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int'l law Final
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Undergraduate 3
06/17/2010

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5 Arctic Coastal Nations
Definition
Canada, Russia, Norway, U.S. and Denmark
Term
Northwest Passage
Definition
25% of the world's energy
Term
Mileage of zones (Baseline, TS, CZ and EEZ)
Definition
Baseline - 0mi
Territorial Seas - 12mi
Contiguous Zone - 24mi
Exclusive Economic Zone - 200mi
Term
Law of the Sea Convention
Definition
Each nation can have up to 200mi of continental shelf, however, can be extended:
Committee must receive request of extension for up to 350mi within 10yrs of treaty ratification
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Emergence of Human Rights
Definition
1945
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Individual rights
Definition
Granted by domestic legislation
Term
Lex Ferenda
Definition
"what the law should be"
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Lex lata
Definition
"the law as it exists"
Term
Causes of Human Rights Violations
Definition
Economic
Political
Cultural
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Basic Structure of Human Rights
Definition
1st generation:
Civil, Political
(Negative Rights)
2nd Generation:
Economic, Social
(Positive Rights)
3rd Generation:
(Group Rights)
Peace, Nukes and ecological etc.
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