The immoderate use of police brutality continues because police don't know how to de-escalate, most cops don't face harsh enough discipline threats, and because there are no clear policies on using force. ... Police officers too frequently use menacing and poor tactics to try gain control of suspects, which normally results in the application of supplementary force or places others in danger. ... Departments must also provide their officers vibrant, constant policies on when and how to use and report force. ... Many of these people could have been controlled with a lesser application...

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The said treaty no longer allowed the United States to control the Peso, made parity privileges equal, extended the sugar quota, and extended the time period for the progressive application of tariffs on Philippine exported goods to the US. ... Classic tenant-landlord, people vs. elite conflicts, the Huks were met by Roxas' mixed policy of negotiation and suppression. ... Garcia was known for his "Filipino First" policy, a policy favoring Filipino investors more than foreign ones. Along with this very nationalistic policy, his administration started an "austerity program&q...

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They've tried to control it by implementing a series of laws to criminalize the immigrant's presence and deport undocumented (and at times, documented) immigrants already in the country. ... Arizona is the latest state to introduce one of the strictest policies to deport illegal immigrants and to frighten others from coming into the state. ... While many people support this policy, many others argue that this law potentially violates basic human rights because it promotes discrimination based on race and ethnicity, which makes it unconstitutional. ... Discriminating and stopping im...

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The Watutsis were pastoralists (nomads with cattle as their chief commodity and status symbol) and warriors; in time they shaped and controlled a feudal society with the Bahutus at the bottom. ... By mid-May, President Micombero had sanctioned a policy of selective genocide of educated Bahutus. On May 10, U.S. ambassador Thomas Patrick Melady informed his country's Department of State that the period of civil strife appeared to be over and that what the government was now doing approached an official government policy of selective genocide of elite Bahutus. ... The State Department accede...

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The dominance of male control in Palestine is currently threatening the progression of women rising above the constraints of patriarchy. ... There is also a focus on the forms of violence directed against women at the societal level and within the family, as well as a description of the laws, policies and measures related to the problem of violence, including criminal legislation, which explicitly discriminates against women (wclac.org). ... Other women's rights include: the right to live free of physical abuse, the right to live free of sexual exploitation, the right to health care and ...

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Retailers and manufacturers at the top of the pyramid dictate how much workers earn in wages by controlling the contract price given to the contractor. ... Sweatshop operators are notorious for avoiding giving maternity leave by firing pregnant women and forcing women workers to take birth control or to abort their pregnancies (Taylor, 52). Sweatshop operators can best control a pool of workers that are ignorant of their rights as workers. ... The U.S. is the biggest market for the garment industry and 5 corporations control almost all the garment sales in this country. ...

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Thomas Freidman, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his writings on foreign policy, sums up globalization a little more clearer than I, when he states, "The inexorable integration of markets, nation-states, and technologies to a degree never witnessed before-in a way that is enabling individuals, corporations and nation-states to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper and cheaper than ever before the spread of free-market capitalism to virtually every country in the world" (Friedman p. 7-8). ... Should such a mechanism that has this much power in its effectiveness to reach everyone, wheth...

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We have to accept that the religion is a not a public policy or law it is a personal choice. ... Today the abortion issue has become a conflict over whether the unborn should have the same rights as the born, or whether a woman's rights to control her life and body include the right to end the unwanted pregnancy. ... In Illinois, a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for delivering a controlled substance to a minor. (The Law: The Supreme Court) Abortion should be available as a legal right to all women who request it because there is no p...

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We have to accept that the religion is a not a public policy or law it is a personal choice. ... Today the abortion issue has become a conflict over whether the unborn should have the same rights as the born, or whether a woman's rights to control her life and body include the right to end the unwanted pregnancy. ... In Illinois, a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for delivering a controlled substance to a minor. (The Law: The Supreme Court) Abortion should be available as a legal right to all women who request it because there is no p...

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Richard Garfield, an epidemiologist at Columbia University who analyzes the health consequences of economic embargoes, calculates that 225,000 Iraqi children under 5 have died since 1990 because of these policies-a figure based on the best data available from UN agencies and other international sources (Gordon 19). ... "For" Sanctions The supporters of continued military presence and the application of sanctions against Saddam Hussein have argued that Iraq continues to be a hostile country that currently controls a significant body of oil wealth and natural resources that define i...

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Policy makers are already making a federal issue out of human cloning. ... Although there are many different views against cloning, our legislative branch of government is controlling every step of this technology before it gets too advanced and is maliciously used against its intended purpose. ... So far, the the United State's legislative branch of government is doing a good job controlling this research and I believe regulations will get tougher in the future....

