involves using the toxicity of chemical substances as weapons, primarily in the form of a gas. Chemical warfare is very different from other weapons of mass destruction, or WMD’s. The other weapons under this label are nuclear warfare and biological warfare, which together make up NBC, the military term for nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (OCPW, 2016). Weapons that fall under the WMD category are in no ways similar to conventional weapons, which are used due to their destructive potential
decentralised basis, proportionality secures a certain predictability of response and predetermines, roughly the social sanction against the wrongdoer. The concept of proportionality, while protecting the subjective interest of the wrongdoer against over-reaction, also expresses the need of the international legal order to establish a legal process regulating the nature and intensity of the response to the wrongful conduct. There are certain conventions in the International Law that enunciate the
Geneva Conventions and the first international conventions designed to protect industrial workers from gross exploitation as well as to improve their working conditions. The minority treaties concluded after the First World War aimed at protecting the rights of ethnic and linguistic minorities, and are therefore sometimes seen as forerunners of modern international human rights instruments. Strictly speaking, however, the first international human rights treaty which is the Slavery Convention was adopted
firebombs were used by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in the invasion of Iraq between 31 March and 2 April 2003 (Brown). They were used against military targets "away from civilian targets", he said. This avoids breaching the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), which permits their use only against military targets
difficulties; however this was not always the case. Prior to the introduction of the UN Charter, a State had to make a declaration of war before engaging in armed conflict. As a result there was a sharp distinction between war and peace and it was certain when the laws of war were applicable. The introduction of the Charter has blurred this distinction as there is now a prohibition on the use of force and further difficulties have arisen following
Although the potential for nuclear annihilation has been reduced with the end of the cold war, America still faces attacks by weapons of mass destruction. Since the United states now has a military edge over its old enemies, the concern for nuclear deterrence should take a back seat to providing protection against small terrorists attacks involving biological weapons. Biological weapons have a catastrophic killing potential and they are easy to make and conceal. American defensive measures, however should
casualties if the U.S. would have invaded. A teleological ethic would have looked at the goodness in saving 850K lives versus the 150K killed and conclude that President Truman made an ethical decision. Similarly, a teleological analysis of autonomous weapons would conclude they are ethical if the United States objective for employing the autonomous robots is to reduce the number of American casualties killed in battle. If using autonomous robots kills fewer Americans, then the ethical analysis, using
realist approach to international relations has been widely accepted, this paper will illustrate how the realist framework falls short in explaining some of the dynamics of global politics today. This will be done through the analysis NGOs, the Ottawa Convention, and the Wom... ... middle of paper ... ...s, in turn has influenced international relations. This transition has occurred alongside heightened means of communication. Communication as we have seen has been a fundamental aspect in creating
China’s Nuclear Program Introduction China's nuclear weapons program has always been unique among the programs of the five official nuclear weapons states recognized by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. For a variety of economic, political, and cultural reasons, the Chinese program has had a very different trajectory of development, with different objectives, than those of the other major powers' nuclear weapons and missile programs. China's nuclear and ballistic missile programs
Hunting gear sweepstakes Introduction Of hunting As times change, so do the needs of humans and animals. The development of species and approach of new modernization keep us on our toes and regularly impact the way we go about our everyday lives. At a certain point, man needed to hunt out of need. Going after animals was the best way to get nourishment for support, hide and cover up for garments and materials, and bones for apparatuses. In any case, as man developed, so did his general surroundings. Hunting
Henrik Ibsen is the greatest artist who has handled the play form we call modern drama, in which the centre of dramatic interest has shifted from violent action to what is happening in people’s minds. It follows that the dramatist who would do for our times what the older dramatists did for theirs, must be a poet and explorer of the inner life, and such Ibsen was. One of the most significant themes in Ibsen is the woman’s question. The standards for a life superior to the `existing state` are set
and this thus causes a feud amongst the two families. Pope wrote this mock-epic by employing humor and light-hearted wit in order to diffuse the tensions, but also to mock the superficiality of that society. Pope’s The Rape of the Lock uses epic conventions such as, structure, the depiction of the epic hero embodying the culture’s values, and the usage of supernatural machinery to satirize and mock the superficiality of the 18th century high-class society. The traditional style of an epic is conveyed
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries South Africa was plagued by war. Conflicts arose between the Dutch settlers, known as the Boers and the British, in an attempt to carry out Kipling’s “White mans burden”, which gave way to two wars, known as the Anglo-Boer Wars. Major conflict was caused by the British presence and quest for imperialism and the Boer’s strive for independence. The Dutch were the first known to settle in South Africa, landing in the Cape in 1652. The goal
different weapon to yield, the law. In the frontier, his belief in law and order as well as knowledge and education, brought civility to the untamed frontier. The Western was and still is the “essential American film genre, the cornerstone of American identity.” (Holtz p. 111) There is a strong link between America’s past and the Western film genre, documenting and reflecting the nations changes through conflict in the construction of an expanding nation. Taking the genres classical conventions, such
“We have just won a war with a lot of heroes flying around in planes. The next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all. Take everything you’ve learned about aviation in war, throw it out of the window, and let’s go to work on tomorrow’s aviation. It will be different from anything the world has ever seen.” – General Hap Arnold, V-J Day, August 1945 The word drone is the most widely recognised definition and an umbrella name for a pilotless aircraft; the etymology of the name
help build it, all under white supervisions (Adams 1904). With the railroads came civilization and power. There are thousands of miles of railroads that natives worked tirelessly to build. The railroads were used for wars, transporting troops and weapons to fight native troops. Railways changed the landscape and balance of power in favor of the Europeans. Africans also suffered from a breakdown of their traditional cultures. The invasion of Europeans divided the African countries. The development
The Rape of the Lock Context Alexander Pope was born in London in 1688. As a Roman Catholic living during a time of Protestant consolidation in England, he was largely excluded from the university system and from political life, and suffered certain social and economic disadvantages because of his religion as well. He was self-taught to a great extent, and was an assiduous scholar from a very early age. He learned several languages on his own, and his early verses were often imitations of poets
and especially portraying the persons or items to be seized and the area to be searched (Holcomb, 2003). The Fourth Amendment protects the individuals from irrational searches and seizures, which implies that numerous searches are fine if they meet certain necessities. Searches are for the most part acknowledged rational when: a judge provides a search warrant depending upon possible reason; or ... ... middle of paper ... ...e a sensible conviction that a perilous subordinate could be stowing away
Three years ago, a crowd of eager and oblivious Wal-Mart customers waited outside their local Wal-Mart on Black Friday—a feeling of egocentricity and craze radiated from the enormous mob. After the doors had been opened, and shoppers had shopped, a Wal-Mart employee was found dead—trampled by hundreds and thousands of ignorant consumers. The tragic story of this innocent Wal-Mart employee is one of the many modern examples of mob mentality, an essential concept of crowd psychology. Charles Mackay
One of the striking differences between the Knyghts Tale and the Millers Tale (which is supposed to "quit(e)" the Knyghts Tale) is that of clothing (the former tale) and lack of clothing (in the latter). Upon an inspection of the General Prologue's description of the Knyght, I found that clothing is a very signifcant part of the Knyght's Tale. Chaucer's decription of him may forshadow (or, since Chaucer wrote the tales after they were told, color his perceptions of the Knyght) the importance of clothing