Twenty-three States have also enacted term limits on their Federal congressional delegations. Of these 23 States, 21 passed term limits by ballot initiatives, with average support exceeding 64 percent. The remaining States, Utah and New Hampshire, passed term limits laws through their State legislatures. Does the Florida Senate have termRead More →
To date, six countries have ratified the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) – Argentina, Ecuador, Fiji, Namibia, Somalia and Uruguay. Ratifying countries are legally bound by the provisions of the Convention a year after ratification. Are ILO recommendations ratified? Out of 58 Conventions and 1 Protocol ratified byRead More →
Elements that typically distinguish epics include superhuman deeds, fabulous adventures, highly stylized language, and a blending of lyrical and dramatic traditions. Beowulf qualifies as an epic poem on several of these criteria. First, it is book-length, and it is a story that is written in the verse format. How doesRead More →
Article 1 (definition of the child) Everyone under 18 years of age has all the rights in this convention. Who are Rights holders under CRC? Young children are rights holders. The Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as “every human being below the age of eighteenRead More →
In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution. The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan Dayton, aged 26, to Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, who was so infirm that he had to be carried to sessions in a sedan chair. Who was theRead More →
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans. WhatRead More →
Verifiability means that it should be possible for an organization’s reported financial results to be reproduced by a third party, given the same facts and assumptions. What is verifiability in accounting terms? A company’s accounting results are verifiable when they’re reproducible, so that, given the same data and assumptions, anRead More →
The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. Who spoke at the 1848 Seneca Falls conference? Seneca Falls Convention, assembly held on July 19–20, 1848, at Seneca Falls, New York, that launched the woman suffrageRead More →
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention did not represent a cross-section of 1787 America. The Convention included no women, no slaves, no Native Americans or racial minorites, no laborers. What was not present at the Constitutional Convention? Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson,Read More →
A total of 53 countries signed and ratified the convention, among them Germany and the United States. Most notably, the Soviet Union did not sign the Convention. Japan did sign, but did not ratify it. When did America sign the Geneva Convention? The 1864 Convention was signed by twelve nations.Read More →