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  • Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition

    Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Title: Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition List of Entries Abolitionist Women Adams, John Quincy (1767- 1848) Africa, Antislavery in Africa, Emancipation in Africa Squadron African American Communities Allen, Richard (1760-1831) Ambar, Malik (c. 1550-1626) American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (AFASS) American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) American…

  • Drug Control

    Drug Control International Partnerships While the bulk of our drug-control efforts are domestic, strong partnerships with our international allies abroad are vital to reducing the threats that drug use, production, and trafficking pose to our national security. Today, we are in an era of unprecedented cooperation among the United States and partners around the world…

  • History of Zionism

    History of Zionism History of Zionism before 1910 During the middle ages, though the racial character of the Jews was being transformed by their Ghetto seclusion, the national yearning suffered no relaxation. If it expressed itself exclusively in literature, it was not on that account undergoing a process of idealization. (Cf. Abrahams’s Jewish Life in…

  • History of Labor Legislation

    History of Labor Legislation Introduction In comparing legislation affecting factories, mines, shops and truck in the chief industrial countries of the continent with that of Great Britain, it is essential to a just view that inquiry should be extended beyond the codes themselves to the general social order and system of law and administration in…

  • History of Industrial Councils

    History of Industrial Councils History of Industrial Councils in the United Kingdom The formation of joint industrial councils (or, as they are commonly called, “Whitley Councils” ) has been one of the most important sequels of wartime developments in the attempt to adjust the relations of employers and employees in the organization of British industry.…

  • History of the International Labour Organization

    History of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Origins of the ILO An important part of the scheme for a League of Nations embodied in the Peace Treaty of Versailles in 1919 involved the creation of a new International Labour Organization. The Labour part of the Treaty (Part XIII.) rested on the principle laid down in…

  • 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…

  • Constitutional Text: Austria 1920, Admended 2004

    AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 JANUARY 1ST, 2004 Chapter I General Provisions; European Union A. General Provisions Article 1. Austria is a democratic republic. Its law emanates from the people. Article 2. 1. Austria is a federal state. 2. The Federal State is composed of the autonomous Laender of Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower…

  • 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…

  • MPEPIL: International economic law and relations

    MPEPIL: International economic law and relations   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: International economic law and relations: 1. AAPL v Sri Lanka Case, Marboe, Irmgard 2. Abu Dhabi Oil Arbitration, Dolzer, Rudolf 3. Admiralty Law, de la Motte, Thomas…

  • MPEPIL: Human rights

    MPEPIL: Human rights   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Human rights: 1. Aboriginal Title, Mostert, Hanri 2. Access to Information on Environmental Matters, Ebbesson, Jonas 3. Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, Ebbesson, Jonas 4. African Charter on Human…

  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

    United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   PART I INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) “desertification”means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities; (b) “combating desertification”includes activities which are part of the integrated development of land…

  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

    United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   PART I INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) “desertification”means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities; (b) “combating desertification”includes activities which are part of the integrated development of land…

  • Protocol of San Salvador

    Protocol of San Salvador     Article 1 Obligation to Adopt Measures The States Parties to this Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights undertake to adopt the necessary measures, both domestically and through international cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the extent allowed by their available resources, and taking into account their…

  • European Energy Charter 7

    European Energy Charter   PART III INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION ARTICLE 10 PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND TREATMENT OF INVESTMENTS (1) Each Contracting Party shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, encourage and create stable, equitable, favourable and transparent conditions for Investors of other Contracting Parties to Make Investments in its Area. Such conditions shall…