International Security Part 1

 

Searching for Accountability: The Draft UN International Convention on the Regulation, Oversight, and Monitoring of Private Military and Security Companies
B?NJAMIN PERRIN
Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Volume 47, 2009 p.299

International Security Through Further Modernity: A Theoretical Approach to Inland and Maritime Security
Levent Kirval
Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce
Volume 42, Number 1, January 2011 p.101

Food security and access and benefit sharing laws relating to genetic resources: promoting synergies in national and international governance
Gurdial Singh Nijar
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
Volume 11, Number 2, May 2011 p.99-116

State-Sponsored Human Trafficking in Eritrea
Annie O’Reilly
DePaul Rule of law Journal
Fall 2010

O’Reilly examines the Eritrean government’s role in trafficking its citizens into slavery via its National Service Program, and she proposes several policies the international community could pursue to help bring an end to these abuses. Specifically, she discusses the following: (1) the possibility of the Security Council referring the Eritrean situation to the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague, (2) the ability of the American courts to combat the abuses, and (3) the political intractability of the problem, stressing the fundamental requirement that the international community obtain more information and more access to Eritrea.

An Insult Slap in the Face of Legislative Oversight?: A Comparative Look at the U.S. and U.K. Torture Scandals and Lessons to Learn
Nicole Rementer
DePaul Rule of law Journal
Fall 2010

Nicole Rementer analyzes the legislative oversight of the U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies in light of the recent allegations of the respective governments’ use of an complicity in torture to gan post-9/11 intelligence. Rementer concludes that legislative oversight policies and procedures have fails to ensure compliance with the U.S. and U.K.’s international obligations against torture, and the article outlines recommendations for an active legislative role in striking a balance between transparency and national security.

THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AD HOC RWANDA TRIBUNAL: INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE OR JURIDICALLY-CONSTRUCTED “VICTOR’S IMPUNITY”?
Peter Erlinder
DePaul Journal for Social Justice
Volume 4, Number 1, Fall 2010 p.131

President Obama’s 2010 United States National Security Strategy and International Law on the Use of Force
Christine Gray
Chinese Journal of International Law
Volume 10, Number 1, March 2011 p.35-53

Time to tame the “wild beast”in the Wild West? The regulation of disclosure of equity derivatives in New Zealand
Nan Seuffert
Company and Securities Law Journal
Volume 29, Number 1, February 2011 p.5

The causes of the recent global financial crisis (GFC) have been a topic of intense debate, with commentators and others pointing to the enormous growth in, and relative lack of regulation of, derivative financial products, including over-the-counter equity swap agreements, as a contributing factor. In New Zealand the Court of Appeal held in Ithaca (Custodians) Ltd v Perry Corp [2004] 1 NZLR 731 that such swap agreements referencing substantial holdings in underlying securities of a particular company did not require disclosure under the substantial security holder disclosure provisions. This article analyses that decision in the context of the GFC and international regulatory trends, arguing that New Zealand’s provisions require reform.

THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY-ADDRESSING WOMEN’S POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE
Beth Goldblatt
South African Journal on Human Rights
Volume 25, Part 3, 2009 p.442

Women in South Africa are generally poorer than men and more vulnerable. They perform the bulk of the caring functions in society, usually without remuneration. Their greater need is reflected in their disproportionate use of the social assistance system. This system is evaluated in terms of the right to social security contained in South Africa’s Bill of Rights. The right is explored, interpreted and developed from a feminist legal perspective. The categories of reformism, feminist critique and utopianism are used to ‘engender’ the right. International law, as well as the emerging jurisprudence on the right to social security, is considered in the reconceptualisation of the right. This article briefly discusses some of the gender dimensions of each of South Africa’s three, largest social assistance grants-the Old Age Pension, Child Support Grant and Disability Grant. It points to some of the areas of research and future examination that would assist those attempting to expand the meaning and reach of the right to social security so that it is able to help everyone in South Africa, and in particular, poor women to ‘improve their quality of life’ and ‘free their potential’.

Water, international peace, and security
Mara Tignino
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 92, Number 879, September 2010 p.647-674

East Germany. Office of National Security Resources

See Also

Berlin Tunnel

Berlin Wall

Cold War (1945-1950), The Start of the Atomic Age

Cold War (1950-1972)

Cold War (1972-1989): The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Germany
Intelligence
Security

KGB ( Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti, USSR Committee of State Security)

Further Reading (Articles)

German Democratic Republic (East Germany): Chapter 5B. The National Security System and the Citizen, Countries of the World; January 1, 1991; Stephan R. Burant

East Germany Scrapping Its Secret Police Agency;Other Bureaus to Take Over Security Duties, The Washington Post; December 15, 1989; Jackson Diehl

She Sells East Germany, Fires Millions and Earns Little Love, The Washington Post; August 1, 1991; Marc Fisher

THOUSANDS IN EAST GERMANY CALL ON NEW PARTY CHIEF TO QUIT, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); November 20, 1989; Thomas Palmer, Globe Staff

Germany plans massive security measures for World Cup, Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); May 17, 2006

GERMANY: MIDDLE EAST – CREATING CONDITIONS FOR A CESSATION OF VIOLENCE, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 19, 2006

Speech by Secretary of State Emily Haber at the Opening of the Conference “Perspectives of China, India and Germany in East Africa” at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, 24 June 2013, States News Service; June 26, 2013

DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THEIR RECENT CODEL TO GERMANY AND THE MIDDLE EAST, Political Transcript Wire; May 12, 2010

Bavarian would strengthen U.S. ties Schroeder challenger sees key security role for Germany, International Herald Tribune; April 9, 2002; John Schmid and John Vinocur

GAERC : ENERGY SECURITY AND MIDDLE EAST ON MINISTERS’ AGENDA., European Report; January 26, 2009

Security Efforts Paying Off in Germany, AP Online; June 17, 2006; BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer

A new vision for Germany Schroeder challenger sees tight security ties with U.S., International Herald Tribune; April 8, 2002; John Schmid and John Vinocur

GERMANY: GERMAN GOVERNMENT PINS HOPES ON U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 31, 2006

West Germany’s Political Parties Move Quickly to Carve Out Role in East, The Washington Post; December 14, 1989; Marc Fisher

E. Germans Form New Security Force; Move Angers Coalition Parties, Opposition Groups, West Germany, The Washington Post; January 11, 1990; Marc Fisher

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR STEVE HADLEY CONDUCTS PRESS BRIEFING ON PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO RUSSIA, GERMANY, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 10, 2006

SPEECH BY FEDERAL FOREIGN MINISTER GUIDO WESTERWELLE TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: “THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY: CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE AND SECURITY”., States News Service; March 12, 2012

DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TREASURY ROBERT M. KIMMITT DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY SOREF SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF FINANCE IN COMBATING NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS, Political Transcript Wire; May 11, 2007

Putting the Brakes on Reunification?;`We Want a European Germany, Not a German Europe,’ Gysi Says, The Washington Post; February 4, 1990; Lally Weymouth

Germany: the pressured power., Foreign Policy; June 22, 1993; Kielinger, Thomas Otte, Max

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