Search results for: “permanent residence”
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Domicile
Introduction to Domicile Domicile, in law, legal residence of a person. Although generally understood as synonymous with home or place of abode, in the strict legal sense the term domicile denotes the place that the law will hold to be a person's residence. This may or may not be the place […]
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Victim Temporary Protection
Victim Temporary protection and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Victim Temporary protection: One of the primary issues posed by temporary visa schemes in affording protection to victims of trafficking is the obligation to cooperate with law enforcement. The […]
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Alternative Legal Frameworks
Alternative legal frameworks and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Alternative legal frameworks: There are various options with respect to the protection and recognition of rights of trafficking victims in addition to grants of asylum. A system of temporary or […]
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Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988
Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…
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Geneva Convention (I) 7
Geneva Convention (I) Art. 63. Each of the High Contracting Parties shall be at liberty to denounce the present Convention. The denunciation shall be notified in writing to the Swiss Federal Council, which shall transmit it to the Governments of all the High Contracting Parties. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the…
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Convention for the Supression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation
Convention for the Supression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation Article 1 1. Any person commits an offence if he unlawfully and intentionally: (a) performs an act of violence against a person on board an aircraft in flight if that act is likely to endanger the safety of that aircraft; or…
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Outline of Subject Matter Jursidiction
Outline of Subject Matter Jursidiction What is Subject Matter Jursidiction? · State courts are courts of general jurisdiction, empowered to hear just about every type of civil case. That is significantly different from federal courts, which are courts of limited Subject Matter Jurisdiction (result of the Madisonian Compromise). · Very little of the business of…
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Education
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]