Humanitarian assistance risks becoming associated with an intervening armed force represented by private military and security guards. ... If at the international and regional level there are specific provisions regarding mercenarism and a definition of what is a mercenary, there is no definition of, or references to these new non-state actors which are the private military/security companies. ... In this regards, it must be noted that the International Convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries was adopted in 1989, after ten years of negotiations, and that ...

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Introduction Terrorism, often specific to the area in which it occurs, is a special domain for the exercise of state sovereignty and, in this context, the comparative study of anti-terrorist legislation is a fruitful line of study. Can we combat a nationalist terrorism whose structures are founded o...

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It is a time-proven trend that a dominant culture will try to force its methods and what it deems as "normal" on the other cultures that live within its constraints. ... Factors that significantly effect the nature and the progression of the therapy are the ethnicity and cultural background of the patient, the social context, the environment in which the therapy is conducted and the attitude that the patient may have toward psychotherapy. ... "The European middle-class male individual tended to be the yardstick for the definition of mental health" (Maiello, 1999). ... Thi...

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The theatre, therefore, will provide the backdrop for this essay in order to understand the cross-disciplinary nature of the three key themes and their relative interpretations under anarchism and futurism. ... In this way, empathy bridges the subject/object gap between the stage and the audience, rendering it difficult to categorise, (by nature of the empathetic cognitive links between spectator and performer) as a separate artistic realm, detached from life. ... Such a mixing of domains is precisely the objective of both anarchist and futurist plays, and whilst the anarchists' success...

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Abstract This paper explores disaster management in response to varied homeland emergencies such as: chemical and biological scenarios, first responders, homeland security strategy, weapon delivery, and the national response plan. We have learned over time by way of trial and error that it is highl...

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