Animals, which are more similar to man than different in terms of intelligence and consciousness, deserve the same protections and liberties manifested in some of the most historic and profound legal documents, such as the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the United Nations' Universal Declaration on Rights (1948). ... There are already several laws that prevent animal cruelty and promote animal welfare, such as the Animal Welfare Act of 1966.  In the United States, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) appears to set certain minimum requirements for the humane treatment of non-human anim...

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Although the purpose of the book was clearly stated, which is to provide a wider picture of reality that is happening in a transgender's workplace and subsequent scrutiny of constitutional legislations pertaining to transgender employment protections, it has its own limitations. ... In rectifying transgender injustice, Transgender Employment Experiences: Gender Perceptions and the Law emphasized civil laws with relevance, like the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), specifically the Rehabilitation Act and Title I, to the stigmatization of transgender people labeling them as "dis...

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Private military and security companies often provide security and protection to humanitarian non governmental organizations in conflict or post-conflict areas where it has become difficult for the population to distinguish one from another. ... " More concretely, the Commission requests the Working Group, among other things, to: Elaborate and present concrete proposals on possible new standards, general guidelines or basic principles encouraging the further protection of human rights, in particular the right of peoples to self-determination, while facing current and emergent threats pos...

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From 1837, when Lincoln first attacked slavery as bad politics, his thoughts evolved from thinking that slavery would eventually die out by compromising that southern states could have its slaves without expanding, to 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, as it stated Congress had no right to prohibit the expansion of slavery to federal territories, and this would radicalize Lincoln's idea of a southern conspiracy that threatened the ideas of the Founding Fathers, which gave him a distinct moral conviction and tone to his political argument. ... In his famous Cooper Union speec...

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" People have to be able to act immediately in a situation where there will be casualties, from not having water supply, electric power, food and possible injuries. ... Glenn Pomeroy, the head of the California Earthquake Authority reported that, "90% of the homes in California have no protection for earthquakes....

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