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July Roundtable: The Un And Human Rights Introduction

Human Rights & Human Welfare

An annotation of:

“Another human-rights irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum. The Washington Post. May 4, 2010.

and

“UN elects rights violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith M. Lederer. Associated Press. May 13, 2010.

Perpetrators In Their Midst, David Akerson

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The two articles, “Another Human-Rights Irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum and “UN Elects Rights Violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith Lederer, both set forth the problems encountered by the UN Human Rights Council and its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission. Namely, that member states with notorious human rights records will exploit the Council to their political advantage. As Applebaum points out in her article, “authoritarian regimes have long battled to join the council...the better to prevent any outsiders from investigating their own governments.”

Human Rights Abusers, The Human Rights Council, And The Un, James Pattison

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The predecessor to the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human Rights, had several notable failings. These included double standards in the selection of which states were to be subject to scrutiny, membership of the Commission by states notable for their egregious human rights records, and the shielding of the P5 members of the Security Council and their allies from criticism. The Human Rights Council, it was hoped, would avoid these flaws and, in doing so, push human rights further up the UN agenda. For instance, the General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/251, which set up the Council, claimed that the Council’s …

A Review Of Petry & Madden’S Chapter Discounting And Pathologicalgambling In Impulsivity: The Behavioral And Neurologicalscience Of Discounting, Becky L. Nastally

Analysis of Gambling Behavior

Petry and Madden contribute a revealing chapter on the relationship between discounting and pathological gambling to Madden and Bickel’s (2010) Impulsivity: The Behavioral and Neurological Science of Discounting. Within the chapter, the authors note the increased interest in the topic of delay discounting and gambling while presenting some obscurities in the existing body of literature further research will need to address, including the co-occurring role of substance abuse in pathological gamblers. Additionally, the chapter outlines theoretical interpretations of discounting as they relate to gambling behavior as well as highlights the need for further research in the area of probability discounting …

Can Deaf People Survive "Deafness?", Jessica Rogers

JADARA

The article review was completed as an assignment for a Gallaudet University Counseling graduate course, “Psychosocial Aspects of Deafness, "reviewing MJ Bienvenu's (1991) article entitled "Can Deaf People Survive 'deafness?'" In the review, main points in Bienvenu's article are discussed and the author's reasons for reviewing this particular article are elaborated. Comparisons are made between issues within the Deaf community in 1991 and issues found today for the purpose of advocating Bienvenu's point; additionally, another article is presented to assist in Bienvenu's position. The author discusses the relevance of Bienvenu's article to her developing profession as a counselor for Deaf …

On The Wealth Of Nations By P.J. O'Rourke, Sonnet Frisbie

Global Tides

A book review of On the Wealth of Nations (2006) by P.J. O'Rourke.

The Assassins' Gate By George Packer, John Deniston

Global Tides

A book review of The Assassins' Gate (2005) by George Packer.

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq By Thomas E. Ricks, Kevin Mills

Global Tides

A book review of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006) by Thomas E. Ricks.

David E. Guinn On A Dictionary Of Human Rights (2nd Edition) By David Robertson. London, England: Europa Publications, 2004. 346pp., David E. Guinn

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

A Dictionary of Human Rights (2nd Edition) by David Robertson. London, England: Europa Publications, 2004. 346pp.

Book Review, Rit S. Wengel

The Bridge

No abstract provided.

Book Review, Todd F. Volyn

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the following book: CONRAD G. BRUNK, LAWRENCE HAWORTH & BRENDA LEE, VALUE ASSUMPTIONS IN Risk ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE ALACHLOR CONTROVERSY. (Wilfred Laurier University Press 1991) [161 pp.] Glossary, notes. C91-094453-9; ISBN: 0-88920-200-1. [Cloth $US 35.00. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5.]