Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as “to undertake research and action paying attention on preventing and ending abuses of the rights to physical and mental honesty, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from favoritism, within the background of its work to promote all human rights.” And it was […]
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International Opium Convention
The International Opium Convention, signed at The Hague on January 23, 1912, was the first international drug control treaty. The United States convened a 13-nation conference of the International Opium Commission in 1909 in Shanghai, China in answer to increasing criticism of the opium trade. The treaty was signed by Germany, the United States, China, […]
Lies, Damned Lies And Polls
Most of the people depend on the data. From product development to demographic targeting to campaign measurement, data inform our actions and gauge our success. In last presidential primary pollsters asked, “Who will you vote for?” when what everyone actually wanted to know was “Who is going to win?” The answer to the first question […]