Yoweri Museveni

Uganda is an example of the importance of political leadership and commitment in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The leadership provided by President Yoweri Museveni led to openness about the epidemic and to an effective programmatic response. As a result of President Yoweri Museveni’s efforts Ugandans experienced a steady decline in adult HIV prevalence throughout the 1990s with a drop from 14 percent to 5.0 percent today (HIV/AIDS, 2001). Contrary to Uganda…

Civil law originated in the Roman Empire and extended to Europe (Glenn200, 119). When the empire declined so did its legal system. In the 11th to 13th centuries Rome revised the European system. The revision gave key legal codes that influenced Europe and other colonized territories (David and Brierley, 1985). Common law came from the British Isles following the military conquest of England from the Normans (Glenn 2000: Whincup, 1992). The Normans introduced the institution of jury and the…

Worldwide, in 2014, mother to child transmission (MTCT) accounted for 15% of newly infected Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnoses, with an estimated 220,000 infants acquiring HIV (United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF], 2015). In Uganda during 2014, an estimated 9,500 children were infected via MTCT, these figures may be as high as 21,000 children (UNICEF, 2015). Comparatively, Australian rates of MTCT stand at an average of one child per year, notably a percentage of 1% in the…

Boston, Rob. "Church, State And MARRIAGE EQUALITY." Church & State 66.4 (2013): 7-10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 Mar. 2016. This newspaper article discusses the debated subject of homosexual marriage and religion in the United States. The people way out to hear for the Supreme Court of two cases: Hollingsworth versus Perry and United States versus Windsor. Catholics are using the Bible to papal edicts against same-sex marriage. Anyhow, gay privileges associations fight that talk about…

Self Interest in International Courts and Tribunals International justice and law is a tool used by powerful states directed against smaller states. I would go even further and argue that international bodies, when controlled by powerful states, is a tool meant to intervene specifically in conflicts where those same powerful states could benefit. International tribunals, specifically the ICC, have motives that make the pursuit of justice desirable. Through the lens of a realism, I see the ICC…