USA Law

Tag: Human rights

  • International criminal law: Crimes against Humanity

    International criminal law: Crimes Against Humanity and Human Rights Issues in the United States 1. Major Treaties and Documents United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, and its optional protocols, one setting up individual […]

  • Human Rights conventions

    Human Rights international conventions in the United States Human Rights multilateral conventions Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery (25 Sep 1926); and Protocol (7 Dec 1953) Convention Concerning Forced Labor (28 Jun 1930) Universal Declaration of Human Rights […]

  • International Human Rights – Humanitarianism resources

    International Human Rights / Humanitarianism resources in the United States Bayefsky.com Database on the United Nations Human Rights Treaty System from York University. All material is organized by state and by subject matter. Includes detailed guidance on using the complaint option of the […]

  • UN International Trusteeship system

    United Nations International Trusteeship system in the United States See: ■Charter of the United Nations ■UN: Purposes, principles and membership ■United Nations organs ■UN Pacific settlement of disputes ■UN: International cooperation and the ESC ■UN International Court of Justice […]

  • UN: International cooperation and the ESC

    UN: International cooperation and the ESC in the United States See: ■Charter of the United Nations ■UN: Purposes, principles and membership ■United Nations organs ■UN Pacific settlement of disputes ■UN: International cooperation and the ESC ■UN International Court of Justice ■United […]

  • UN Pacific settlement of disputes

    UN Pacific settlement of disputes in the United States See: Charter of the United Nations UN: Purposes, principles and membership United Nations organs UN Pacific settlement of disputes UN: International cooperation and the ESC UN International Court of Justice United […]

  • UN: Purposes, principles and membership

    UN: Purposes, principles and membership in the United States See: Charter of the United Nations UN: Purposes, principles and membership United Nations organs UN Pacific settlement of disputes UN: International cooperation and the ESC UN International Court of Justice […]

  • Charter of the United Nations

    Charter of the United Nations in the United States Introduction and Preamble Introductory note The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the  conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into  force on 24 […]

  • Sir Edward Coke

    Sir Edward Coke, lawyer and judge in the United States Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) was a lawyer, Member of the English Parliament, and respected judge. He is considered one of the leading defendants of the common law in front of the equity law. Sir Edward Coke wrote a voluminous set of […]

  • Human rights international conventions

    Human rights international conventions in the United States Protocol No 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4.11.1993 Protocol No 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading […]

  • Refugees and stateless persons conventions

    Refugees and stateless persons conventions in the United States Protocol Relating to Refugee Seamen 12.6.1973 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 31.1.1967 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 30.8.1961 Agreement Relating to Refugee Seamen 23.11.1957 Convention Relating […]

  • International humanitarian law

    International humanitarian law in the United States Protocols I and II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12.08.1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims Of International Armed Conflicts 8.6.1977 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental […]

  • Rights and Freedom

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Rights and Freedom in the United States From: Introduction to Rights Most rights entitle their holders to freedom in some sense; indeed holding a right can entail […]

  • The Function of Rights: The Will Theory and the Interest Theory

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . The Function of Rights: The Will Theory and the Interest Theory in the United States From: Introduction to Rights 2.2.1 Conceptual Analysis versus Definitional […]

  • Introduction to Rights

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Introduction to Rights in the United States Rights are entitlements (not) to perform certain actions, or (not) to be in certain states; or entitlements that others […]