Essays on Signatory

Events that led to the influx of refugees in Turkey

The Arab Spring that was experienced in African countries like Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, inspired the protest against President Bashar Hafez al-Assad’s government in March 2011. The government, in response, sent its forces to contain the protest, and as a result, Syria plunged into civil war (Carpenter 2). As the war continued, alliances, mini-alliances and shifts took place throughout the region, and this led to a complex situation as the war developed dimensions involving Islamic extremists, Assad’s government, rebel groups and ethnic groups. In July 2011, defectors from the Syrian army organized a Free Syrian Army and ...

Abstract

Since the end of the Great Wars, the international community has worked double time to improve the human rights conditions of the public. Throughout the conflicts that transpired for years, citizens were persecuted in the most horrific means in order to gain information or punish the innocent. Several important conventions were established after the war to fight against these torture incidents such as the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Convention. Many states are signatories of these Conventions; however, it is a question if these conventions can still be applicable today especially as several conflicts continue to ...

UAE Specific Trade Agreements

The UAE has become a very ineresting trading zone in the world. In order to ensure that there is peaceful and fair business practices, the UAE has employed the use of Trade agreements. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the first one. Its main goal was to build on achievements made as well as make stronger the ties among its participant countries which further sort to harmonize their economic, financial, monetary policies, their commercial and industrial legislation and custom laws (Dubaided, 2016). It is applicable to the following trade zones; Bahrain; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; UAE. Greater Arab ...

For the past few decades, there has been an increase in natural calamities that have been as a result of human activities. An increase in the overall atmospheric temperatures, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, mass extinction of entire species, flash floods and fluctuating weather patterns have become a common occurrence. Scientists raised alarm over this issue and slowly global warming has become a stark reality and imminent threat to the survival of humanity in years to come (Oreskes, 2004). With this in mind, there have been several global meetings aimed at charting the way forward and coming up with ...

I. Introduction A. Opening Remarks: For centuries, countries have been working on having easy access to foreign markets for a variety of reasons. B. Thesis Statement: Although the NAFTA presented positive changes to the economies of all signatories, the labor market suffered in some areas of the United States and Mexico due to the changing labor demand in the market and the lack of opportunities for the rural folk. II. Background of the NAFTA A. History: Economic integration has long been an issue discussed by North American governments since the 1900s. B. Aims: Under the NAFTA, each signatory will ...