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Irish Struggle for Freedom : Landmark Events

Irish Struggle for Freedom : Landmark Events Ireland was inhabited by Celts from about the sixth century B.C. English invasions began in the twelfth century under Henry II, although the whole of Ireland was not conquered until the time of the Tudors. Revolts against English rule had led to English and Scottish families being settled on confiscated land; in parts of Ulster the descendants of Protestant settlers form the majority. Following centuries of rebellions and revolutionary struggle for independence,…

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Irish Republican Brotherhood : America and Canada

Irish Republican Brotherhood : American and Canada The word Fenian is derived from the old Irish ‘féne’ the name of an ancient Irish people. Fenians were members of the most important nineteenth century covert revolutionary nationalist organisation the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).  It derived some of its inspiration from the United Irishmen of the 1790s. It was founded in 1858, in part to perpetrate the militant ideals of the Young Ireland movement and its failed Rising in 1848. The…

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Recommandations contre l’esclavage, le racisme et les discriminations en Mauritanie. Par Diko Hanoune

Recommandations contre l’esclavage, le racisme et les discriminations en Mauritanie. Par Diko Hanoune Elles sont adressées à l’état Mauritanien qui passera son Examen Périodique Universel (EPU) en janvier 2021. Nous recommandons à l’état Mauritanien de sanctionner les magistrats qui refusent de prendre en charge ou d’introduire  des plaintes  concernant l’esclavage et ses séquelles. C’est le cas dans la région du Guidimakha. Fixer le délai maximum de l’instruction à 3 mois, l’organisation  d’un procès dans les 3 mois pour tout…

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Jean Claude Pallas The Guardian of the Palais des Nations

Jean Claude Pallas The Guardian of the Palais des Nations « Defenseur du Palais des Nations » – this is how Jean Claude Pallas is known at the UNOG and internationally. His contribution to the preservation of the Palais des Nations is remarkable, in this sense he is The Guardian of the Palais. His book «Histoire et architecture du Palais des Nations (1924-2001). L’Art Déco au service des relations internationales» can be seen on the shelves of home libraries of…

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The Older you Get, Editorial

The older you get… EITORIAL – DIVA “The older you get, the quicker the years pass by,” my colleague observed the other day. “Did you know that, according to some contemporary historians, the most important year in the twentieth century was 1979? I presume that was before 2020 and the Covid19 that knocked out the whole world for quite some time. Generations after us will definitely be curious to know what it was like to live under these conditions….

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VOCABLE NOIR ET RACISME par Frankh-Anta

VOCABLE NOIR ET RACISME par Frankh-Anta Racisme systématique, racisme systématique, racisme institutionnel, racisme tout court, peu importe le vocable. Ce qu’il faut retenir, c’est le dénominateur commun : le RACISME. Le reste est la forme qu’il prend dans la pratique. Le racisme demeure OMNIPRÉSENT et il se manifeste sous diverses formes. Il cause beaucoup de mal aux victimes, à titre d’exemple, le démantèlement de la famille, faute d’emploi, malgré la qualification des membres; certains grands intellectuels se réfugient dans l’industrie…

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Peggy Hinaekian by Marit Fosse

Peggy Hinaekian by Marit Fosse My artistic career started very early in life. It started in Egypt where I was born and grew up. Having demonstrated above the norm abilities in drawing, my father encouraged me and bought me the necessary tools to go ahead in my endeavors. I became an avid doodler and drew on any paper I could find. Even in my text books. I took some art courses in my teens but they were very unsatisfactory….

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Ceremony of Depositing […] Joining the “Marrakesh Treaty” by Turkmenistan was Held in Geneva

CEREMONY OF DEPOSITING THE INSTRUMENT ON JOINING THE “MARRAKESH TREATY” BY TURKMENISTAN WAS HELD IN GENEVA On the 15th of October, 2020, the ceremony of presenting the Instrument on Turkmenistan’s joining the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled” of 2013, signed by the President of Turkmenistan, to the WIPO’s Director General Daren Tang was held in the World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters in Geneva. In the…

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Marit Fosse passionately plays with colors on canvas by Lori Ann Reinhall

Marit Fosse passionately plays with colors on canvas by Lori Ann Reinhall (The Norwegian American) “Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting … stop thinking!” LORI ANN REINHALL – The Norwegian American, In an exclusive interview, Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall gets up close and personal with Marit Fosse, longtime contributor to The Norwegian American. Fosse trained as an economist from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen and then earned a doctorate in social sciences….

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A Changing Image of International Investment Law by Asel SOORBEKOVA

INTRODUCTION International Investment Law is the branch of International Law that governs relationships between sovereign States and foreign investors, whether the latter are natural or juridical persons. To put it in other words, think of multi-national enterprises (MNEs), opening their presence and creating businesses and job opportunities in foreign countries. It is a well-known fact that International Investment Law (IIL) is one of a kind and the only branch of International Law, whereas host States are ready to give up a part of their…

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