Resolution The Commission on Human Rights, Deeply disturbed by the alarmingly high numbers of refugees throughout the world who do not receive adequate protection and assistance, and conscious of the serious challenge this is creating for the international community, Conscious of the human rights and humanitarian dimensions of the problems of refugees and the responsibilities this poses for States and the international community to explore methods and means better to address their specific protection and assistance needs, Emphasizing that the provision of security to refugees a...

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Additionally, political law and international cooperation to tackle international terrorism increased considerably after the events of 11 September 2001. International political law constitutes state policy in which the UN states member come to an agreement to establish the rules, the rules that correspond the conditions to achieve security from any threats of terror. ... The veto power clearly jeopardizes the international stability. Indeed, it fundamentally disrupts the order, values, and norms of international relations. ... But in fact, the actions taken by the US in Afghanistan exceeded...

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Canada has developed policies and laws that are based on the principles that terrorism must be prevented, perpetrators of terrorist acts must be brought to swift justice, and terrorists should be denied sanctuary and support. Combatting terrorism requires international cooperation and coordination. Canada has worked in various international fora, principally the G7/8 and the United Nations, for over twenty years to develop legal tools and international standards to combat terrorism. ... Within the federal government, departments dealing with law enforcement, national security, criminal jus...

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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."" ... The United Nations is ...

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The legal responses to the genocide were plentiful, seen through the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), amendments to international laws such as the responsibility to protect, third party national prosecutions and judicial processed in Rwanda. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was effective in implementing justice and closure for the victims of the genocide, as well as providing an adequate deterrent for other groups of people with genocidal intent. ... The 'Responsibility to Protect' Doctrine created an international approach to abuses of human rights s...

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