Sentences with phrase «by civil conflicts»

He said, «Men, women and children are forced by civil conflicts, prosecutions, wars, natural disasters and even climate change to move from their homes to places of refuge, safety and succour.

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«The conflicts over pipelines now have in some way been inspired by Clayoquot Sound, and if there's ever a time when one of the two big pipeline proposals in BC... get approved, I think you'll see a civil disobedience campaign that will dwarf the one that occurred in Clayoquot Sound.»

Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

By contrast to the model of the two World Wars, as well as to imagined models of global nuclear holocaust, the actual face of warfare since 1945 has been that of civil wars and regional armed conflicts.

By the same token, conflict between rival groups within a society may be intensified by differences in their net reproduction rates; such differences may have implications for the tenor of civil life or the composition and character of the national directorate, factors that may play a decisive role in determining the climate for developmenBy the same token, conflict between rival groups within a society may be intensified by differences in their net reproduction rates; such differences may have implications for the tenor of civil life or the composition and character of the national directorate, factors that may play a decisive role in determining the climate for developmenby differences in their net reproduction rates; such differences may have implications for the tenor of civil life or the composition and character of the national directorate, factors that may play a decisive role in determining the climate for development.

In this struggle, the major conflict is with the unchecked individualism of civil society, or the «system of needs,» both real and imaginary.17 This dialectical process has in Hegel's modern world surpassed the stage of revolution, which in the shape of the French Revolution was itself a necessary moment in the process by which the emergence of the state occurred.

The conflict between the Myanmar government and the Karen and other ethnic groups such as the Karenni, Mon and Shan is considered by many analysts to be the longest - running civil war in the world.

The radical paradigm that informs the new racism is a melodrama of social domination and political liberation: domination by an oppressing class, liberation through civil conflict.

Nicaraguans, we are repeatedly told, did not vote against the Sandinistas but only against the civil conflict and economic misery imposed by the U.S..

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

There is the «conflict trap,» in which countries are destroyed, economically, by civil wars and / or genocides.

The research shows that a civil disagreement followed by working things through to a solution, and affectionately making up, can teach kids valuable lessons about working through conflicts constructively.

The facility serves 45,000 people, many of whom have been displaced by the 2004 tsunami or civil conflict.

Other recent research by her has focused on the role of women in radical movements in Northern Nigeria, the conflict in Yemen, and on civil society in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.

The country was riven apart by domestic political conflicts between president and parliament that at times verged on civil war.

The adoption of mass protest over armed conflict is to be welcomed after decades of vicious civil wars, often perpetrated by small groups of armed men with no broad - based political agenda and little desire to shape one.

The difficulties posed by multiparty conflicts such as the war in Syria are important to recognize, because the proportion of civil wars involving more than two combatants seems to be increasing.

As long as the conflict is framed by other parties as a conflict between the ruling - AKP and the PKK, civil war remains an unlikely outcome.

«It therefore appears that this was not properly drawn up by civil servants in order to avoid conflicts of interest in government, but hastily cobbled together after Mr Crosby had become a political embarrassment to the Conservative party,» Trickett wrote in a reply to Heywood's letter.

He is the author of «Barriers to Peace in Civil Wars», which was published by Cambridge University Press, as well as articles in the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Journal of Peace Research.

Those who are agitating for a re-run were not born by 1967 and have no idea of the horrendous consequences of the civil conflict which we went through.

A dust storm that blanketed seven nations in the Middle East in late summer 2015 was caused by climate factors and unusual weather, not human conflict in Syria, concluded researchers including Elie Bou - Zeid, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton.

The executive order tosses a grenade into efforts to find safe havens in the United States for scholars displaced by the civil war in Syria and simmering conflicts in Iraq and Yemen.

The ore taken from Nevada's Comstock load financed the means by which we preserved the Union during the Civil War, and Nevada has hosted aboveground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site, the result being a weapon of such mass destruction that it swiftly brought the end to the World War II conflict.

Seeming to foreshadow France's civil unrest in May of 1968, the director is shaken by the crisis and irrevocably changed by his own deep - rooted conflicts and misunderstandings.

Dee Rees's terrific Mudbound, which has been acquired by Netflix, follows a white family and a black family in post — Civil War Mississippi, digging into the ways their dynamics have and haven't changed since the conflict.

