United Nations Commission on Human Rights

may vary across regions and countries The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such…

R. 1990). After World War 1 cannabis became increasingly associated with opium in crime and the sale of it became illegal under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1927 (Field & Casswell, 2000) and remained this way. New Zealand being a signatory to the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, is obliged to assist with international efforts to control…

When President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13583 (2011), establishing a government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce, he set the standard for all corporations in America to recruit, hire, and retain a competitive and diverse workforce (para. 1). While diversity in business has been proven advantageous, as it brings a wide selection of backgrounds, talents, and perspectives to the table, we have yet to see that advantage fully translate to the…

Fitzgerald, was a Boston debutante, and his dad, Joseph Kennedy Sr., was an effective financier who made a fortune on stocks after World War I. Joe Kennedy Sr. went ahead to an administration profession as director of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as a diplomat to Great Britain. 

John F. Kennedy, nicknamed "Jack," was the second most established of a gathering of nine unprecedented kin. His siblings and sisters incorporate Eunice Kennedy, the originator of the Special Olympics;…

homosexual activity. The human papilloma virus causes venereal warts and has been linked to cervical cancer in women and anal and genital cancer in men. Venereal warts in the anal/rectal area are extremely difficult to detect. The cancer may appear decades after the initial infection. The virus, which is called hepatitis B virus (HBV), can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. Each year in the United States,…

abuse consists of any act of commission or omission that endangers or impairs a child’s physical or emotional health and development. Child abuse includes any damage caused to a child, which cannot be reasonably explained and which is often symbolized by an injury or series of injuries appearing to be non-accidental in nature. Every year, more than three million accounts of child maltreatment are caused in the United States affecting more than six million children. The United States accepts the…

America’s Obesity Problem When I was an eighth grader I became overweight. I was five feet and four inches and weighed 178 pounds. It was ideal to treat myself to McDonalds because the dollar menus were reasonably priced. The McDonalds that I ordered from was crowded and lively with the booths filled with people enjoying burgers, fries, sodas, ice cream, and dollar apple pies. My typical snack would be the McChicken with a small fries, and if I was in the mood, I would treat myself to a…

gets their potatoes primarily from Idaho and display the exact farmer whose potatoes are being used in that particular store each day. They buy about five percent of the total potato product of Idaho according to the President of the Idaho Potato Commission, Frank Muir (Ellis, 2012). Rick Miles Produce of Rigby, Idaho delivers all of the 2.5 million pounds each week to Five Guys from his association of only 100 families. However, as the brand grew/grows sourcing the potatoes from Idaho has been…

He says that Western companies think they can avoid political risk by spelling out every detail in a contract, but "in Asia, there is no shortcut for managing the relationship."88 In other words, the contract is in the relationship, not on the paper, and the way to ensure the reliability of the agreement is to nurture the relationship. Even a deal that has been implemented for some time may start to get watered down at a time when you cannot do anything about it. A Japanese-led consortium…

If you were to survey a group of individuals on the street about which modern marvel seems to be the most revolutionary, answers back would vary. Some would reply the computer, perhaps the fact that humans can travel hundreds of miles within a single day thanks to air travel. Nevertheless the range in replies, it would not be surprising to not hear the very thing that has spared the life of each individual: the modern sanitation movement. Largely left in the past, the heros in the battle against…