In 1995, Queen Elizabeth II "signed a parliamentary bill apologizing to the Tainui people (of New Zealand) for the British invasion of their lands in 1863." ... This a wonderful advance because it guarantees that what happened during the Second World War will not happen; Jewish people seeking asylum from the Nazis were turned away from the United States and, unknowingly, sent to their deaths (World at War). ... Section II Part B Number 4-46 of the Vienna Declaration states that measures should be taken to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by 1995 (Drinan, 200...

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Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. ... THE LAW OF NATURE: [II. 6] 6. ... The Right to Punish: [II. 7-13] 7. ... And thus it is that every man in the state of Nature has a power to kill a murderer, both to deter others from doing the like injury (which no reparation can compensate) by the example of the punishment that attends it from everybody, and also to secure men from the attempts of a criminal who, having renounced reason, the common rule and measure God hath given to mankind, hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter h...

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Private military and security companies fill the vacuum mainly left in three types of unstable situations: (i) in zones of low-intensity armed conflict (the new asymmetrical wars) where the armies are not fully deployed or in post conflict situations with a high level of insecurity; (ii) in armed conflicts when international organizations do not intervene; and (iii) in troubled areas in developing countries where there is no presence of the State and extractive transnational corporations operate.5 Under the emergent system of international criminal law the individual is a subject of the law. ...

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"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" ... As security interests ...

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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 classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflict between the Superpowers. ...

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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 classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflict between the Superpowers. ...

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THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA AND THE `LEGAL AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE' OVER INDIGENOUS RIGHTS[*] ABSTRACT/RESUME Many Indian leaders have recognized that the Supreme Court of Canada has changed direction very significantly on issues of treaty and aboriginal rights. As a result, Indian ...

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Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishi...

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