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  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2

    International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights   PART I Article 1 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. 2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and…

  • Arms Control Conventions

    Arms Control international Conventions Rules of Warfare, Arms Control multilateral conventions Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field . Prepared by Francis Lieber (The Lieber Code) (1863) Convention (I) for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (29 Jul 1899) Convention (II) with Respect to the Laws and Customs of…

  • Conventions: Chronological Index

    International conventions: Chronological Index See also Conventions: Chronological Index 1951-1970 and Conventions: Chronological Index: 1971-1990 Conventions before 1899 Treaty of Westphalia (24 Oct 1648). George Washington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States. September 17, 1796. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (2 Feb 1848) Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States…

  • Human rights international conventions

    Human rights international conventions Protocol No 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4.11.1993 Protocol No 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4.11.1993 Convention on the Rights of the Child 20.11.1989 European Convention for…

  • International Humanitarian Law Treaties

    International Humanitarian Law Treaties and Conventions Sources of international humanitarian law The sources are: International Humanitarian Law treaties. International Humanitarian Law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional […]

  • Death Penalty Debate

    Death Penalty Debate Capital Punishment: the Death Penalty Debate The practice of capital punishment is as old as government itself. For most of history, it has not been considered controversial. Since ancient times most governments have punished a wide variety of crimes by death and have conducted executions as a routine part of the administration…

  • Constitutions

    Constitutions Identifying Constitutions: the concept of a constitution and its relationship with written documents A crucial, and not at all trivial, step is to identify a country ‘s “constitution” at any given time. The flood of institutional research over the last two decades has expanded and diluted the concept of a constitution. For many, constitutions…

  • Constitutional Text: Argentina 1994

    CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, guarantee justice, secure domestic peace, provide for the common…

  • International Court of Justice Part 1

    Hello International Court of Justice Part 1   1 Current Legal Developments International Court of Justice Hamid, Abdul Ghafur International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Volume 26, Number 2, 2011 p.335-342 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: International Court of Justice: Kosovo Symposium Leiden Journal of International Law Volume 24, Number…

  • Charter of the United Nations

    Charter of the United Nations Introduction and Preamble Introductory note The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral…

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…