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The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal
1,283 words... s as: "Violations of the laws or customs of war, including murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for any other purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity. " Count four of the indictment alleges Crimes Against Humanity which are defin...
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People Republic Of China Territorial Integrity
925 wordsFor centuries, Taiwan has been ruled by alien regimes. Modern Taiwanese history is a chronicle of the Taiwanese's truffles against oppression and fight for independent survival. Since 1945, Taiwan under the Kuomintang (KMT) regime has been subject to the threat of China's invasion. Even though recently the tensions across the Straits of Taiwan has loosened gradually, to Taiwanese, the unification policy stressed by both the KMT regime and the Chinese government still poses a grave danger of a fo...
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First World War Economic Social And Cultural
1,719 wordsThe main reason for states emerging is because of the desire of peoples of the same or similar ethnic background for self-rule. A state is defined as, A political organisation exercising complete authority over a defined territory, . Over the past 200 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of states in the world compared to any other time period in history. In 1700 there were 45 states, in 1945 there were about 65 states. Currently, there are around 200 states. Arguably, nati...
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Osama Bin Laden War Against Terrorism
2,160 words... claimed by terrorists as well as "just" states. Finally, we should remember that the Crusades or Inquisition, which were executed largely through terroristic means, were authorized directly by the Church. Arriving at Islam, the concept of Jihad, or "struggle, " which in recent decades has been at the theological core of justifying Muslim acts of terrorism, traditionally meant the spiritual and moral struggle of an individual Muslim against his or her evil inclinations. The lesser jihad, that...
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Effects Of The United Nations On Human Rights
1,955 wordsThe United Nations is an organization created at the end of World War 2 as a place to discuss international matters in peace and to solve problems diplomatically. During its years of existence the United Nations has dealt mostly with matters concerning peace keeping; but lately it has spread its influence over many different issues including the protection of Human Rights. In the many cases of Human Right violations that the United Nations handled, it was generally successful in preventing any f...
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Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Arms
1,477 wordsBackground: The Nuclear Age began, when the first bomb was tested on a quiet stretch of desert in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. There are currently around 36, 000 nuclear weapons in the world's arsenals, primarily in the five Nuclear Weapon States - USA, UK, Russia, France and China. These states possess what is estimated to be 2, 667 times the firepower experienced in the entire six years of World War II. At the height of the Cold War there were around 65, 000 nuclear weapons. In Sep...
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Prisoners Of War Concentration Camps
740 wordsOn October 18, 1945, the chief prosecutors lodged an indictment with the War Crimes Tribunal charging 24 individuals with variety of crimes and atrocities. This included the deliberate instigation of wars, extermination of racial and religious groups, murder and mistreatment of prisoners of war, and the murder, mistreatment, and the deportation of slave labor of the inhabitants of countries occupied by Germany during the war. The men accused at the trial were the Nationalist Socialist leaders He...
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Charismatic Leaders Developed Countries
1,192 words... ical leaders done greater damages than our four charismatic leaders of this century, "Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler and Mao" (Drucker 1989, p 102). Drucker argues that what matters is not charisma what matters is whether the leader leads in the right direction or mislead. In the present condition, Drucker sees a charismatic leader arising it our world hat could lead us toward yesterday rather than toward the new realities. I personally like his analysis because this is what we are seeing in many...
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War With Iraq International Law
523 wordsThroughout time different countries have had many conflicts with each other. Be it of religious, racial or cultural differences or a multitude of many other things, war has almost always become the only possible solution. When looking back at the past, it seems that war is inevitable whenever two or more competing parties do not agree with each other over a common solution. The question at hand is whether or not war is the answer. The US invasion to Iraq has triggered a lot of controversial resp...
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One World Government Developing Nations
659 wordsIn the world of 2002, there are still huge differences between rich and poor, developed and less developed countries. The industrialized countries are still holding the less developed countries down. The developed countries decide coffee-, tea- and sugar-prices, and consequently exercise an indirect control of the African and Latin American countries economy. We also protect ourselves with high import-taxes and low import-quotas. Increasing protectionism in Northern markets shut off some Third W...
