In the large varieties of profession, becoming a diplomat is one of the hardest because it is not the most needed profession in our society. Once a person is a diplomat, many diplomatic privileges and immunities are given to diplomats according of The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 . The role of a diplomat is to promote peace by using words. In others words, to negotiate and to sign treaties with another country. If diplomacy was not existing, there would be a lot of risk of seeing war in the world. Like Adolf Hitler said, “When diplomacy ends, War begins.” Nevertheless, every times humans have privileges, they are abuses. So, some diplomats are abusing of their diplomatic privileges and immunities and they are protect because of their statue. Then, diplomatic privileges and immunity have been created to protect countries’ delegates when they are working in others country than theirs. According to this, these advantages have been conceived to help diplomats to better fulfill theirs tasks and missions.
One of the ways that abuse of privilege and immunity can be found is in the house of the diplomat, in the host country. Diplomats’ residence can’t be entered subject to ordinary procedure. So, domestic worker in diplomats’ houses are often abused without anyone knowing. Even if most of the time diplomats are following the regulation of their government, sometimes it happens that immunity protect a diplomat that causes prejudice to a person. Occasionally, the rights of workers are withdrawn by diplomats. Workers are often local people who came in another country because they need a job to survive. They are ready to do everything to have a salary. Thereby, i...
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...c privileges and immunities are primordial to the proper functioning of the work of a diplomat, but a criminal shouldn’t be able to go away without negative repercussion for the suspect. This case is another proof that diplomatic privileges and immunities have big issues. Also, if their home’s country are not doing something about what happened while the diplomat was in function, anything can happen to him because he is protected by the two Vienna Convention that 160 countries signed.
In short, according to diplomatic privileges and immunities, diplomats are untouchable with these superpowers. In many cases, diplomats can skirt civil and criminal rules so sometime they allow themselves to act in a manner that they wouldn’t be normally. Contrariwise, even if these abuse are unjustifiable, it’s important to recognize the benefit of the work diplomats done for peace.
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The United Nations General Assembly 36-103 focused on topics of hostile relations between states and justification for international interventions. Specifically mentioned at the UNGA was the right of a state to perform an intervention on the basis of “solving outstanding international issues” and contributing to the removal of global “conflicts and interference". (Resolution 36/103, e). My paper will examine the merits of these rights, what the GA was arguing for and against, and explore relevant global events that can suggest the importance of this discussion and what it has achieved or materialized.
This compare and contrast essay is over two versions of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”. The two versions of the story that will be compared in this essay are the teleplay and the short story. The essay will include similarities and differences regarding the plot, how the teleplay construction differs from the short story, the differences between the two genres and how they affect the reader, and my opinion of which genre I prefered and why.
For the first issue of the case, it is regarding to the legal basis on witness preparation in International Criminal Court. For this issue, the court held that it is neither practical nor reasonable to prohibit pre-testimony meetings between parties and the witnesses they will call to testify at the trial. This is because regarding to the article 64 of the Statute, it is stated that “The Trial Chamber shall ensure that a trial is fair and expeditious and is conducted with full respect for the rights of the accused and due regard for the protection of victims and witnesses”. The judges refer to this article which give the judges a significant degree of discretion concerning the procedure so that the right of the victims and witnesses will be protected. In addition, the Chamber adds that the preparation of judicious witness which aimed at clarifying a witness's evidence while being carried out with full respect for the rights of the accused will help in enabling a more accurate and complete presentation of the evidence and assisted in the truth finding function of the
Van den Wyngaert, Christine. “The Political Offense Exception to Extradition: How to Plug the ‘Terrorists’ Loophole’ without Departing from Fundamental Human Rights.” International Criminal Law and Procedure. Eds. John Dugard and Christine van den Wyngaert. Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1996.
The aforementioned requisites of Kafala system creates numerous possibilities for companies and employers to exploit and traffic employees. Accordingly, millions of migrants, mostly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines, have been subjugated, abused, and harmed in what many people describe as “modern slavery.” Despite numerous changes within jurisdictions of the aforementioned countries, little progress has been made since the establishment of the Kafala system, largely attributed to the unawareness of this problem and the lack of willingness from GCC country governments. According to Jessica Caplin, “There is currently little NGO and civilian involvement in the struggle for greater rights” (Caplin, 2009, p. 32), asserting the fact that most civilians are unaware of this problem even in countries where sponsorship systems are implemented.... ... middle of paper ...