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Due to this lack of imperial control, Costa Ricans can accredit their successful democratic traditions to the colonial times in which Spanish settlers learned to practice independent subsistence which contributed to the development of a classless democracy. ... In twelve years he succeeded in controlling the use of the military, amending the Constitution, building several roads and declaring education for both sexes mandatory and free of costs (Klaus 2002). ... During Ferrer's term in office, the Junta made huge reforms in policy and civil rights. ... In 1949, the army was abolishes bec...

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"Everyone has that right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control" (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN General Assembly Resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948 Article 25). ... As seen in Human Rights World Report 2000 "abusive militaries subcontract atrocities to irregular forces which the mil...

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We believe that the right of women to control their own fertility is a fundamental human right. ... The National Abortion Campaign advocates the basic right of women to control their own fertility; they say that women have a full right to chose when they want to have children. ... It is the one of the most public policy issues being debated about today. ... Some of the pain caused by terminal illness cannot be controlled, even with the strongest of drugs and best of care. ...

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It was found that the law was not equal throughout the country, as some provinces had more of a stern policy, while other provinces granted the procedure on free grounds. ... The choice should be a right; this right being the right to control one's own life. ... Being that outlined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that a woman has the right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters relating to their sexuality, including reproductive health which indicates that one must be free of discrimination, violence, and harassment when choosing to utilize her right to ...

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This is why the United States makes sure to evade such policy by stationing internment camps in other nations – such as Cuba with Guantanamo Bay. ... Researchers at the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology claim that aggression in animal behavior reflects competition for resources and its benefits vary in relation to the characteristics of the resources – such as abundance of them, controllability, and spatial distribution – while the costs vary based in relation to how the animals choose to fight. ...

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Different backgrounds make it harder to create a policy that would satisfy all parties. ... In 1982, the state of Pennsylvania passed the Abortion Control Act, that help set precedence in the regulation of abortions. ...

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This is why the United States makes sure to evade such policy by stationing internment camps in other nations – such as Cuba with Guantanamo Bay. ... Researchers at the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology claim that aggression in animal behavior reflects competition for resources and its benefits vary in relation to the characteristics of the resources – such as abundance of them, controllability, and spatial distribution – while the costs vary based in relation to how the animals choose to fight. ...

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It is "fundamental principles of state policy that the state shall discourage discrimination on the groups of place of origin, circumstances of birth, sex, religion, etc. " However, despite the facts, under the inter alia, (under laws dealing with adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devotion of property on death or other interests of personal law), discrimination of females is allowed because of direct attitudes on rights of women. ... Regardless to the multiple international treaties Sierra Leone has put into affect that control citizens rights, women are still in a constant battle being den...

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If the myriad counsels of the United Nations would step forward and not strive to please the Christian majority, then the conflict would definitely get under control. ... "The IMF and World Bank-prescribed structural adjustment policies means that nations that are lent money are so on condition that they cut social expenditure (which is vital for economic growth and development) in order to repay the loans" (Shah). ...

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PepsiCo, in response to a recent spoof ad produced by the group SumOfUs regarding Doritos, countered with this statement: "It is no surprise that SumOfUs' continual mischaracterizations of our palm oil commitment are patently false and run counter to the positive reception our policies have received from expert organizations in this arena.... So, although there is a slow awakening to the issue of conflict palm oil, and companies such as Wilmar International, which controls more than 45% of the global trade, are ...

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Controlled or is possessed by employee under the threat of abuse. 4. ... Human Rights are now involved in broader policy debate so that collectively business leaders, organizations, government officials and human right activists can effectively eliminate or reduce the effects of forced labor. ...

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If the myriad counsels of the United Nations would step forward and not strive to please the Christian majority, then the conflict would definitely get under control. ... "The IMF and World Bank-prescribed structural adjustment policies means that nations that are lent money are so on condition that they cut social expenditure (which is vital for economic growth and development) in order to repay the loans" (Shah). ...

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In extreme cases, it can take the form of efforts to control or exterminat Frasier 2 members of the group. ... Racial as in the apartheid policy that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 t0 1992; or sexual discrimination, as the laws of each country should be the means of combating discrimination but often these efforts to combat discriminatory practices. ...

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Because the majority of the people are young adults, there are not as much control over the country as there should be and there aren't as much advances happening or people having things that cope into hi-tech items. ... Some aspects of Guatemala have improved since the end of the civil war such as the government and it policies. ... Control of the army was to go to civilians and internal security was to be removed from the army's jurisdiction. ...

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