Introduction United States law has used the doctrine of "discovery" to justify the takeover of Indian people and territory. ... The United States Constitution of 1787 is largely silent on Indians because the tribes were still outside the new constitutional and legal order of the United States. ... United States law in a brilliantly ambiguous phrase, referred to the tribes as "dependent domestic nations." ... There were rights if there was a provision in the Indian Act or in other legislation or in the constitution. ... This section of the Constitution was at best ambiguou...

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INTRODUCTION The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) was established in 2006 to promote and protect human rights across the globe. ... Post war seen the formation of a global organisation known as the United Nations, whose aim was never to let such brutality and conflict happen again. ... A second cycle started in May 2012; 42 States will be reviewed each year. ... In March 2014 Ireland made a statement on the outcome UPR interim report outlined these changes; the constitution to assert the rights of children was passed in a referendum in November 2012, a three-year strategy plan was dr...

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Legality of Abortion Abortion must be a legal and attainable procedure for women throughout the United States. ... Laurence Tribe, author of Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes, states that the court case Roe v. ... The amendment states that, "No person or state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law" (475 US Constitution). ... The state cannot interfere with the private lives of US citizens (475 US Constitution). ... Abortion author Faye Ginsberg states that, never in the history of the United States has the state granted one ...

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Although prisoners do not have full Constitutional rights they are protected by the Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. ... The US Constitution gives female inmates privacy rights that prevent male officers from "pat-down searching" them. ... The framers of the Constitution did not give us specific instructions on what was to be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Our Constitution is a "living" constitution - one that changes and adapts with the times. ... In one case, United States v. ...

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Only 30 States are so far parties to the Convention. ... In this regards, a number of obligations were established with the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife in 1928. With the creation of the United Nations in 1948, the attitude of the international community towards mercenaries and mercenary related activities changed mainly due to the recognition of the people's right to self determination. ... This principle was reaffirmed by the United Nations Declaration on the Granting Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples...

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The Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment requires that if competent people have the right, then incompetent people also are to be given that same right (Euthanasia.com). ...

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States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. ... If states claim a right to make their internal decisions unmolested, they have a duty to allow other states to do the same. ... During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United States and the Soviet Union -- reduced the likelihood of direct intervention in the former colonial areas. ... While article 2.7 of the United Nations Charter prohibits unilateral or multilateral intervention in matters that are "essen...

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States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. ... If states claim a right to make their internal decisions unmolested, they have a duty to allow other states to do the same. ... During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United States and the Soviet Union -- reduced the likelihood of direct intervention in the former colonial areas. ... While article 2.7 of the United Nations Charter prohibits unilateral or multilateral intervention in matters that are "essen...

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During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United States. ... In the United States about 1.6 million pregnancies end in abortion. ... Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental constitution right and made it legal in all states. ... In the United States many infants will not make it to puberty, old age or even their second birthday. ... Women have been given the right to have an abortion under the United States Constitution, but this right is still being protested by the people that ...

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Therefore the United States have a mandate to ensure that this right is enjoyed by all the people in a nation. ... The Constitution states that every person has a right to life, Section 48 reads: "An Act of Parliament must protect the lives of unborn children, and the Act must provide that pregnancy may be terminated only in accordance with the law." The Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1977 criminalizes abortion, and states that termination can only occur where the continuation of the pregnancy endangers the life of the woman; where there is a serious risk that the child to be born w...

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Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. Historically the administrative structure is comprised of men and does not reflect the developing level of public potential and therefore on the opportunities or influence of women on affairs of a society, state and family. It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ...

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"There were 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. ... But people don't understand that the right to privacy is not in the constitution, neither is abortion. ... Ronald Regan, republican president (1981-1989), was a pro-life supporter and tried to advocate a constitution amendment banning all abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother. ...

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