What it does have is the United Nations Charter – a set of rules and provisions with the primary intention to “regulate the relations” between independent States. Nevertheless, as indicated in…

[Duke] Coercion and Implementation The coercion theory has it that change is created through treaties or agreements that are forced upon the weaker nations. Once those changes have been declared and gone into effect they are monitored and reported on. States follow the desired practices out of fear of the punishments that might be imposed. [Duke] There are a variety of reasons the stronger nations might use coercion to exercise their will over the weaker states. Morgenthau hypothesized that the…

The education provided to students in our secondary learning programs in the United States has become under scrutiny. The government has channeled its concerns for this issue, and has propelled school reforms to the forefront of the nation’s priorities. The Department of Education along with the Obama Administration understands that there has been an inability of students in grades K-12 to capitalize on higher learning, and the problems resides within the techniques that are employed by our…

While the United Nations is still accused of being a Western institution, it operates as the heart of the global legal regime and is in charge of maintaining stability among nations. Having developed significantly since its creation in 1945, the UN not only focuses on the rights and duties of states but also is increasingly attentive in sustaining the rights of individuals of those states. By enhancing the scope of the United Nations, it’s important to ask whether the longstanding structure is…

needed to protect their nationals against other governments. Furthermore, the Nuremberg trials paved the way for modern human rights law centers that conduct treaties that are significant for the protection of people. For instance, the Charter of the United Nations was created for the purpose of maintaining “international peace and security, not on the promotion of the protection of human rights.” However, the Charter altered its agenda due to heavy influence of non-governmental…

Significant Achievement of the UN and How Can It Be Improved to Better Cope With the Demands of the 21st Century? Since the establishment of the United Nations, this intergovernmental organization has achieved significant success in its purposes. In the United Nations charter that signed on 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, there were four purposes (United Nations Charter, 1945). To maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations between nations, to achieve…

peacekeeping country since the early 1940s. Peacekeeping, meaning an active conservation of a bond between nations, "the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area" (Dictionary.com, 2015). By definition, a united nations act of force. To breakdown those four words one has realise the true meaning of such; a truce is violently acted upon, but when one steps in, it is no longer keeping the peace. To make peace, is to suggest that…

Through explanation and analysis of the policies and processes of the United Nations, I will then be presenting arguments, involving the topics of human rights and moral duties, as to why humanitarian intervention is not only an effective solution, but also necessary at times. I will also examine a few of the common arguments against humanitarian intervention and go on to explain why they are invalid and flawed…

member of the Women’s Division of the Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, and the Women’s Trade Union League. When Franklin Roosevelt became president, it only enlarged her role and soon she was traveling across the United States…