United Nations Global Compact

During the genocide of Rwanda, the UN and Belgium had troops stationed in Rwanda to mediate the situation, not to kill anyone. Their mediation of the situation was disastrous. While protecting Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, 10 Belgian soldiers were captured and brutally tortured and killed by Hutu militia. The Belgian and UN forces pulled out of Rwanda and did not further attempt to intervene. The whole world knew about the genocide but no one helped. Some think that it was not an act of…

Social 20-1 Written Final Exam: by: Sophie Slater. The definition of Internationalism is the state or process of being international. The NGO’s and the international community of nations needs to start stepping up and taking action instead of standing by and waiting for something to happen. Just like bullying if someone sees it happening and doesn’t say anything it will get worse, but if they acknowledge it quick enough something can be done about it. Domestic violence can be defined as…

Human rights are the rights that are believed to belong to every person. In some situations, these rights can be violated. For instance, the Jews in the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, the Jews were refused bread, forced to work in harsh conditions, and had to endure hours of intense physical activity. In the Memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel, it is clear that the Holocaust violated human rights. There are many ways that the Jews basic human rights were violated. One way was when they…

Kayla Friedman Ms. McKenzie Language Arts-Period 1 1 November 2017 Genocide in Uganda Could you imagine being kidnapped, and then being forced to kill your own family? That is what some young children are going through right now in Uganda. Since October of 2011, 6122 civilians have been abducted from their homes, and forced to join the enemies army(“LRA”). Over 60,000 children are believed to have been abducted altogether(“Vidal”). The abductors are known as the LRA. This stands for the, “Lords…

With respect to the conflict between Adria and Betania, there are several factors of international law to consider. The introduction of zickfish by Adrian fish farmers, BigFish, in Adbeco Lake is a matter of both maritime law as well as environmental regulation. Moreover, the Betanian legislation that empowered police to capture BigFish’s president Yancey, undermines the basic principles of foreign extradition. Finally, the military precautions that Adria, Betania, and neighboring Concordia…

The government of the United States has provided funding for many different projects around the world. The United Nations is an organization that had the best outcome to all the funds they have received from international aid. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) especially acquired greatest success. It is in the best interest of the United States to not only continue the funding for this organization but to increase it as well. The UNODC was established in the year 1997. It…

in the past it was legitimate to purchase slaves and after period of time you can offer them, so they were regard people as same as the merchandise. There was no law to secure individuals in numerous countries around the globe. That made a few nations to consider the human rights and make a law to control these rights and to leave every single individual in peace with no kind of discretionary oppression. For example, Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the European Tradition on human…

Niger Introduction: Niger is a landlocked and developing country in western Africa, named after the Niger River and officially the Republic of Niger. It is bordered by Chad in the east, Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, Nigeria and Benin in the south and Algeria and Libya in the north. Niger covers a land area of 1,267,000 square kilometres and with estimated population of 11,666,000. History of Niger: Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and…

human rights of women and the girl child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights” (Hodgson 1). On September 5, 1995, in Beijing China, Hilary Clinton delivered her speech Women’s Rights are Human Rights at the United Nations fourth world conference on women. While giving her speech Clinton spoke forcefully and passionately to a room full of men and women. Clinton made sure to speak from experience and emotion, and that’s how she connected with her audience. In…

violence become the most prevalent solution to peace? That seems to be the case with the change in Canada’s direction with international actions. In 1956, Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian secretary of state for external affairs, created the idea of a United Nations peacekeeping force in order to solve the Suez Crisis. (Bolotta) This was a major success and has carried on until today, where many countries are providing contributions to help keep peace around the world. Canada had a reputation of…