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UN Human Rights Council: Convention Against Torture, Part II
Part IIArticle 17There shall be established a Committee against Torture (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) which shall carry out the functions hereinafter provided. The Committee shall…UN Human Rights Council: Convention Against Torture, Part III
Part IIIArticle 25This Convention is open for signature by all States.This Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of…2009 Science News: Fossilized Specimens in Human Evolution Discovered, Refuted
Major science news stories, from the fossil Ardi to new mammogram recommendations by Holly B. Miller Drawing of Human Skull Related Links 2009 Year…March 2016: In Go Match Between Human and Computer, the Computer Wins
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of March 2016. In Go…Burckhardt, Jacob Christoph
(Encyclopedia) Burckhardt, Jacob or Jakob ChristophBurckhardt, Jacob or Jakob Christophyäˈkôp krĭsˈtôf b&oobreve;rkˈhärt [key], 1818–97, Swiss historian, one of the founders of the cultural…Ray, Satyajit
(Encyclopedia) Ray, SatyajitRay, Satyajitsätyäˈjĭt rī, rā [key], 1921–92, Indian film director, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). His subtle, austere, and delicately lyrical films made him one of the…perspective
(Encyclopedia) perspective, in art, any method employed to represent three-dimensional space on a flat surface or in relief sculpture. Although many periods in art showed some progressive diminution…Renaissance
(Encyclopedia) RenaissanceRenaissancerĕnəsänsˈ, –zänsˈ [key] [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times.…Tillich, Paul Johannes
(Encyclopedia) Tillich, Paul JohannesTillich, Paul Johannestĭlˈĭk [key], 1886–1965, American philosopher and theologian, b. Germany, educated at the universities of Berlin, Tübingen, Halle, and…Faulkner, William
(Encyclopedia) Faulkner, William, 1897–1962, American novelist, b. New Albany, Miss., one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Born into an old Southern family named Falkner, he changed…Trending
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