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2. United Nations - Wikipedia

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   United Nations. The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3]

3. Missing person - Wikipedia

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   A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of ...

4. Right of asylum - Wikipedia

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   The right of asylum (sometimes called right of political asylum; from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon) 'sanctuary') is an ancient juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another entity which in medieval times could offer sanctuary.

5. Sovereign citizen movement - Wikipedia

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   Sovereign citizen movement. The sovereign citizen movement (also SovCit movement or SovCits) [1] is a loose group of anti-government activists, litigants, tax protesters, financial scammers, and conspiracy theorists based mainly in the United States. Sovereign citizens have their own pseudolegal belief system based on misinterpretations of ...

6. United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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   The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London lit up in purple to mark 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities The Disability flag created for this day. International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been observed with varying ...

7. Personhood - Wikipedia

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   Personhood is the status of being a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law and is closely tied with legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality, and liberty. According to law, only a legal person (either a natural or a juridical person) has rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities, and ...