Polar Bear Treaty In 2007, the United States and Russia declared their intent to work together to save polar bears worldwide from extinction. Under the new treaty, which builds on the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears between Russia, the U.S., Norway, Denmark and Canada, co...
[单项选择题]W: How do you usually spend your day, Paul M: I usually get up at seven. I take a shower and dress and then I have breakfast at seven-thirty. I leave the house at eight. I work from nine to five. I have dinner at six-thirty, watch television and then go to bed...
It is understood that the conventions apply to the armed forces of all nations that have ratified the conventions. But this is not the final word. The Hague documents state that the laws apply "not only to armies, but also to militia and volunteer corps" that: have a person in command h...
After a fight for women's rights that began more than a century before, the Nineteenth Amendment the women's right to vote was ratified to the U.S. Constitution. The act was passed after a sweeping victory of 304-89 votes 42 more than the required two-thirds majority. On voting day ...
does not only utter but carries out threats to underline the contesting states’ resolve. Hence, we expect thatdissatisfied powers that have inside options to prevent undesired outcomes and no outside options to evade the negative effects of the institution after a (potential) withdrawal are more ...
‘the Convention’) in 1951, the UK ratified a variety of UN and Council of Europe treaty instruments setting out a range of binding human rights standards. Many of these commitments became the focus of civil society activism, and began to influence policy-making across a range of...
Keywords Mental disability · Discrimination · Stigmatization · Stereotypes · Perceived threats and intergroup emotions The majority of European countries has ratified the Interna- tional Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD; United Nations, 2006). In addition to ...
After a fight for women's rights that began more than a century before, the Nineteenth Amendment the women's right to vote was ratified to the U.S. Constitution. The act was passed after a sweeping victory of 304-89 votes 42 more than the required two-thirds majority. On voting day ...
Until a treaty banned it in 1972, it was legal to dump chemical weapons into the ocean. The United States, the former Soviet Union, Germany and other nations have sunk hundreds of thousands of tons of weapons. The weapons are still killing: Fishermen have died off the coast of Italy, and...
Pulling out of the bloc would be a relatively simple process, according to article 2205 of the NAFTA treaty: "A Party may withdraw from this Agreement six months after it provides written notice of withdrawal to the other Parties. If a Party withdraws, the Agreement shall remain in force fo...