United Nations Convention Against Torture

judgements outlined in cases before tribunals and courts. Article 1 of the UN convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the crime of Genocide states: “The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and punish”. (http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=a/res/260(III) )Article 1 of the convention significantly emphasises genocide as a crime whether it be in times of…

As the United States become more involved in international issues, the American public is expecting a new leader who can bring prosperity and wellness to the nation. Currently, the United States is attempting to compromise and resolve long-lasting issues with the Middle East, a region that has sparked the alteration of the United States’ national interests and foreign policy in the past decades. Many Americans believe that the best solution for America is to become an isolationist and avoid…

In the story “Our Gas Guzzler, Their Lives” written by Nicholas Kristof, as it takes you through many emotions eye seeing events through the story as well as interesting facts about problems in Africa due to global worming. This story what the writers thought were and his perspective and experience with small African tribs working more towards ecos as it presented some work of sympathy towards the Africa down falls with war, disease and the high rate of child death. Also the implication implied…

Quote Collector Copy evidence from articles that support each topic, you will use these quotes later to create evidence sentences for your essay. Violence: Violence spread across the young nation like wildfire, displacing 413,000 civilians in just the first month of conflict. Tens of thousands of civilians rushed to seek refuge in U.N. bases that were subsequently turned into makeshift displacement camps. The scale of sexual violence is particularly shocking: in five months last year, from…

conclusion of the Cold War left America trying to blindly reorient its foreign policy in a new direction. Previously, the US’s primary goal was to defeat the Soviet Union, but the completion of this straightforward agenda left many directions for the United States to pursue. With new world challenges that terrorism presented and Barack Obama, America’s first African-American president, America was in a completely new era than it was in in previous decades. While searching for direction, American…

A conference report from Congress states, “An activity is not covert action [unless the fact of United States government involvement in the activity is itself not intended to be acknowledged.]” This was the third essential element of covert action according the conference report. To civilians, lacking real world experience, activities conducted during…

The DRC is a unique case because of the paradoxical nature of its vast natural resources wealth. It is evident to outline what makes the Democratic Republic of Congo an interesting target for carrying out a political science research (Teorell and Svensson 2007 p.18). The DRC is perhaps the richest country in the world in terms of natural resources. However, this country’s dismal circumstances and standard of life does not correlate with its immense potentiality. Considering democracy as a…

with or without the United Nations Security Council’s approval. [7] These U.S. policies have ignited a drive within state actors to acquire nuclear weapons in an effort to deter would be aggressors from striking; while facilitating the means for terrorists to potentially acquire nuclear weapons and/or materials. WMDs pose a clear and present danger to the U.S. and our allies; especially today in a World filled with Islamic terror groups with apocalyptic aspirations to use WMD against the U.S.…

The Cold War took place between Russia and the United States, and Russia was trying to spread communism while the United States was trying to stop that. During the Cold War period, the communist government influenced the way that the Salvadoran government acted, known as the Domino theory, as the Salvadoran government began violating the human rights of the citizens. A civil war came out of this unequal treatment of citizens, and a peace treaty was formed twelve years later to permit this from…

The Case for Torture People struggle to determine the acceptability of torture. Each one has his opinion regarding torture depending on his point of view. Sometimes the importance of information outweighs the importance of morals. Therefore, it is important to put aside morals and sympathy especially in situations where thousands of innocent lives are at stake. Saving many lives at the expense of a single individual who is orchestrating matter is more permissible.Torture, an advanced…