United Nations Convention Against Torture

The average life expectancy for the American male is about 77 years old. This statistic, provided by the United States Census Bureau, is the average life expectancy, however it does not include the breakdown of outside factors. The US Census Bureau, and many other sources, often do not distinguish the very important factor of economic status when considering life expectancy. If those sources included money, one would see that by the time that they are 65 years old, men who are in the highest…

The third millennium development goal encompasses education, political participation, and economic empowerment with equality for women as a primary focus. This essay focuses on four projects that UN Women have implemented in order to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal three. The projects covers the HeForShe solidarity campaign that promotes gender equality by…

IV. Description of differences in the countries in terms of the solutions to their unique problems Haiti relies heavily on aid from foreign governmental agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Haiti also counts on assistance from non-governmental organizations such as UNICEF. In 2002, the CDC opened an office in Haiti with plans to address the issues concerning HIV/AIDS. Treatment and care for those already…

discipline that seeks to answer big questions surrounding the way countries develop over time. One of these questions is the question of poverty; how it is caused and more importantly what can be done to solve the issue of poverty. According to the United Nations (UN) (2010) 2.8 billion people survive on less than $2 a day which is nearly half the population. Thus development studies seek to find solutions to this issue in order to assure that all people have equal opportunity and access to…

A developing country is a nation with a low standard of living, a low Human Development Index (HDI) and undeveloped industrial base relative to other countries. The factors of defining a developed country involves people have short and unhealthy life, people have less education and less income. It is commonly assumed that economic development plays an important role and has a significant positive effect in developing countries. The economic development of developing countries is most important…

The International community and international law, nation, state and the laws of each, linguistic, ethnic, cultural and religious entities of the world, and the individual human are four different entities that prepare human rights. Each one of these entities has their own set of human rights, and sometimes there are difficulties in making all of the different human rights match up. When you look at the realm of human rights through the lens of each entity by itself it seems clear and it makes…

conflict that occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the first war occurring from late 1996 to mid 1997 and the second war occurring from late 1998 to mid 2003. The first Congo War started in late 1996, when the Tutsis began to rebel against the authoritarian rule of one of the key players of the conflict, Mobutu Sese Seko, and his supporters, the Hutu. The Tutsis quickly gained traction and when they neared the capital of the DRC from various strategic points, Mobutu declared…

save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the world. Its headquarters are situated in New York City. HKI presently offer programs in 21 countries in Africa and Asia, among those which are currently ongoing in the United States. The organization battles the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. They do so by overseeing programmes based on evidence and research. Moreover, HKI programmes also address critical issues such as neglected tropical…

interpretations, is it fair to apply the label ‘terrorist’ to state bodies, or does there need to be a different term/concept? Terrorism is already hard to define, however state terrorism is still violence and can be considered terrorism even though it is against their own people. It would not be necessary to apply new labels and create a different concept and term, however it would make defining state terrorism a lot easier if it was changed. It would also make it easier to distinguish between…

Firstly, to maintain the reputation of a peacekeeping nation in the international community. Secondly, the Cyprus Crisis became an issue another issue of the Cold War. As a result Western governments became concerned about the possibility that the Soviet Union of the issue of the Cyprus Crisis. The countries…