Hereafter referred to as the Convention. [3] The Abuse of Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Recent United Kingdom Experience (1985) 79 AJL 641. [4] CMD.9497,MISC.NO.5 (1985). [5] Higgins, R. UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report on the Abuse of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges: government response and report 80 A.J.I.L (1986) pg 135.
Our belief states are determined by the external factors, for example, perceived complexity and priming ethics is an interesting subject and everyone lives by their thoughts and their ways. Everyone lives by a different code. The difference between morality and ethics is that morality is about primary making the right choices and ethics is proper reasoning. In the essay “The ethics of belief” by W. K. Clifford, he argues that if anything on insufficient evidence, then it’s unethical. In this essay I will remain undecided with what Clifford is trying to say. I agree and disagree with some of his viewpoints. Some I do have to say are unethical and some are reasonable. What Clifford is trying to portray is interesting. Especially since he comes from a religious background. And reading about his new discovery, is quite interesting.
At the very least the United States has 51 funding systems for providing an education. All vary in the degree of spending and the type of spending students receives in the United States. Underfunding schools affects the poorest members of society the hardest, it has been a major problem in American politics for three decades, and it has led to decline of public education. Although underfunding schools threatens American education and society there are ways in which to alter the course of a failing education system.
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26th of November 2001 was when Adel Tebourski was arrested in France in connection with the killing of an Afghani military figure. He was tried before the Paris Criminal Court and on 17 May 2005 and he was sentenced to imprisonment for six years and removal of certain civil rights for five years. By decree of 19th of July 2006 he was dispossessed of his French nationality and an order for his deportation was issued. Tebourski then applied for asylum in France on 25th of July 2006. His application was rejected on the 28th of July 2006. He immediately appealed to the Refugee Appeals Board. On the 27th of July 2006 the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) requested that France refrain from deporting Tebourski until it had considered his complaint. Nevertheless, Tebourski was deported to Tunisia on the 7th of August 2006 following a series of unsuccessful appeals in France. The Committee against torture noted France’s justifications for its deportation of Tebourski despite its request that his deportation be stayed. Article 3 rights applied to all, regardless of a person’s character. In failing to comply with the request for interim measures, France had violated Tebourski’s rights under Articles 3 and 22 of the CAT and was required to take measures to amend contravention of Article 3, and to consult with Tunisia on Tebourski’s
This is not to argue that the ICC is an inherently ineffective or problematic institution, rather, more analysis and collective participation is required to explore the ICC’s potential and focus. Doing so will push the discussion in a more productive direction. This discussion will illuminate that justice ought to extend beyond reactionary retribution and that the dynamic between criminal prosecution and peace is largely under-researched (Clark, 2011).
...th 2001). Roth argues that the concept of international jurisdiction is not a new idea but was exercised by the US government in the 1970 after an aircraft hijacking. Also the war crime courts established after the end of World War II exercised international jurisdiction. In fact the Geneva Convention states that is a person regardless of their nationality should be brought before the court of any state in which that person has committed grave breaches of law and convention. Roth states that the concept of international jurisdiction is not a new one but that only in recent years have states been willing to act on universal jurisdiction and go after criminals of the international community regardless of their stating or power within the international community. Roth believes in the ability and authority of international organizations and institutions (Roth 2001).
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To begin with, the relevant principle of jurisdiction should be examined in order to assess the validity of the extradition request. According to Glahn and Taulbee (2013), “principle of jurisdiction refers to the allocation of legal competence to regulate certain categories of persons, events, and things within a state and among various levels and institutions of government.” (p. 233). The definition implies that there should be an effective link connecting the state claiming jurisdiction and the event that took place. Currently, there are five principles of jurisdiction recognized by the international practice: territory, nationality or active personality, protective personality, passive personality, and universality (Glahn and Taulbee, p. 235). ...