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| The expectations held by participants about normal relations among states |
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| international organizations |
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| IGO's such as the UN and NGO's such as the ICRC |
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| The founding document of the United Nations; it is based on the principles that states are equal, have sovereignty over their own affairs, enjoy independence and territorial integrity, and must fulfill international obligations. It also lays out the structure and methods of the UN |
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| A body composed of representatives of all states of all states that allocates UN funds, pases non-binding resolutions and coordinates third-world development programs and various autonomous agencies throughout the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) |
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| A body of five great powers (which can veto resolutions) and ten rotating member states that make decisions about international peace and security including the dispatch of UN peacekeeping forces |
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| The UN's executive branch, led by the secretary-general |
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| The use of military peacekeepers, civilian administration, police trainers, and similar efforts to sustain peace agreements and build stable, democratic governments in societies recovering from civil wars. |
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| UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
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| A structure established in 1964 to promote third world development through various trade proposals |
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| World Health Organization (WHO) |
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| An organization based in Geneva that provides technical assistance to improve health condition in third world and conducts major immunization campaigns |
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| World Court (International Court of Justice) |
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| The judicial arm of the UN; located in The Hague, it hears only cases between states |
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| National laws that establish the conditions under which foreigners may travel and visit within a state's territory, work within a state, and sometimes become citizens of the state (naturalization) |
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| The process by which the status of embassies and that of an ambassador as an official state representative are explicitly defined |
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| A privilege under which diplomats' activities fall outside the jurisdiction of the host country's national courts |
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| A category in international law and political theory that defines when wars can be justly started (jus ad bellum) and how they can be justly fought (jus in bello) |
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| The rights of all people to be free from abuses such as torture or imprisonment for their political beliefs (political and civil rights), and to enjoy certain minimum economic and social protections (economic and social rights) |
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) |
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| The core UN document on human rights; although it lacks the force of international law, it sets forth international norms regarding behavior by governments towards their own citizens and foreigners alike |
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| an influential nongovernmental organization that operates globally to monitor and try to rectify glaring abuses of political (not economic or social) human rights |
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| responsibility to protect |
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| Principle adopted by world leaders in 2005 holding governments responsible for protecting civilians from genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated within a sovereign state |
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| Violations of the law governing the conduct of warfare, such as mistreating prisoners of war or unnecessarily targeting civilians |
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| A category of legal offenses created by at the Nuremberg trials after World War II to encompass genocide and other acts committed by the political and military leaders of the Third Reich |
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| International Criminal Court (ICC) |
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| A permanent tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity |
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| Soldiers who have surrendered (and therefore receive special status under the laws of war) |
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| International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |
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| A NGO that provides practical support, such as medical care, food, and letters from home, to civilians caught in wars and to prisoners of war (POWs). Exchanges of POWs are usuall regulated through this. |
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