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  2. Boos v. Barry - Wikipedia

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    Boos v. Barry, 485 U.S. 312 (1988), was a First Amendment rights case before the United States Supreme Court.The plaintiffs, a group protesting the Contra War and the jailing of Andrei Sakharov, challenged a District of Columbia code forbidding the display within 500 feet of an embassy of any sign that tends to bring the foreign government in question into "public odium" or "public disrepute."

  3. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    The right to send and receive diplomatic representation: jus naturale: natural law Laws common to all people, that the average person would find reasonable, regardless of their nationality. jus primae noctis: right of the first night Supposed right of the lord of an estate to take the virginity of women in his estate on their wedding night. jus ...

  4. Declaration of Helsinki - Wikipedia

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    To mark this special occasion, the WMA published "The World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: 1964-2014 50 Years of Evolution of Medical Research Ethics.". 2016: The Declaration of Taipei on Ethical Considerations regarding Health Databases and Biobanks finally complemented the Declaration of Helsinki. [83]

  5. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - Wikipedia

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    The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 is an international treaty that defines a framework for diplomatic relations between independent countries. [2] Its aim is to facilitate "the development of friendly relations" among governments through a uniform set of practices and principles; [3] most notably, it codifies the longstanding custom of diplomatic immunity, in which ...

  6. Medical diplomacy - Wikipedia

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    Medical diplomacy [1] [2] or public health diplomacy [3] is a form of diplomacy. It is the provision of medical assistance, including vaccines , or aid for the purpose of furthering national goals. It is often considered to be a form of soft power but it has various harder aspects .

  7. Diplomatic protection - Wikipedia

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    Diplomatic protection, which has been confirmed in different cases of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice, is a discretionary right of a state and may take any form that is not prohibited by international law. It can include consular action, negotiations with the other state, political and ...

  8. Medical ethics - Wikipedia

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    Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. [1] Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict.

  9. International law - Wikipedia

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    Bound volumes of the American Journal of International Law at the University of Münster in Germany. International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of rules, norms, legal customs and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.