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Tag: Discrimination

  • Age Discrimination

    UN Working Group on Age Discrimination in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to UN Working Group on Age Discrimination: On August 12, 2013, Laurie Phipps, U.S. Adviser for Economic and Social Affairs, addressed a session of the UN's Open-Ended Working Group […]

  • Age Discrimination

    UN Working Group on Age Discrimination in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to UN Working Group on Age Discrimination: On August 12, 2013, Laurie Phipps, U.S. Adviser for Economic and Social Affairs, addressed a session of the UN's Open-Ended Working Group […]

  • Age

    Introduction to Age A perpetrator's youth has long been a defense to criminal charges because children are deemed incapable of making rational decisions for which they should be held accountable. Under the common law, a child under 7 years of age is deemed too young to be criminally […]

  • General Assembly

    General Assembly Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including General Assembly , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including General Assembly , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) […]

  • General Assembly

    General Assembly Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including General Assembly , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including General Assembly , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) […]

  • Persons With Disabilities

    Persons With Disabilities in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In a July 25, 2011 proclamation, President Obama marked the 21st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). […]

  • Persons With Disabilities

    Persons With Disabilities in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In a July 25, 2011 proclamation, President Obama marked the 21st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). […]

  • Countering Intolerance

    Other Issues Relating to Protecting Freedom Expression While Countering Racism or Intolerance in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In statements at the Human Rights Council and the United Nations […]

  • Un Commission on the Status of Women

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The United States participated in the 55th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women […]

  • Un Commission on the Status of Women

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The United States participated in the 55th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women […]

  • Race Issues in the Un General Assembly

    Race Issues in the UN General Assembly in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Race Issues in the UN General Assembly: The United States supported the UN General Assembly resolution proclaiming an international decade for people of African descent, adopted […]

  • Race Issues in the Un General Assembly

    Race Issues in the UN General Assembly in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Race Issues in the UN General Assembly: The United States supported the UN General Assembly resolution proclaiming an international decade for people of African descent, adopted […]

  • Sexual Violence in Conflicts

    Sexual Violence in Conflict and Emergencies in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Sexual Violence in Conflict and Emergencies: (1) United Nations On March 12, 2013, the UN Secretary-General presented a report on sexual violence in conflict. U.N. Doc. […]

  • Ageing

    UN General Assembly Third Committee in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to UN General Assembly Third Committee: On December 18, 2013, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote a resolution on "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing." […]

  • Ageing

    UN General Assembly Third Committee in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to UN General Assembly Third Committee: On December 18, 2013, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote a resolution on "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing." […]