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Conflict of laws (also called private international law) is the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrence that has connections to more than one jurisdiction. [1]
Pan-Pacific Union (acronym PPU; alternate name Union Panpacifique; est. 1912) was an American organization founded in 1912 [a] in Honolulu, Hawaii by Alexander Hume Ford. [2] It was directed by men of every nation about the Pacific Ocean for the purpose of bringing the countries into close and more friendly relationship and understanding. [ 3 ]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
Peace Pledge Union poster. The PPU emerged from an initiative by Hugh Richard Lawrie 'Dick' Sheppard, canon of St Paul's Cathedral, [2] in 1934, after he had published a letter in the Manchester Guardian and other newspapers, inviting men (but not women) to send him postcards pledging never to support war.
ECOSOC Resolution 2007/25: Support to non-self-governing territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations (26 July 2007)
The unequal treaties were a series of agreements made between Asian countries—most notably Qing China, Tokugawa Japan and Joseon Korea—and Western countries—most notably the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, the United States and Russia—during the 19th and early 20th centuries. [1]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [c] commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, [d] is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.Together, its member states represent a population of more than 600 million people and land area of over 4.5 million km 2 (1.7 million sq mi). [13]
International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello). [1] [2] It is a branch of international law that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not participating in hostilities and by restricting and regulating the means and methods of warfare available to combatants.