Presidents Immunities Form international crimes under the International Criminal Code... Study Warrant for Sudan's President

This study is an attempt to highlight the responsibility a president for committing international crimes under the Criminal law, the legal status of the President of the International, and to what  extent the principles of international criminal law are opposed to the concept of national sovereignty of states, and define the concept of criminal responsibility of presents in the international criminal law, in addition, focusing  the issue of Sudan's president with the International Criminal Court . This study aims to illustrate the evolution of the principle of criminal responsibility of the president in international criminal law, from the formation of temporary military courts in Tokyo, Leipzig and Nuremberg, and later in Ronda and the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone and ending with the birth of the International Criminal Court. While devoting the principle of criminal responsibility of presidents for international crimes under international criminal law, other principles of customary international law started to be limited and fade, as the principle of national sovereignty of States and the immunities and privileges that presidents enjoy. According to this development it is no longer possible to plead the constitutional and international immunities for the exemption from prosecution and punishment, as the item 27 of Court criminal system confirmed of official capacity as a contraceptive trial and punishment, and thus treats the president treatment of any other person in front of the International Criminal Court in the event of proven involvement of committing international crimes. Hence this study aims to reveal the discrepancy between the legal status of the president in the international public and international criminal laws, and the extent of prejudice to the implementation of the principles of international criminal law to the sovereignty of States, as well as to clarify the privacy of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and superiority upon the national jurisdiction of States. The study comes with a dangerous precedent is the issuance of the arrest warrant against Sudanese President by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, it is the first event to the President who is still in power after the trial of former Yugoslav "Milosevic" at the Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia, as well as the president's trial Charles Taylor, and attempts to prosecute former Chilean President "Pinochet". In this context, this study shows the most important legal and political dimensions to accuse the Sudanese President, and determine the constitutional and international immunities at the Criminal Court and the legal basis for his criminal responsibility, in addition to the emphasis on the question of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court on the case of Sudan or not and the powers of the Security Council to end the crisis between Sudan and International Criminal Court. Key words: Criminal Court, international immunities, Criminal law, International crime, international law

The International Efforts to Encounter the Phenomenon of International Terrorism

Arab collective security must therefore have its own assessments emanating from the regional reality on which Arab collective national security priorities are prioritized. The emergence of transnational terrorist groups poses a great threat to Arab security, and the emergence of a failed or soft state is a very dangerous phenomenon on the Arab national security, as well as illegal immigration due to the prevailing conditions in the Arab region and the neighboring countries of Africa, the illicit drug trafficking and the dangers of using social networks and their use as a means of influencing the Arab youth sector through influence or the birth of the formation of Arab identity comes as an emerging Arab heritage and culture and authentic Arab identity and affiliation account. The use of the term "security" refers back to the end of the Second World War. A stream of literature began to look at how to achieve security and avoid war. The result was the emergence of theories of deterrence and balance. Then the National Security Council was established. There have been several publications in this field, and concepts have been common in this context under the names of many of them - "American national security" and "European security" and "national security of the Soviet Union" before disintegration, China's security and national security, Indian national security and Arab national security. Every country or  nation is trying to formulate its concept and strategy of security according to what it considers its field  as vital security in the surrounding circle, which has the capacity to influence them, or can be a serious threat to their interests and sometimes to exist, and intersect or intertwine some countries and nations in their vital fields Security of its geographic contiguity or its ability to deploy the force crossing its borders economically, culturally or where the range of its missiles, aircraft or warships. Since the national security: is the state's ability to protect its territory, resources and interests from external military threats and internal threats. In the face of globalization, there have been shifts in the concept of security, most notably power, which is no longer linked to the military factor but rather to politics, technology, education, economic growth and the adoption of information. Key words: Arab National Security, international Terroris

A Bayesian approach to estimate the reliability P (X > Y ) utilizing an initial guess

This paper presents a Bayesian approach to estimate the probability that one random variable exceeds another based on two independent Weibull-distributed random variables. The proposed methodology utilizes an initial guess of the reliability through an informative prior, which constitutes the cornerstone of the model. A Monte Carlo simulation study is conducted to compare the performance of the new estimators with both the MaximumLikelihood Estimation (MLE) and the Shrinkage estimators. The comparison is conducted with respect to the Mean Squared Error (MSE) for different values of the scale and shape parameters of the Weibull distribution using small, moderate, and large sample sizes. The proposed method outperforms the two aforementioned alternative methods

Predicting the Inelastic Response of Base Isolated Structures Utilizing Regression Analysis and Artificial Neural Network

