... a government or otherwise undermining the constitutional, legal, economic or financial order or the valuable natural resources of a State" Paragraph one of Article 1 of the Convention (see annex 1), reproduces the criteria of the definition of a mercenary of Article 47 of Additional Protocol I with the exception of the element "does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities". The direct participation ... present Convention punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account the grave nature of those offences (paragraph 3 of Article 5); They shall take all necessary measures...

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... earth, with authority to judge between them, is properly the state of Nature. But force, or a declared design of force upon the person of another, where there is no common superior on earth to appeal to for relief, is the state of war; and it is the want of such an appeal gives a man the right of war even against an aggressor, though he be in society and a fellow ... totally neglected or perhaps materially injured by the over-care of a favorite member. The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes; and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politi...

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... 2002). In other words, making claims to cultural rights often requires framing these claims in terms of an essentialized, homogeneous, "traditional" culture (see Jackson 1995; Merry 1997). This requirement contradicts the flexible and changing nature of the cultural life of indigenous communities and often requires them to present claims in tragically inappropriate terms (Povinelli 1998). Women's ... between $10,000 and $15,000 (Monzini 2005: 68). Thus, trafficking involves both recruitment and exploitation, but the fundamental element of both is coercion. The definition incorporates bot...

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... if a mother is physically threatened if she were to bare her child, then is her life (as a legitimate person) more or less important than that life of a fetus? This is a clear negation and as a result, the definition of a fetus must be reestablished. Hence, bodily autonomy is more important than pro-life, starting from the argument that the fetus is a person to the argument ... is what if abortion is legalized, how should the fetus be defined? This is difficult because it is arbitrary to claim when or not the fetus is human because by nature there is not a reasonable cut off point. Ther...

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... pricking piercing incising the clitoris and or labia, cauterization by burning of clitoris and surrounding tissues; scraping (angurya cuts) of the vaginal orifice or cutting (gishiri cuts) of the vagina to cause bleeding or herbs into the vagina with the aim of tightening or narrowing the vagina; any other procedure which falls under the definition of FC/FGM given above. There is no question that FC ... , many are being to claim the procedure goes against one's human rights. The practice has come under increasing attack and activists are beginning to force changes. First, many women's gr...

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... France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.) After nearly fifty years, with four waves of accessions, the EU today has fifteen member states and is currently preparing for its fifth enlargement . However, the above definition does not reveal exactly what functions the European Union undertakes. The mission objectives of the EU include: promoting economic and social progress, to assert the identity ... international environment, agricultural and energy prices, the Common Agricultural and structural policies, the date of accessions, the effort displayed during the pre-accession period an...

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