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  • List of International Criminal Law Documents

    List of International Criminal Law Documents Charter of the United Nations Statute of the International Court of Justice Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-Operation Among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations North Atlantic Treaty Resolution on the Definition of Aggression Resolutions Regarding Afghanistan and Iraq U.N.…

  • Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Organizations

    Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Organizations Note: this entry is based on the article, authored by Alain Pellet, “Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes” of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Whether expressly or in practice, all regional international organizations offer to their Member States some kind of mechanism for the peaceful settlement…

  • History of Women’s Rights in the 20th Century

    History of Women’s Rights in the 20th Century Women’s in the 20th-Century Developments Socialists Movements and Communism Governments After wars and revolutions in Russia (1917) and China (1949), new Communist governments discouraged the patriarchal family system and supported sexual equality, including birth control. In the Soviet Union, however, the majority of working women held low-paid…

  • International Labour Standards

    International labour standards in the International Trade Union Rights Area Definition of International labour standards provided by ITUC-CSI-IGB: Principles and norms related to labour matters, primarily codified in the Conventions and the Recommendations of the International Labour […]

  • Public International Law Syllabus

    Syllabus of Public International Law Syllabus of Public International Law in Pakistan An example: Course contents: 1: Nature, origin and Basis of International Law 2: Material Sources of International Law 3: Subjects of International Law 4: Relation between International and State law 5: States in General 6: Recognition 7: State Territorial Sovereignty 8: State Jurisdiction…

  • National Constitutions

    National Constitutions…

  • International Ocean Law

    Maritime Law International Ocean LawIntroduction to International Ocean LawSome aspects of ocean law affect relationships among nations. Issues of neutrality and belligerency that occur in wartime are dealt with in international law. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the …

  • International Organizations History

    International Organization: Historical Development of International OrganizationsIntroduction to International Organizations HistoryHistorically, international organizations and regimes have reflected the interests of the world's most powerful nations, or great powers. Many int…

  • Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

    The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Bibliographic Details Title: The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Copyright: 2010 Description: Four-volume set Author: Nigel Young (Editor) Publication Date: February 18, 2010 SBN-10: 019533468X ISBN-13: 978-0195334685 Pages: 2848 Language: English The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Review Kenneth Boulding, one of the founders…

  • International Policing

    International Policing Drugs The phenomenon of illegal drugs trafficking has been a major factor in the internationalization of many law enforcement national policies and agencies, influencing its international work and dimensions. There are some crititics about the effectivity of the United States efforts in the production and distribution of illegal drugs. International Policing and the…

  • International Organizations Cross References

    International Organizations Cross-References International Organizations are Institutions which have membership from several states, and they are usually international in scope. Some such Organizations are intergovernmental (e.g., the Commonwealth of Nations), and some are nongovernmental (e.g., Amnesty International). Some have wide or geographic purposes (e.g., African Union), and some have single purposes (e.g., the Colombo Plan).…

  • International Society

    International Society Law and Society The Need for Law and the Rule of Law Laws can change with time and according to location. See more about Rule of Law here. The Rule of Law, with origins in the Magna Carta, means that individuals must recognize and accept that law is necessary to regulate society. It…

  • History of Nationalization

    History of Nationalization Introduction The fact that “Nationalization” had become in 1916-21 one of the burning political questions of the day is unfortunate as regards arriving at a clear appraisal of its principles, for, from the outset, it is difficult for a writer to avoid a certain bias in approaching its discussion. Yet Nationalization of…

  • European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies

    European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies has approximately 8,400 descriptors, and numerous non-descriptors. It provides a wellstructured and wide-ranging ” terminological tool” of controlled vocabulary with which to describe the subject content and format of all kinds of literature and material (books, reports, essays,…

  • Public International Law Classification (Max Planck Institute)

    Public International Law Classification (Max Planck Institute) Notation Classification VR1 General VR 1.1 Comprehensive Studies VR 1.2 Surveys of State Practice VR 1.3 Surveys of Judicial Decisions VR 1.4 Surveys of Literature VR 1.5 Institutes, Societies VR 1.5.1 Institut de Droit International (before 1996 see 1.5.3) VR 1.5.2 International Law Association (before 1996 see 1.5.3)…