Bill, meanwhile, who, in an early scene, is saved by Sookie from «drainers» — rogue humans who steal vampires» blood for its notorious sensory - and libido - enhancing properties (and, naturally, its black - market value)-- is eager to settle down in sleepy Bon Temps, and may get the welcome mat if Sookie's kind grandmother (Lois Smith) can get her Civil War society to accept a real (if not technically «alive») veteran of that conflict speaking at one of their functions.

Similar to Winter Solider, Civil War also has trouble delivering a satisfying payoff to the intriguing questions and dilemmas that it presents during its first act; but again like its predecessor, Civil War helps to make up the difference in this respect by serving up compelling character - driven drama / conflict during its third act.

Set to be introduced in Civil War ahead of his own stand - alone film in 2018, Black Panther will show up as more of a neutral party in the conflict over the superhero - registering Sokovia Accords backed by Tony «Iron Man» Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and resisted by Steve «Captain America» Rogers (Chris Evans), though he'll lean towards Tony's side of the argument.

Scorsese himself seems less interested in screenwriters Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan's plot concerns than the real - life events; the power of the film's climax derives largely from his stunning recreation of the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots than the resolution of the Amsterdam - Bill conflict, and the needless voiceover narration provided by DiCaprio (reportedly an addition that came late in the long post-production — and does that ever show) revels largely in extraneous historical details.

In the Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Civil War (Scholastic, Inc.), historian and author Catherine Clinton provides a detailed, year - by - year account of one of the most heartbreaking conflicts in the nation's history.

But unlike anywhere else, they'll be doing so by studying Nevada mining, conflict, and compromise among native tribes in Northern Nevada, and Nevada statehood and the state's role in the Civil War — Common Core units developed by the Core Task Project.

This film explores the long struggle for black civil rights, reminding us that the pace of progress is often accompanied by conflict and compromise.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a more ambitious novel than The Kite Runner, with a wider and deeper historical and cultural scope that illuminates the last three decades of Afghan history during which the country has been inflicted by coups and counter-coups, an anti-Soviet jihad, civil war, warlord and Taliban tyranny, and post 9/11 conflict.

Russia was in complete disorder due to numerous internal conflicts and civil disturbances, all believed to be caused by the covert actions of Mishima Zaibatsu operatives.

The American Civil War was one of the first conflicts to be extensively documented by photography.

Although they were inspired by the Spanish Civil War, these works are by no means intended as illustrations of the conflict.

Doris Salcedo carries out extensive research into the lives of those affected by Colombia's civil war, a conflict that has lasted intermittently since 1948.

Pallant House Gallery, Chichester A new show of UK artists» responses to the Spanish civil war is dominated by Picasso's emotive works, but British artists also realised Spain was an ominous testing ground for future conflict

Dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video documents in the public realm, the role of memory and narrative within discourses of conflict, and the construction of histories of art in the Arab world, Raad's work is informed by his upbringing in Lebanon during the civil war (1975 — 91), and by the socioeconomic and military policies that have shaped the Middle East in the past few decades.

The KPCS was negotiated by governments, civil society organizations and the diamond trade, in response to a civil society campaign against the trade in conflict diamonds.

... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.

It should be as obvious as a pair of huge skyscrapers, aircraft crashing into them, igniting balls of flame, the murder of 3,000 people, followed by more than a decade of war, involving many countries, the descent of many countries into civil conflict, and the emergence of a brutal religious cult that posts videos of beheadings to the internet.

That could conflict with the Overriding Objective pursuant to Part 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 i.e. the parties will not be on an equal footing Defendants are almost always represented by Solicitors that are funded via the insurers and / or professional claims handlers.

What type or level of interference by other states changes the character of a civil war into an international armed conflict?

However, the fundamental civil and political rights protected by the ICCPR have not been fully implemented in Canada, or when implemented, it has been in a very narrow and limited manner, particularly when these rights come into conflict with large corporations as SLAPPs demonstrate.

STAND Canada started right here at my University of Western Ontario in 2005, after things had considerably improved in Darfur, by students with surprisingly little background in African history and conflicts, or humanitarian and civil rights issues.

Educates the public, the legal profession, and the judiciary about the value of mediation and how it effectively, efficiently, and fairly resolves conflict, by providing mediation services to litigants and their attorneys in the civil divisions of Denver's County and Small Claims Courts.

The emphasis in Pt 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules on the experts» duty to the court, and the several decisions of the appellate courts concerning experts» conflicts of interest and independence, has encouraged a more professional approach by the vast majority of experts.

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