Essays on Preamble

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations are all supporting documents that were drafted by exists and technocrats drawn from all active member states and subsequently unanimously upheld as binding treaties. The major mission as contained in the two documents is to emphasize on the recognition of every human being as equal and insistence on a peaceful and harmonious existence. Although most of the information as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations seems to converge, some articles and chapters are implicitly conflicting. Safe from ...

The most important part in any legislation is observation of human rights. The core organization that monitors human rights violation is the United Nation. The importance of human rights had accelerated during post war period of the 20th century. A great leap forward in recognition of human rights took place at that period. To look back into the history, in 1944 the representatives of four major powers met at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC when the burning issue was oppression and genocide executed towards people of certain nationalities such as Jewish race in Europe and prisoners of war in Asia ...

Introduction

Since the dawn of human civilization annihilation of millions of people has been occurring. After the two World Wars, this annihilation took place through many civil wars fought within the nations all over the world. The Genocide or the mass killing of a particular ethnic group has been a common phenomenon in civil wars. In 1990s, the Kashmiri Hindus were expelled by Muslim terrorists through severe massacre. The question is whether mass massacre is the answer to any problem. There is a universal agreement that genocide is immoral and unethical (Jones, 1999). Still even after the horrified consequences of ...

Abstract

This book review examines the book Criminals in the Bible by Professor Mark Jones. It examines the bases and features of criminal justice and the criminalizing process across different timelines and eras. The review examines the constitutional elements of different criminal justice systems and generations and how it relates to specific aspects of society. The book review assesses and evaluates some of the elements of society including chapter analysis and how serious crimes occur. The main discovery of this book review is that crime and criminalizing is done within the context and framework of dominant constitutional processes and generally ...

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which now also includes all states in the Caribbean just turned 40 years since signature in 1967. Its importance as a model for other non-nuclear areas, is constant to peace and international securities contribution, which stood and continue placing today in the center of the political and legal interest. Its parallelism with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) but without Latin American treaty has affected the principle of legal equality of States and has not been an expression of "unequal rights and ...

CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Te Triti o Waitangi – Purpose, Scope and Interpretational Variances 4 Waitangi Tribunal and its impact on Maori Business Development 5 Te Tiritii of Waitangi and Information Technology Contexts 6 Conclusions 7

References 9

Introduction Triti of Waitangi or the Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840 between the Government of the Her Majesty and chieftains of the major Maori tribes of New Zealand. Though its long-term ramifications in property (real and intellectual), environmental, constitutional, economic, social and other contexts are vehemently contested by the politicians and the academicians (Zepke, Nugent & Leach, 2003), Orange argues (1989) that it is ...

Increase in Income as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Canada

Poverty has been a major barrier in proving healthcare services to the general public in Canada and around the globe. Poverty is known to affect over 1.8 million Canadians due to poor economic conditions and rising mental health issues. Based on recent reports, people in Canada experience economic hardships owing to many situations such as job loss, death in family, divorce etc. The loss of income is associated with poverty and the ability to access basic resources such as employment, education, and housing. The poor health of Canadians is associated with social deprivation linked with material and poverty. Most ...