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and map user needs; hazard assessment approach; map availability and accessibility; and external (e.g., political) influences. Insights shared included the importance of: visual design elements, map ... . If they are developed, communicated, and used appropriately for a given volcanic setting and cultural and political context, hazard maps can help guide mitigation measures such as land use and
for V (Marzocchi and Woo 2009; Marzocchi et al. 2012) , but this can be dependent on the financial means available and political priorities at the time. However, attributing a financial value to a ... fatalities may contradict and not align with the risk appetite in many contexts. In the case of New Zealand legislation and low societal and political risk tolerance, fatalities are not considered acceptable
and social hardship and even political complexity. According to Gaillard (2008) , there are two views on how people respond to volcanic hazards. One considers mainly the volcanic phenomena and ... associated risk, and the other takes into account the economic, social and political aspects. Bridging between the two views is even more complicated in disaster management, although cooperation between the
identity. Significant barriers to indigenization include not only political, economic, and social obstacles, but also psychological reliance upon the colonizing nation, the inability to recall the memory of ... 32 (discussing estimates of American Indian depopulation since 1492). 15. Such an argument dovetails with the political philosophy known as communitarianism. See generally MICHAEL J. SANDEL
between violations of Civil and Political Rights (CPR) and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR), using Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as an example. The TRC's findings show how ... York University School of Law (J.D.). She has been involved in Peru's political transition since 2002 in different capacities, most recently as a legal consultant and human rights educator of victim
initiatives without broader gains in allowing political dissent, causing a number of commentators to refer to them as "hostage-diplomacy." ... term in context of Peruvian hostage crisis). It has, however, been used in the context of political prisoners before, see Policy Towards the United States "Matter of Concern",BBC SUMMARY OF WORLD
absence of basic services like health care and electricity- require new strategies and incentives to encourage governments to play their traditional role more effectively. Political economic theories of the ... . Political economic theories of the "resource curse" see the breakdown of a sense ofgovernment accountabilityto its people as one of the more destructive aspects of excessive reliance on natural resource rents
Legal pluralism - defined as a situation in which "more than one legal system operate(s) in a single political unit" - is a practical reality in a large number of countries in the world, most notably ... traditions or free of at least some elements that belong to western modernity. It is therefore that African governments have . . . to make decisions about the legal and political position of both tradition and
The Experience of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law, edited by EvaBrems, positions itself in the midst of a political, cultural, and intimately personal debate enveloping Europe over what is ... withdrawal from society. Individually, the empirical country studies are not repetitive; each adds something new to the conversation by weaving personal narratives with the particular history and political
citizenship. Free movement rights have allowed European citizens to cross borders and participate more nearly as political and legal equals within the host society. At the same time, however, European ... UNION The European Union (EU) is an ongoing project in diversity management.' Member states bring their own histories, languages, economies, and political cultures to a common table in Brussels, and the
theories of contemporary human rights, which envision rights in a world not dominated by the sovereignty of nation-states, did not evolve out of historic discussions of political and human rights. Moyn ... political standards it champions and the emotional passion it inspires, this program draws on the image of a place that has not yet been called into being. It promises to penetrate the impregnability of state
the Toledo District, its most southern political subdivision. The rural parts of the Toledo District that are affected by the concessions are inhabited primarily by Maya people, descendants of the Maya ... period for establishing legal estates in land by adverse possession to thirty years against the Crown and twelve years against private subjects. 7 15 By the same philosophy through which settlers that
components. First, it should satisfy a goal of equal treatment by rebalancing the existing distribution of economic and political influence in order to give all nations the ability to s1hape the global ... violates the rights of persons in developing countries." Political officials in China and India, in rejecting recent suggestions that developing countries should take on binding targets in the next
“Dignity” is suddenly everywhere in law and philosophy, even though it has long been in decline in general usage. In a popular view, this prominence is essentially due to World War II’s aftermath ... yet concerned by the Jewish tragedy. And while it is certainly true that Kant occasionally referenced dignity, none of his political disciples have made anything of this fact—and his current
metaphysics is naturalism. (3) From (1) and (2) together follows that Williams' concept of philosophy is non-autonomous one. (4) The aim of the philosophy according to that concept is to make sense out of human ... filozoficznej autor Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy zdecydowanie preferował formę eseju filozoficznego, który niejako z założenia wymyka się systematycznej interpretacji. Co więcej, Williams był myślicielem
human rights protection, the Convention envisioned a broader notion of equality between the sexes, beyond the norm of anti-differentiation. It aspired to eliminate the subordination of women in political ... the distinction. 3. See, e.g., International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), openedfor signature Dec. 19, 1966, arts. 2 and 26, 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (undertaking to ensure to all within
Steven D. Roper and Lilian A. Barria, professors in the Department of Political Science at Eastern Illinois University, are frequent collaborators on scholarly work concerning criminal tribunals ... century as a reflection of political realities,"1 Roper and Barria argue "that legal concerns are embedded within a political process (either domestic or international) in which rights and obligations are
, Malilipot, and Bacacay). In the Philippines, governance is structured into three (3) levels- provinces, cities or municipalities, and barangays. The general administrative and political term for these units ... “voluntary” evacuees may not reflect well on the local leaders and could have negative implications on the future political hold in the area. Neither action solves the issue of the farmers not having direct
-scale and estate agriculture with respect to product range and productivity; and vulnerability to external political and economic shocks, as well as other factors on account of the country's landlocked ... . Just like the OHCHR, the ADB similarly adopts Sen's philosophy, stating that for a background of the development of a holistic concept of poverty, we have to look to Sen's work. AMARTYA SEN, DEVELOPMENT
perception, we must look at what they fear. Since 1945, the international legal system, at the initiative of leading Western modernizing states, has established a set of ground rules of political and other ... of political and other social organizationbased upon what it considers to be universally valid and self-evident principles. These ground rules are embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
