- •English and Law
- •Part II
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
- •(В двух частях)
- •Предисловие
- •Unit 5: International conventions text 1. The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols
- •5. Say if it is true or false and give the right variant.
- •6. Put the sentences into the right order according to the text.
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •3. Put the words into the right order.
- •4. Complete the sentences by translating into English the phrases in italics.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Text 2. Key Provisions of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the appropriate words: extradition, engaged, secrecy, internationally, developing, comprehensive, appropriate.
- •5. Say if it is true or false and give the right variant.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •Text 3. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Translate into English.
- •Text 4. Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •2. Complete the sentences by translating into English the phrases in italics.
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text.
- •4. Finish the sentences according to the text.
- •5. Speak on the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air using the following plan.
- •Text 5. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •2. Put the words into the right order.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the appropriate words: protection, provides for, exploited, supplements, dealing with, remain.
- •4. Use the appropriate preposition: in, for, against, with, in, between, by, of, to.
- •5. Say if it is true or false and give the right answer.
- •7. Translate into English using the texts of both Protocols.
- •Text 6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text.
- •3. Correct mistakes, both grammar and lexical, in the following statements.
- •4. Use the appropriate verb according to the text.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •Text 7. Convention on the Rights of the Child
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •4. Put the words into the right order.
- •5. Complete the sentences by translating into English the phrases in italics.
- •6. Say if it is true or false and give the right answer.
- •7. Speak on the Convention on the Rights of the Child using the following plan.
- •8. Translate into English.
- •Text 8. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
- •Unit 6: International Humanitarian Law text 1. Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (ihl)
- •2. Complete the sentences with the following words: on land, government, treaties, biological, concerned, encountered, seek, murdered, voluntarily.
- •3. Finish the statements according to the text.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •Text 2. Basic rules of ihl
- •1. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following phrases.
- •2. Put the words into the right order.
- •3. Complete the sentences by translating into English the phrases in italics.
- •4. Correct mistakes, both grammar and lexical, in the following statements.
- •5. Say if it is true or false and give the right answer.
- •Text 3. Role of the Red Cross during armed conflict, locally and overseas
- •2. Put the sentences into the right order.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •Unit 7: economic crimes in the modern society text 1. Consumer fraud. Victims of fraud
- •Victim Demographics
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •2. Choose the right word or word-combinations from the text.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Text 2. Inventive swindlers
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •2. Choose the right word or word-combinations from the text.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Unit 7.1 different kinds of fraud text 1. Home equity fraud and home renovation repair schemes
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •2. Choose the right word or word-combinations from the text.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Text 2. The pigeon drop scheme
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •2. Choose the right word or word-combinations from the text.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Text 3. Telemarketing fraud operations
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •3. Translate these expressions from Russian into English.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Text 4. Local pyramid club schemes and gifting club scams
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •2. Choose the right word or word-combinations from the text.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Text 5. Techniques used to sell fraudulent investments
- •1. Mark the statements below as true or false.
- •2. Choose the right word or word-combinations from the text.
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use the text if necessary.
- •Glossary
- •Icrc – the International Committee of the Red Cross
- •Bibliography
- •English and Law
5. Say if it is true or false and give the right variant.
The Convention itself provides law enforcement and judicial authorities with unique tools to combat organized crime.
Four specific crimes established by the Convention are corruption, money laundering, robbery and obstruction of justice.
According to the Convention States parties are encouraged to contribute confiscated assets to bodies working for the fight against organized crime.
States parties to the Convention are free to adopt domestic laws and practices that would prevent organized crime-related activities.
Electronic transmission of requests for quicker processing was allowed for by the Convention for the first time.
6. Translate into English.
Чтобы защитить свидетелей от возможного запугивания и расплаты необходимо принять соответствующие меры.
От банков требуется предоставлять точные данные и делать их доступными для проверки внутренними правоохранительными органами власти.
Положение об экстрадиции является очень существенным для того, чтобы преступники не думали, что существуют «спасительные убежища», в которых можно скрыться.
Эти меры включают переселение, физическую защиту, а также сокрытие личности.
От государств требуется принятие внутренних законов, которые бы предупреждали или сдерживали деятельность, относящуюся к организованной преступности.
Эти правонарушения часто являются транснациональными по природе и предполагают наличие организованной преступной группировки.
Развивающиеся страны нуждаются в поддержке своих усилий в борьбе с организованной преступностью.
Определение «организованной преступной группировки» впервые было установлено на международном уровне.
Также необходимо обеспечить большую координацию национальной политики, законодательные и административные подходы к организованной преступности.
10)Обычно организованные криминальные группировки вовлечены в такие виды преступной деятельности, как коррупция, отмывание денег и препятствие осуществлению правосудию.
Text 3. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
1. Complete the text with the following words: opportunities, will, irrespective of, host, vary, review, need, movements, under, standards, historic, protective, famine, treaties, laws, treatment, encouraged, abuse.
The globalization of markets, information and technology, as well as the liberalization of many laws affecting individuals’ mobility, has enabled vast ... of people on a scale never seen before. The objective of this Convention is to create international ... for the protection of the human rights of migrant workers and their families.
The reasons individuals migrate ... greatly. Some individuals migrate in order to escape desperate conditions in their home countries, such as war or ... . Others seek better living conditions in countries where economic ... seem to be more abundant or more equitable.
However, all migrant workers are vulnerable to ... by virtue of the fact that they are living in a foreign country. In fact, many fall victims to human traffickers who recruit them ... false pretences and some are even held against their ... under slave like conditions.
Migrants may face many forms of discrimination on the part of the institutions and ... of their host country or its people. They are often restricted by law in the kind of employment or conditions of work in which they can engage, even in cases where they were ... by foreign companies or Governments to settle in the ... country.
The adoption of this Convention in 1990 was a ... event for migrant workers. It establishes, in certain areas, the principle of equality of ... with nationals for all migrant workers and their families, ... their legal status.
This Convention sets forth, for the first time, internationally uniform definitions agreed upon by States for different categories of migrant workers. States also agreed upon the ... for the sending, transit and receiving countries to institute ... action on behalf of the migrant workers.
The Convention establishes standards to which States Parties must adhere with respect to migrant workers. It incorporates six international human rights ... that are today in force. It also provides for the establishment of a monitoring mechanism in the form of an international body of independent experts. This independent body will periodically ... the implementation of the Convention by States Parties to the Convention.
The Convention entered into force on 1 July 2003.