PDF-Encouraging Ratification of Key International Treaties

Prospects are decidedly mixed for United States ratification of several longstanding international treaties such as the Womenx201Fs Convention CEDAW the Law of the Sea Convention the Convent. Used for presidential elections. Framers had concerns that voters wouldn’t make informed decisions. Each state selects electors equal in number to its congressional representation. Electors vote twice: once for president, once for vice president. . This lecture. Picking up the thread from lecture # 4: Scope of application of human rights treaties. The relationship with other areas of international law: International humanitarian law. Lecture # 4: . . by Annette Demers . BA LLB MLIS. International Law. All resources mentioned today are available from the law library website: . http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library. International Law. Public International Law – law between nations.. Allan Clear, Heather . Haase. , . Anistla. . Rugama. Harm Reduction Coalition, New York, NY. Harm Reduction and the International Drug Control System. International Drug Control System. Has its history in the 1912 Hague Opium Convention and the treaties negotiated after that in the League of Nations era. st. day sessions – Key Messages. Three Technical Sessions:. International Water Law . and . Governance by Juan Carlos;. Helsinki Water Convention – History, main provisions; institutional structure; current activities; and lessons learned by Sonja; and. The Importance of Treaties. Extradition is the act of returning a person to a jurisdiction in which he or she is charged with a crime for trial in that jurisdiction. Extradition. Pillar of international relations. End of the . Constitutional Convention. Ended Sept. 17, 1787 – . only . 39 men of 55 ultimately signed the . Constitution. Under . the Articles of Confederation, . all 13 states had to agree, . Under the Constitution, . Networking Meeting. November 2011. Why teach students about treaties?. “Treaty education is an important part of forging new ties. There must be an appreciation in the minds of the general public that Treaties are living, breathing documents that continue to bind us to promises made generations ago. This is why…government is committed to . Between 1927 & 1951 is was illegal for a First Nation to even hire a lawyer to negotiate with the government on their behalf.. The . gov’t. felt treaties set the First Nations apart from mainstream Canada.. Study – 3 minutes for Vocab Quiz. Homework. Check your Parts of the Constitution Packet / make changes. Ratification and the . Bill of Rights . Federalists and Antifederalists . By February . of . 1788, . “Killed some of them myself”. California Statue 133. An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians. 3. “Any person having or hereafter obtaining a minor Indian, male or female from the parents or relation of such Indian minor, and wishing to keep it, such a person will go before a justice of the Peace in his Township….”. Allan Clear, Heather . Haase. , . Anistla. . Rugama. Harm Reduction Coalition, New York, NY. Harm Reduction and the International Drug Control System. International Drug Control System. Has its history in the 1912 Hague Opium Convention and the treaties negotiated after that in the League of Nations era. Especially in a subject that students think they hate.. Critical Thinking and Knowledge. Thought and knowledge go together. Thinking is the strategy to arrive at informed criticism. Critical thinking has no conclusion. 1. What Makes a Treaty?. (1) the states intend the agreement to be legally binding under international law; . (2) the agreement deals with significant matters; . (3) it clearly describes the obligations of the parties; and .