Indeed, utilizing a base isolation system in RC structures can remarkably minimize the possibility of failure, particularly in seismic-prone countries. Despite that, the design of these structures is a long procedure that consists of choosing the appropriate isolator to optimize the nonlinear behavior of the superstructure. Moreover, the numerical simulations require huge computational effort when high accuracy is required. In recent decades, scientists and engineers have applied numerous estimation approaches such as multiple linear regression and artificial neural networks to decrease the required cost and time for daily design problems. Thus, this study's main objective is to solve the difficulty of rapid response prediction by using soft-computing techniques. Additionally, it aims to study the capability of multiple linear regression and artificial neural networks in estimating the seismic performance of base-isolated RC structures under earthquakes. A nonlinear response history analysis of four different lead rubber-bearing isolated RC structures will be performed in order to determine the responses of these structures. Subsequently, the prediction models will be developed using the responses of the structures as inputs for multiple linear regression and artificial neural networks. Lastly, the reliability of both estimation approaches in terms of the response of base-isolated structures will be investigated by comparing the prediction models' capability. In general, the results of the study show that artificial neural networks provide considerably better accuracy in estimating base-isolated structures compared to multiple linear regression, and their performance results in reliable prediction. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-06-07 Full Text: PD

Estimating Willingness-To-Pay for Reduction in Uncertainty in Water Quality of Contaminated Aquifers

Management of contaminated aquifers is challenged by the limited resources available to monitor and remediate a large number of contaminated sites. Earlier research recognized the negative impacts of spatial data scarcity on the success of aquifer monitoring and remediation plans. Therefore, there exists an important question on how to allocate limited resources to collect additional information to better estimate the risks and remediation priorities versus the willingness to pay by the society. This work introduces one of the early applications of structural benefit transfer to quantify welfare impacts of improving aquifer monitoring in terms of willingness-to-pay (WTP). This work uses health risk assessment methodology and introduces a practical socio-economic framework to estimate individuals’ WTP for a proposed improvement in data gathering. The proposed methodology develops scenarios of uncertainty reductions in subsurface heterogeneity by collecting additional spatial data to reduce health risk to target population and computed the health-economic impact to estimate the aggregate WTP. The variability of characteristics of the target population is represented through probabilistic distributions of income, health state, age, and risk exposure parameters. The proposed methodology produced predictions of WTP that are consistent with the patterns expected in the economic theory and literature. Keywords: Groundwater, contamination, uncertainty reduction, additional data, Willingness-to-Pa

Power and Virtue in Elkanah Settle's Ibrahim

Throughout the Medieval and Renaissance periods, British literary works concerned with the Orient served to underpin negative opinions about the people, and particularly the rulers, of the region. One might have expected the significant social, political and religious changes that were brought about by the Civil Wars and the Enlightenment to have altered that trend. However, uncomplimentary aspects of Middle Eastern life, as it was understood by Western writers, continued to circulate during the Restoration and eighteenth century. One writer stands out among the playwrights and authors of the period. In contrast to his contemporaries, Elkanah Settle extends the impact of the prevailing positive atmosphere beyond the shores of Britain and projects it into the Orient. In his play Ibrahim, Settle presents an Oriental ruler who shows true merit in his character, rather than the usual despotic and dictatorial traits adhered to in other plays of the genre. The ruler, Solyman, possesses a level of virtue which makes his family members and his subjects alike admire him and even allows them to criticize, and even rebuke him, when he deviates from the path of honor and virtue. Solyman has wisdom enough to seek advice, accept criticism, admit his weakness and try to redress the injuries he has caused to others by his recklessness. These are rare abilities among the rulers portrayed in Oriental plays of the period. The aim of this article is, therefore, to affirm how Settle, as a writer of a particular genre at a particular point in history, differs greatly from his contemporaries, apparently showing a much more positive face to life in the Orient

Srinivas Aravamudan. Enlightenment Orientalism: Resisting the Rise of the Novel. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2012. 358 pp

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Thermic Presentation of Uncovered Composed Coverings in Jordan's Hot Dry Desert Province (Southern Badya)

Thermic performance for any building in hot dry province depend on the external climatic factor, the ability of the construction materials used in gained heat through day time and loss this heat through night time through the nocturnal radiation. Covering is considered the major part of the building envelop which exposed to high thermic load due to the high solar intensity and high outside air temperature through summer which reach to 6 months. In Jordan the thermic effect of covering is increased as one go towards from north to south. This study evaluate the thermic performance of different test rooms with different coverings construction; non-insulated concrete, insulated concrete, double, plant, and active concrete coverings, built under the effect of external climatic condition of very hot and dry province in Jordan (Southern Badya province). The external climatic conditions and the temperature distribution inside the covering construction and the interior air temperature were measured. The results of this study recognized that the thermic transmittance (UValue) has a major role in choosing the built materials. Also the thermic insulation considered the suitable manner for damping the thermic stresses among day time and makes the interior environment of the building near the console zone during most months of the a whole year. Natural night and forced ventilation are more important in improving the internal conditions. The construction covering systems show that the interior air temperature thermic damping reach to 96%, 90%, 89%, and 76% for insulated concrete, double, planted and non-insulated concrete coverings. The results also investigate the importance of using the ground as a cooling source through the active concrete system.   Keywords: Thermic insulation, covering, double covering, green covering, shaded covering, building envelope, and thermic console

The Impact of Globalization on the Political Culture of the Arab Youths

Abstract: Globalization is economic in its origin Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (in Asia) 82 is misleading in terms of dealing with globalization