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Universal Human Rights: Moral Order In A Divided World, David Reidy, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
Universal Human Rights: Moral Order In A Divided World, David Reidy, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
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Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept universal human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits nearly all nations of the world to promote, to realize and take action to achieve human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, yet this formal consensus masks an underlying confusion about the philosophical basis and practical implications of rights in a world made up of radically different national communities. This collection of essays explores the foundations of universal human rights in four sections devoted to their nature, application, enforcement and limits, concluding that shared rights help to …
Appendix E: Comments By Number, 2005, Us Army Corps Of Engineers
Appendix E: Comments By Number, 2005, Us Army Corps Of Engineers
US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations
This comments matrix, published in 2005, provides a summary of public comments made in 2005 regarding the proposed return of land to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. These comments were recorded from transcripts of three public meetings held in Bismarck, North Dakota (ND) on May 24; in Dickinson, ND on May 25; and in Williston, ND on May 26. The matrix also includes comments received outside these meetings via email and letter. The land return, based on the Mineral Restoration Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-602), proposed to return a portion of the land taken for …