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Now in its 30th edition, the Europa International Foundation
Directory 2021 provides an unparalleled guide to the foundations,
trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs, and other similar
not-for-profit organizations of the world. It provides a
comprehensive picture of third sector activity on a global scale.
Users will find names and contact details for some 2,690
institutions worldwide. This new edition has been revised and
expanded to include the most comprehensive and up-to-date
information on this growing sector. Indexes allow the reader to
find organizations by area of activity (including conservation and
the environment, science and technology, education and social
welfare) and geographical region of operations (e.g. South America,
Central America and the Caribbean, Australasia, Western Europe and
North America). Contents include: A comprehensive directory section
organized by country or territory; Details of co-ordinating bodies,
and of foundations, trusts and non-profit organizations; A full
index of organizations, and indexes by main activity and by
geographical area of activity.
The second volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and
International Law (BYEIL) focuses on the United Nations Convention
on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), which was
signed 40 years ago. The contributions analyse a broad range of
aspects and reflect the latest developments; those in the permanent
sections on European Law and International Law explore contemporary
challenges in public and private law disciplines, offering fresh
new perspectives on established concepts.
Known as the official handbook of the federal government, this
annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies
of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as
quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the
United States participates, boards, commissions, and committees.
Each agency's description consists of a list of principal
officials; a summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in
the federal government; a brief history of the agency, including
its legislative or executive authority; and a description of
consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment, and
publications.
COVID-19 and the wide range of emergency measures that governments
and policy makers have introduced in the name of fighting the
pandemic have shaped our lives over the past year and a half. The
thirteenth edition of the European Yearbook on Human Rights takes
the opportunity to reflect on the impact that COVID-19 has had on
human rights and to assess the proportionality and necessity of
state responses to the pandemic in order to ensure a resilient
human rights system in the future. Renowned scholars, emerging
voices and practitioners provide a cross-section of human rights
issues in their contributions. These issues range from the
underlying considerations of justice and equality and access to
resources, to the protection of core human rights during the
pandemic, such as the right to health, the right to hold democratic
elections and the protection of vulnerable groups, including the
elderly, persons with disabilities and migrants. In this way, the
European Yearbook on Human Rights 2021 raises awareness of the
complexities of human rights protection during a pandemic and
beyond, and stimulates debate and further research in the field in
order to ensure that future responses to crises not only pay
respect to human rights, but are rooted in them.
The main theme of this volume of the Yearbook of International
Humanitarian Law is the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.
The evolution of these crucial treaties and international
humanitarian law more generally comes back in six chapters
addressing topics such as sieges, compliance, indiscriminate
attacks and non-state armed groups. The second part of the book
contains a chapter on the acquittal on appeal of Jean-Pierre Bemba
Gombo by the International Criminal Court on the basis of command
responsibility for war crimes, as well as an extensive Year in
Review describing the most important events and legal developments
in the area of international humanitarian law that took place in
2019. The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law is the world's
only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws governing
armed conflict. It provides a truly international forum for
high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this
crucial branch of international law. Distinguished by contemporary
relevance, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law bridges
the gap between theory and practice and serves as a useful
reference tool for scholars, practitioners, military personnel,
civil servants, diplomats, human rights workers and students.
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