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in U.S. Is Looming NOGALES, Ariz. — Of the 50 or so women bused to this border town on a recent morning to be deported back to Mexico, Inez Vasquez stood out. Eight months pregnant, she had tried to trudge north in her fragile state, even carrying scissors with her in case she gave birth in the desert and had to cut the umbilical cord. “All I want is a better life,” she said after the Border Patrol found her hiding in bushes on the Arizona side of the border with her husband, her young son and

and North America in the Aftermath of September 11 April 2003 Report by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 2 The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) is a non-governmental organization that seeks to promote compliance with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and its Follow-up Documents. In addition to supporting and providing liaison among 41 Helsinki Committees and co-operating organizations, the IHF has direct links with

The INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. The “juridictionalization” always appeared as a crucial stage on the way of the institutionalization. There are centuries when the human society knew this wholesome evolution with the disappearance of the private justice and the progressive appearance of the first judicial institutions. In the frame interstate relations, such as governed by the public international law, the institution of a permanent international jurisdiction is recent matter, characteristic

people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America’s founding documents, the Cato Institute is pleased to publish this pocket edition of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. This preface has been prepared by Roger Pilon, director of Cato’s Center for Constitutional Studies. For more information about the Cato Institute, please see the end of this publication. W‡‡‡±bIL∞« rN≠ oOI∫¢ vK´ ÊUJ±

Clausewitz said in “On War” that having a war was another mean of foreign policy. But is it a fair one? This debate started very early. Saint Augustin might be the first one to define the conditions of a fair war: - the initiative of the war has to come from your enemy (which would mean that fair wars are only defensive wars) - the war has to be led by a legitimate authority - it has to be decided only as the last resort Then Saint Thomas d’Aquin came and said that offensive

August 4, 1961) is the President-elect of the United States, with a term starting on January 20, 2009. He is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois (as well as the only African American in the Senate[1]) from 2005 until he resigned on November 16, 2008, following his election to the Presidency. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama

HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY For the Abolition of the Death Penalty in America: The Advocacy of Robert Badinter Martin A. Rogoff* Robert Badinter, Contre la peine de mort: Écrits 1970-2006 (Librarie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 2006), pp. 320; Robert Badinter, L’Abolition (Librarie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 2000), pp. 286. ABSTRAcT This essay reviews two books by Robert Badinter, former President of France’s Constitutional Council and former French Minister of Justice. Taken together, they describe his successful

The document we have to deal with is an article from the famous British newspaper, The Economist. It was published the 6th of May 2010. This article is quite pessimistic since the title is “The politics of disaster”. Under this title, we can see a caricature of Barack Obama who seems devastated. He is in the slick with a paper in his hand, the energy bill, whereas a man behind him is holding a dead bird. The energy policy of Barack Obama is considered as “a mess”. As the title of the article underlines

FREEDOM OF RELIGION INTRODUCTION Despite freedom of religion and belief being a fundamental principle of international law, there are many violations of this right in today's world. Aucun pays ou communauté de croyants, a un dossier parfait où ce droit est concerné. No country, or faith community, has a perfect record where this right is concerned. C'est aussi une question très complexe, parfois, à savoir l'équilibre entre droits et responsabilités, comme de nombreux autres domaines du droit

TOPIC: HOW DOES THE CONSTITUTION INSURE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN POWERS SUBJECT: ENGLISH YEAR OF SCHOOL: FIRST YEAR OF PRIVATE LAWS NAME: GNONDOLI AKLESSO INTRODUCTION Constitution and separation of powers are objet of debate until our days. The constitution is definite as the act or process of composing, setting up or establishing. It’s our “founding fathers”, the one who established our government and function. And the separation of powers a principle of constitution rather