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    Nicaragua Case

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    28 October 2011, Assignment #3 Rules and norms derive from their sources. The sources articulate what the law is and where it can be found. The sources of international law can be found in article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. Article 38 of the Statute of the ICJ states: ‘The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply: a. international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing

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    Socialization: Understanding the Lessons Learned in a Paramilitary Bureaucratic Organization”, Chappell and Lanza-Kaduce discuss the positive and negative effects that occur with type of recruit training, as well as, the outcomes of transitioning towards community policing training. The paramilitary structure entails hard physical training, performing under stress, defense tactics, the use of force, and mastering weapons skills. This paramilitary form of training focuses on being “able to mold them

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    prerequisites. Undercover promulgation raises the apparition of "blowback," which alludes to the danger of a story planted in remote media that then gets got by the U.S. media and reported in American media. At long last, especially with bigger paramilitary operations, there is a danger of revelation and open exposure, which might have antagonistic outcomes for the U.S. organization. Public divulgence of a secret activity could humiliate the U.S. government, and in addition the legislature of the

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    Conflict in Colombia

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    Conflict in Colombia Colombia is a Latin American country located in South America that has been ravaged by violence, starvation, and large-scale inequality between higher and lower classes. The chaos in Colombia has been between rebel forces and the government and has lasted for over fifty years. These rebel forces have fought to achieve their Liberalist lead goals of overthrowing the current democratic government of Colombia and replacing it with a communist government. La Violencia was the

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    The lack of positive peace in the GFA is a major problem for the overall well-being of Northern Irish society in terms of an integrated vision off Ireland. In this context, Gatlung’s positive peace process must include aspects of religious, cultural, economic, and civilian rights for Catholics in a primarily protestant culture. This defines some of the superficialities of the GFA as a legislative and institutional agreement, which do not reflect a more positive long-term peace process that integrates

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    Catholic marchers and the Protestant British paramilitary during a civil rights movement in the 1970’s. Greengrasse’s film could have been a useful tool for teaching the troubles if he had only added a few elements. One such element is information for example, if someone watched this film for fun with no prior knowledge of the troubles they would have literally no idea what is happening or at least they would be more biased toward the Irish over the paramilitary. This movie also lacks objectivity because

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    has ethical reasoning or not by the decision that’s made is either ethical or unethical. So according to the article Chiquita’s brand, company continues to pay payments to the paramilitary group to ensure the safety of all their employees. These payments that are being made are now considered to be illegal since the paramilitary group was classified as a terrorist group. The company is aware of this and still decided to continue making payments. So, to determine if the decision they made was either

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    the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, known as AUC for its Spanish initials." The significance is that Chiquita also payed FARC a similar amount of money to protect territory that was under their purview. Chiquita contracted guerillas and paramilitaries, so it is safe to assume that all Multinational corporations which only concern themselves with turning a profit, would do the same. It is logical that Chiquita would rent the best soil for their Banana crop in Colombia so it is not very far fetched

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    Case study: Coca-Cola in Columbia In the year 2001, the international labor rights funds as well the steelworkers union took coca cola to federal court. The two unions also sued two others bottlers Pan-American Beverages, Inc. as well as Bebidas Alimentos. The charges were against the torture and murder of Sinaltrainal leaders who were the representatives of workers in the bottler 's company. Accompanied in the lawsuit were also survivors of the alleged murders and who had been hired. The survivors

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    COLOMBIAN CONFLICT Introduction: The Colombian Conflict is a long drawn out, ongoing low-intensity intrastate war between the Colombian goverment, paramilitary troops, crime syndicates and left-wing guerrillas such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), with the Colombian goverment and the paramilitary troops combatting against the guerrillas. Its origins can be traced back to 1964. Since its inception, tens of thousands of people have been killed

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