International Regulation of Tourism in Antarctica Since the mid-1980s, Antarctica has been an increasingly popular tourist destination, despite the relative danger of visiting the largest, least explored -- and arguably least understood -- continent on earth. Beginning with the 1959 treaty establishing Antarctica as an international zone free of claims of sovereignty by nation's that had been instrumental in establishing research stations there, there has been almost constant negotiation about how

International Disasters and Humanitarian Law Great infrastructure damage and social dislocation have been common consequence of natural disasters and social disasters for example wars. The aims of relief and post-disaster reconstruction comprises of: Instant physical relief of victims Reduction of social dislocation Restoration of a function of social organization and reparation of physical infrastructure The major disaster or wars international actors are United Nations agencies and Red Cross Movement. International policies and laws have played a

Monetary Policy and International Exchange Rate Monetary Policy A factor leading to an increase in a supply of money is a rise in a demand for the bank reserves influencing an increase in the money supply. To prevent a rise in the money supply, the central bank will purchase bonds to increase the quantity of non-borrowed reserves in the economy thereby shifting the amount of money reserves to the right preventing the

Since this has been the case, there have been others that have called for the United Nations to deploy their Western European military forces to Darfur, as well as for the United States, whose military forces would also be seen to fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations, to send troops that could be utilized in helping to stabilize Darfur, but so far this has not taken place

Coping Through the Use of Informal Institutions during COVID-19 in South Africa, Nigeria, and SwazilandChapter 1: IntroductionThe global outbreak of COVID-19 raises many concerns regarding how individuals and communities who live in African countries, with fragile health systems, cope with the pandemic. During past pandemics, individuals and communities in Africa have relied on customary practices and traditions, also commonly referred to as informal institutions (Moore, 2020). Informal institutions have continued

Practice What examples of the history of a particular social problem or construct could you use to illustrate the importance of an historical perspective to social work practice? The prevalence of false confessions and coerced guilty pleas has received renewed attention, in light of the use of DNA evidence to prove the innocence of persons convicted of serious crimes (Innocence Project, 2011). To date, 289 individuals have been exonerated through post-conviction