... conflict. It seems that it is not so difficult to avoid to be considered a mercenary. This could be easily done by the United States government, particularly for United States nationals working in Iraq as private contractors/security guards. One could raise the question why this has not been done since the subordination of private military and security personnel ... applies to international and internal armed conflicts. The definition is also applicable in other situations where there exists a situation of a concerted act of violence aimed at "overthrowing a government or otherwise unde...

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... and healthy working conditions'. In addition, China's violations of human rights are heightened by its authoritarian regime. Under the Chinese Communist Party, independent labour unions are banned, and the government's official All-China Federation of trade Unions is the only legal representative of workers. This ban violates Article 8 of the ICESCR, which defends the 'right of everyone to ... the UDHR (particularly Articles 19 and 20 which outline the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the freedom of peaceful assembly). Despite decades of economic development, China's a...

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... , Vietnam's intervention into Cambodia in the same year and India's intervention into East Pakistan in 1971, which led to the creation of Bangladesh (Garfinkle, 2003; p2). More recently (1999), the U.S. government acted in the context of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and led humanitarian interventions in Kosovo. After the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, President Bush's Administration ... , where humanitarian reasons were secondary to those of national security. Similarly, in March 2003, the US and UK Governments exercised sovereign powers by taking pre-...

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