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Human Rights Watch Police Misconduct
1,560 words
... evenly stopped twice to beat Louima, who was
handcuffed. One of the officers who provided
information was transferred out of the 70 th
Precinct and reportedly provided with security in
case of retaliation by fellow officers. After the
incident, the commanding and executive officers of
the 70 th Precinct were reassigned, and another
fourteen officers reportedly were placed on
modified assignment or suspended. On August 18,
1997, U. S. Attorney Zachary W. Carter announced
that the Justice Depa...
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State Of Georgia Trail Of Tears
1,582 words
The Removal of the Cherokee from their land in the
1830 's remains a national disgrace today. How
could our great conscientious country have done
such a thing? The Cherokee were brutally moved
west with disregard for the laws that existed. It
showed that the United States government felt it
had the power to do as it wished (Wright 280). The
fate of the Cherokee was to befall most of the
other Indian nations The U. S. encountered (Hudson
460). It is however, unfortunate that the Cherokee
were her...
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Should Government Regulate Victimless Crimes
1,576 words
Throughout history, there have been moral rules,
enforced, which have been instituted by society as
a whole due to the nature of their ethical
shortcomings. These crimes against morale have
often been called victimless, vice, or even
consensual crimes. These offenses can hardly be
considered crimes. A crime is defined as being an
offense to one who is harmed by or made to suffer
from an act, circumstance, agency, or condition
whereas a victimless crime is defined as An
illegal act that is felt t...
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World Trade Organization Trade With China
608 words
There are many factors to consider when opening
the United States doors to trade with China. In
the past, Unites States and Chinese relations have
been separated by differences in culture and
animosity between the two countries. However, now
Chinas participation in the World Trade
Organization raises even more questions, such as
the benefits of trade, the compromising of human
rights, and the question of security. Trading with
China can provide both benefits and barriers for
smaller and medium s...
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Civilian Population Security Forces
352 words
Even so, 15 million individuals of Kurdish origin
presently live in the Republic of Turkey. Kurds
have for decades been subjected to economic
disadvantages and human rights violations which
bear the hallmarks of systematic persecution
intent on destroying the Kurdish identity by
silencing the Kurdish language and other cultural
expressions through violence or censorship. Since
1984, the Republic of Turkey has faced insurgency
at the hands of the Kurdistan Worker's Party
(PKK). It is estimated th...
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Cause Of Action Supreme Court Of Canada
2,367 words
Suppose one accepts MacKinnon and Dworkin's
suggested statutory definition of pornography. How
does one who generally accepts MacKinnon and
Dworkin's views on the pervasively harmful effect
of pornography, and who accepts a need for legal
redress of the harms perpetrated by pornography,
deal with pornographic material? The ordinance
proposed by MacKinnon and Dworkin would deal with
such material by enacting legislation which gives
people adversely affected by the works, which
clearly fit their d...
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International Monetary Fund World Trade Organization
1,572 words
After the break-up of Soviet Union, globalization
accelerated through the world. It includes the
increasing integration of countries' individual
economies, the rise in the world trade and
multinational companies and the effect of large
sums of money moving in and out of economies.
People around the globe are more connected to each
other then ever before. Information and money flow
more quickly than ever. Goods and services
produced in one part of the world are increasingly
available in all parts...
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Fidel Castro Communist Regime
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U. S. - Cuban Relations In 1966, NACLA (the North
American Congress on Latin America) was founded as
an independent organization. It originated out of
the United States students movement. The aim of it
was to supply policymakers, journalists,
academics, analysts, religious and community
groups with information about main directions in
Latin America and its links with the USA. NACLA
studied the role of the USA relationships and
foreign policy of it in Latin America. The reports
of it were full of...
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Republic Of Ireland Northern Ireland
2,522 words
IRA Terrorism. One of the main problems of the
present is the global terrorism. Terrorism
unfortunately became an integral part of the
political and economic processes in the world thus
making a threat for the civil and the national
security worldwide. There are a lot of discussions
on defining the terrorism. Sometimes the acts of
the terror are called the revolutionary struggle,
sometimes the terrorists are called the rebels,
and sometimes they define themselves as the
fighters for some high id...
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One Of The Most Important Chinese Economy
1,122 words
The effect on human right and poverty in China
before and after they join WTO (pro) Chinese
economy is one of the most rapidly developing
economies in the world. The paradox of the People
Republic of China is that it is one of the last
communism regimes in the world with the distinctly
defined market economy. The paradox of China is
that the communism ideology contradicts to the
basic principles of the free market. But China
unlike other communism regimes ex. North Korea has
chosen the market ec...