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James S Gilmore The Death Penalty
940 wordsJames S. Gilmore & The Death Penalty Introduction Perhaps the declaration of James Stuart Jim Gilmore III as a Presidential candidate for the 2008 will come as a disappointment to the anti-death penalty supporters because Gilmore appears to be a staunch and confirmed advocate in favor of the death penalty. In an interview with the Washington Post while he was the Governor of Virginia he has on record made the following statement which seems to be his way of having a final solution to the problem...
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Freedom Of Speech Religious Freedom
1,246 wordsKati Blogger ESL 102 10 / 22 / 2007 What Specific Rights Should Belong To Every Human Being? According to The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood (Gewirth, 15). Indeed, human rights are very important. They are fundamental by nature, as human rights are the integral part for any person in his (or her) relation...
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Territorial Integrity International Law
783 wordsCurrent Media Story Ever since Russia had attacked Georgia on August 8, 2008, the overwhelming majority of American mainstream Medias had adopted a strongly negative stance against Russian attempts to widen its geopolitical influence, while resorting to the use of military force. We were being told that it is something utterly inappropriate, on the part of just any country, to try to annex other countrys territory, regardless of the official excuses, aggressor comes up with. Numerous political e...
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Third World Nations Washington D C
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United States Constitution President Of The United States
1,058 wordsPresident Clinton addressed the people of the United States on June 10, 1999 over the United States mission in Kosovo. Kosovo is a province of Serbia, which makes this war a civil war. Highlights of his speech outline the goals that he wanted to obtain in this Humanitarian intervention, as he called it. The mission had flaws innate to it from the beginning. The three-tiered goal of the President was clearly stated. The first is to allow the Kosovar people back into their homes. The second is to ...
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Iran Iraq War Quest For Power
1,804 wordsPersian Gulf Crisis Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990 - 1991: How Saddam Hussein's Greed and Totalitarian Quest for Power Led to the Invasion of Kuwait, World Conflicts and the Degradation of Iraq Joseph Stalin. Fidel Castro. Adolf Hitler. Saddam Hussein. These names are all those of leaders who have used a totalitarian approach to leading a nation. Stalin and Hitler ruled in the early to mid-nineteen hundreds. Like Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein is now. Saddam Hussein belongs to the Baath Party of Iraq. ...
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Peter The Great Country In The World
3,166 wordsWhen the Soviet Union fell in 1991, due to many pressures both internal and external, the ex-soviet satellites were given their independence, much to Russias dismay. A new trend towards sovereignty made it difficult for the largest country in the world to deny its former members the right to separate. However, even with the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russia is still heavily involved with the matters of its former soviet members. This then leaves the question, are t...
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U S Involvement Side Of Human Nature
1,502 wordsGreat societies have risen and fallen throughout time, coming to power suddenly or gradually, and either prospering for long periods of time, or ending as abruptly as they began. When Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, Italian society was in a state of disrepair. Italy was fragmented and its provinces were fighting amongst themselves, leaving the nation itself open to attack and vulnerable to interference from other countries. The Prince was written as a handbook for one of the most p...
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International Criminal Court War Criminals
770 wordsThe United Nations first recognized the need to establish an international criminal court over 50 years ago. An international criminal court would be just that. It would try criminals charged for international crimes such as genocide and other crimes of similar weight. The goal of the UN has always been to secure universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals throughout the world. The establishment of an international criminal court is seen as a major step in the acco...
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Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Weapons Of Mass Destruction
3,115 wordsWhen the word terrorists is heard, most people in the west think of relatively the same thing. Long-bearded men with long dresses called that that dangle to just above the ankle, or veiled women with nothing visible to the public but their eyes? if they were shown at all, or young men and children dressed in t-shirts and blue jeans, their face and head wrapped with a checkered red and white shmaagh, throwing rocks. This is the typical image formed when terrorists are mentioned. Am I surprised? H...
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