United Nations Global Compact

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…

The Congo Wars were a bloody 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…

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…

1) Describe some of the issues associated with defining and applying the concept of state terrorism. State terrorism is hard to define as the definition is blurry, and the concept is vague. An issue that is associated with it is the definition. State terrorism could either mean that the state harbours terrorists, or that it funds terrorists. Because of this, it is hard to define what state terrorism really is and which classifications are needed to apply this concept. Another issue to do with…

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…

Psychological Perspectives of Lone Wolf Terrorism The psychological perspective of lone wolf terrorism generates the characteristics of the terrorist, focusing on its demographic characteristics by understanding terrorists’ age, gender, social status, and education level. In the research statistic, the general characteristics of terrorists are mostly male, young people, high education background, good foreign language ability, and even high social status. Moreover, numbers of characteristics…

Genocide Must Stop How would you feel if members of your race or ethnic group was targeted by the government and other civilians. Genocide is the deliberate killing o a large group of people, especially those of nation. In a genocide there is eight systematic stages; classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, extermination, and denial. In 1941 Germany one of the most famous genocides occurred after World War 1 also known as the Holocaust. During the Holocaust…

Hotel Rwanda is a film directed by Terry George, released 2004, that is based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina; the manager of Mille Collines who during the Rwandan genocide, used his establishment to hide 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees. The film follows Paul, played by Don Cheadle, as his world is flipped upside overnight when Hutu militias started their mass genocide on the Tutsi Rwandans. He is able to protect his family, neighbors, and hundreds of other refugees and help them make it to…

Abhimanyu Rajshekar (Block F) Context: Theatre of the Absurd has its roots set in the avant-garde experiments in art in the 1920’s-1930’s. It was strongly influenced by the horrors of World War Two, where the impermanence of values and morality, validity of conventions and the meaninglessness of human life and its social conventions were questioned. These beliefs were stimulated by the constant threat of nuclear annihilation in Europe in 1945, and played an important role in its rise in Europe.…

Paul Rusesabagina, author of An Ordinary Man, sheltered and saved the lives of over twelve hundred would-have-been victims. The following quotes are important pertaining to the plot of the story and the challenges that the author faced. “We are a nation that loves to take people into our homes. I suppose our values are very much like the Bedouin of the Middle East, for whom sheltering and defending strangers is not just a nice thing to do but a spiritual imperative” (Rusesabagina 12). “A sad…