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  • European Social Policy

    Hierarchical Display of European social policy Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policyEuropean Union > European construction > Deepening of the European Union > EU activity > EU policyEuropean Union > European construction > Deepening of the European Union > Citizens’ […]

  • Northern Europe

    Hierarchical Display of Northern Europe Geography > Europe Concept of Northern Europe See the dictionary definition of Northern Europe. Characteristics of Northern Europe [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of Northern Europe Spanish: Europa del Norte French: Europe du Nord […]

  • Health Care System

    Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health

  • Health Care System

    Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State Health

  • Piracy

    See Transnational crime . The first precise attempt to codify piracy was in 1958 when the Convention on the High Seas was adopted in order to clarify the legal status of pirates and the competence to arrest pirates. These articles in the Convention on the High Seas have been incorporated into […]

  • Sustainable Development

    Definition and Origins Sustainability and sustainable development were initially defined and promulgated in a report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, "Our Common Future" (1987). This report said (page 43) that sustainable development "is development that […]

  • Inter-Organizational Relations

    Inter-Organizational Relations Researchers began to engage in the study of inter-organizational relations later than their colleagues in neighboring disciplines such as sociology and economics. A further consolidation of the study of inter-organizational relations is expected to be achieved, including for the broader philosophical or socio-theoretical assumptions and for the political and societal implications of these…

  • ASCOBANS

    Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS) (1991) The Parties, Recalling the general principles of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, as reflected in the World Conservation Strategy of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World…

  • International Terrorism

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on international terrorism explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "international terrorism" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of […]

  • Electoral Systems

    Election: Electoral Systems Introduction to Electoral Systems The manner in which governments organize elections and determine winners also affects participation rates. Majority systems require that a victorious candidate receive more than 50 percent of the vote. Under a plurality system, […]

  • International Regulatory Standards

    Regulatory Minimum Standards This section provides an overview of minimum standards within the legal context of Regulatory Approaches in international economic law, with coverage of

  • Crime Victimization

    Crime Victimization ‘Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law’ Historical Context The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities entrusted in 1989, by its resolution 1989/13 of 31 August 1989, a…

  • Crime Victimization

    Crime Victimization ‘Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law’ Historical Context The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities entrusted in 1989, by its resolution 1989/13 of 31 August 1989, a…

  • Biological Weapons

    Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks: Chemical and Biological Weapons Introduction to Biological Weapons Concern over terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons increased after the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and the discovery in 2001 of anthrax spores mailed in the […]

  • Biological Weapons

    Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks: Chemical and Biological Weapons Introduction to Biological Weapons Concern over terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons increased after the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and the discovery in 2001 of anthrax spores mailed in the […]