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Racial Profiling George Orwell
1,388 words
Sacrificing Freedoms Temporarily to Enjoy Them in
the Long Run In the wake of events of 9 / 11 many
people in America began questioning whether civil
rights in our country need to be provided to them
at any cost. There is no doubt that, those who
declared war on America, would do their utmost to
undermine the security of Americans. The fact that
all the citizens enjoy certain freedoms makes it
easy for international terrorists to blend in
society. This problem especially became acute
recently. M...
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World War Ii Opponents Of Capital Punishment
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The practice of capital punishment is as old as
government itself. For most of history, it has not
been considered controversial. Since ancient times
most governments have punished a wide variety of
crimes by death and have conducted executions as a
routine part of the administration of criminal
law. However, in the mid- 18 th century, social
commentators in Europe began to emphasize the
worth of the individual and to criticize
government practices they considered unjust,
including capital punis...
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World Trade Organization People Republic Of China
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Communism in an Economically Developing China The
future of communism in China is unknown, as the
world economy becomes more international.
Communism has been in China since 1949 and is
still present in the country s activities.
Presently China is undergoing incredible economic
growth and promises to be a dominant power early
in the next century. China s social tradition has
come under heavy pressure from forces of
modernization generated in a large part by the
sustained contact with the West th...
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Pros And Cons Negative Consequences
1,325 words
Discussion on Animal Rights Life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness; The Declaration of
Independence holds these rights to be self evident
and unalienable. In the eighteenth century when
these words were written they were called natural
rights, today we call them human rights (Mc Shea
34). The issue of whether or not to grant animal
rights such as those that humans retain, is a
greatly disputed issue. Philosophers, clergyman,
and politicians have argued the point of animal
rights for years, ...
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Played An Important Role Civil Society
1,687 words
Since the 90 s, the Western governments have
increased their interest in funding civil society
in Africa to promote democratization. This
discussion paper examines how a range of foreign
donors, including Western Governments,
multilateral agencies and Non- Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) have developed civil society
in Ghana, South Africa and Uganda. Other important
assistance comes from Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) to assist in basic provisions for food
health and shelters. The three co...
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Invasion Of Privacy Drug Testing
1,333 words
As widespread drug use is on the rise, many
employers have begun to worry about the
performance of their employees. Absenteeism,
injuries, loss of productivity, employee morale,
theft and fatalities are just some of the causes
of drug use in the workplace. The idea of drug
testing among workers has developed from society's
concern over a perceived increase in the use of
drugs and the relation between drug use and
impairment, with resultant risks to the worker,
fellow workers and the public. As e...
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Morally Correct Foreign Markets
1,405 words
Society's general conception of the fundamental
marketplace has dramatically changed within recent
years. Throughout most of history, commerce has
existed primarily (and, at times, solely) in the
domestic realm, only on rare occasions interacting
on an international level. However, with major
technological advances occurring within the past
century (and even more so, during the past decade)
concerning both transportation (air travel, better
seafaring and larger ships) and communication
(telephon...
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Impact On Society President Of The United States
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Jimmy Carter, 39 Th President Of The United Jimmy
Carter, 39 Th President Of The United States Of
America Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr. ),
thirty-ninth President of the United States, was
born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of
Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talks of
politics, and devotions to the Baptist faith were
mainstays of his upbringing. His father, James
Earl Carter, Sr. , was a farmer and businessman;
his mother, Lillian Gordy Carter, a registered
nurse. He was educa...
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Habitat For Humanity Jimmy Carter
901 words
The Carter Center in Atlanta Georgia is a
nonprofit, nonpartisan public institute founded by
former U. S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife,
Rosalynn, in 1982 (Carter Center). The Center in
dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty,
conflict, and oppression. At present, the Center
operates 13 core programs, which have touched the
lives of people in 65 countries, including the U.
S. Habitat for Humanity began in 1984 when Carter
led a work group to New York City to renovate a
six-story bui...
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Human Rights Violations Saddam Hussein
716 words
Sanctions on Iraq The sanctions that have been
placed on Iraq by the United States 10 years ago
are now being the cause of the death of thousands
of children because of inadequate medicine, food
and water. The united states have been asked by
the united nations and many other countries to
remove these sanctions over the Iraqi people so
they can go back to living their normal healthy
lives and the states has repeatedly refused this
move. The whole reason for these sanctions is when
Saddam Hussein...
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