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  • Political Violence

    Hierarchical Display of Political violence Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety Political violence Concept of Political violence See the dictionary definition of Political violence. Characteristics of Political violence [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of […]

  • Rights of the Individual

    Hierarchical Display of Rights of the individual Law > Rights and freedomsEuropean Union > EU institutions and European civil service > EU office or agency > European Union Agency for Fundamental RightsPolitics > Politics and public safety > Trends of opinion > OppositionSocial […]

  • Rights of the Individual

    Hierarchical Display of Rights of the individual Law > Rights and freedomsEuropean Union > EU institutions and European civil service > EU office or agency > European Union Agency for Fundamental RightsPolitics > Politics and public safety > Trends of opinion > OppositionSocial […]

  • Democratic Deficit

    Democratic Deficit and Europe There is an entry on democratic deficit in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry "Democratic Deficit" in the work "A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein", by Rodney Leach […]

  • Torture

    Introduction to Torture Torture, the infliction of bodily pain or mental suffering either as punishment, to compel a person to confess to a crime or provide information, or to intimidate, coerce, discriminate against, or repress a person or group of people for political purposes. The methods […]

  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment

    Hierarchical Display of Cruel and degrading treatment Law > Rights and freedoms > Rights of the individualPolitics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > TortureLaw > Criminal law > Law relating to prisons > Prison system Cruel and degrading treatment […]

  • Human Rights

    Introduction to Human Rights "Since World War II international law has become increasingly concerned with the protection of human rights. It has provided improved procedures for that purpose within the UN. This new emphasis has also been manifested in the adoption by the UN of the […]

  • Human Rights

    Introduction to Human Rights "Since World War II international law has become increasingly concerned with the protection of human rights. It has provided improved procedures for that purpose within the UN. This new emphasis has also been manifested in the adoption by the UN of the […]

  • American Convention on Human Rights

    American Convention on Human Rights   Article 8. RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL. 1. Every person has the right to a hearing, with due guarantees and within a reasonable time, by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal, previously established by law, in the substantiation of any accusation of a criminal nature made against him or…

  • Multilateral treaties: Organization of American States

    Multilateral Treaties : Organization of American States Recommended guidelines for preparing and adopting inter-american legal instruments Scope 1. The sole purpose of the following recommendations is to guide and facilitate the preparation of inter-American legal instruments where a procedure has not already been expressly provided for or the states have not agreed on the corresponding…

  • International criminal law: Crimes against Humanity

    International Criminal Law : Crimes Against Humanity and Human Rights Issues 1. Major Treaties and Documents United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, and its optional protocols, one setting up individual complaints procedure, and another second protocol aimed at abolition of the death penalty. Declaration on the Protection of…

  • Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990

    International Conventions: Chronological Index 1971-1990 See also: Conventions: Chronological Index International Conventions from 1991 Conventions: Chronological Index: 1951-1970 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR) (2 Feb 1971). Ramsar Convention Bureau Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and…

  • Human Rights resources

    Human Rights resources General Human Rights country Reports (U.S.Department of State) The UN Human Rights System (Human Rights Internet and Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Extensive Review, by country and with Links, of the United Nations Human Rights System Human Rights Watch World Report Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe and Central Asia; Middle East…