Human rights embody ore values. Among them, there is the dignity of all human beings their equality of fundamental worth and their need to live in this community, with respect and empathy for others, but also with some measure of industrial liberty. Mostly west world countries don’t have any monopoly on these values, but people […]
Governments across the globe provide basic rights, laws and freedoms for the citizens of their countries to live by. These rights and freedoms vary from country to country with some countries being granted more freedoms than others. Democratic countries are known for granting their citizens a vast amount of freedoms and rights. Research has shown […]
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Order nowINTRODUCTION Usually theoretical or practical aspects of international law should take into account its very changing nature. Most important aspect of the change is happening continuously from the end of world war two in the field of human rights giving international law a different meaning and function. These changes are rarely harmonious usually reflecting as […]
On September 5th 1995, Hillary Clinton delivered a speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. Clinton informed her audience on the matter of gender inequality. She wanted to be the voice for women who are discriminated, abused and not treated equally simply because of their gender. Women’s rights should […]
It is established in sexist social structures rather than individual and isolated acts; this violence affects all women, regardless of age, socio-economic status, level of education and region of the world; it displays itself in all societies and is a major obstacle to eliminating gender inequalities and discrimination against women around the world. The terms […]
Issue: As a citizen do you feel that your fundamental rights that are stated in the Fourteenth Amendment have been neglected? Answer: Yes. It has been 151 years since the Fourteenth Amendment has been ratified, and the rights to life free of discrimination, the pursuit of happiness in regard to same sex marriage, and education […]
There were thousands of cases of unlawful killings, disappearances, abductions and tortures during the decade long conflict. Although, two transitional justice commissions were established, they were not adopted with adequate transparency or in compliance with international law, and victims and families were still left far behind from justice. The lead up events to the armed […]
What does Freedom means? What does freedom means to everyone? In the Declaration of Independence the United States got free from Great Britain. All men are equal and that everyone has their basic human rights. The Declaration of Independence is the most compelling for Americans today because it gave hope to everyone to be free, […]
“By 1923, a 3,000-year-old civilization virtually ceased to exist” (Cohan). This civilization is Armenia, which was once a nation under the rule of the formidable Ottoman Empire, a powerful Islamic dynasty that controlled large territories throughout Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa. As citizens of the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian people were challenged for […]
The idea of rights began when philosopher Thomas Hobbes declared that men had the right of choice in his book, The Leviathan. Soon after, other philosophers added to this concept. Finally, in 1948, the United Nations finalized these thoughts in a universal human rights declaration, articulating the rights allowed to every human being. However, there […]
The unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender is a deeply rooted problem in most societies, even our own. Discrimination of women in health, education, and politics has consequences for the development of their lives and their freedom of choice. A country’s culture directly impact how gender equality is exercised as a basic human […]
Jyoti Sanghera unpacks the trafficking discourse, which has become way too complicated due to involving too many actors and has become synonymous with the prostitution debate. For example, the majority of anti-trafficking laws in most countries are also prostitution laws, which seek to criminalize or regulate the sex trade. The end result leaves individuals either […]
Introduction Are companiesindividuals? The U.S. Supreme Court asserts so. Furthermore, corporate rights have s drastically been extended by the high court. It ruled that companies have the right to finance political campaigns, and that some profit companies may, on religious arguments, decline to conform to a federal directive to include birth control in their health […]
The unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender is a deeply rooted problem in most societies, even our own. Discrimination of women in health, education, and politics has consequences for the development of their lives and their freedom of choice. A country’s culture directly impact how gender equality is exercised as a basic human […]
“There are no LGBT rights just like there are no heterosexual rights— there are human rights. society needs to recognize that LGBT people already have rights and that non- LGBT people in the majority are constantly revoking suppressing and ignoring these human rights for many people. when court cases are won it is because it […]
Abstract This research examines the injustices and dehumanization of Latina/os in Venezuela and itsphenomenon of human trafficking. The nation became victim to its own economical, social, andpolitical corruption. The trafficking of persons is believed to be the third-largest organized crimeworldwide, encompassing many demographics. Human trafficking has plagued Venezuela formany years now. The paper ultimately concludes […]
Imagine seeing children selling cigarettes or a narcotic plant which is used by adults and young people to get high. Even worse imagine young children leaving home every day to work as prostitutes. This is happening in Somalia, located on the horn of Africa. There are many countries located in Sub-Saharan Africa that allow child […]
I was surprised and shocked to hear that you can be fired or even thrown out of your home because you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) (Granderson, n.d.). This was totally new to me. I thought that the LGBT community had rights like all other human beings in the United States. In the […]
Can the U.S. utilize drones in targeted killing and still remain in compliance with International humanitarian law? A study by the US university Stanford, New York titled “Living under Drones” concludes that between 2004 and 2012 alone in Pakistan, between 2500 and 3000 people were killed by drone strikes, including around 470 to 880 civilians, […]
Love is so big that it should not fit in any closet. It’s not about being all the same, it’s about respecting differences. The people don’t choose their sexual orientation, just as they can’t choose their height or their eye color. Being heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual is not something that a person can choose or […]
Freedom of speech is the right of ones’ right to express and communicate their ideas, opinion, and beliefs. As a result, nobody should fear being reprimanded, punished, or expurgated by society and perhaps the government at large. In most cases, it is done to attract mass attention from the community. It is entirely synonymous to […]
Women’s Rights Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is when your gender does not determine your access to opportunities and resources. There should also be equal valuing of aspirations, behaviors and decision-making, independent of gender. One issue in gender inequality is equal pay, there should be equal work equal pay. If a woman is […]
In America there has been Genocide. Even abroad there has been genocide. Genocide is classified as the “deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group”. Genocide is intentional killing of people based on their race, gender, and many other entities. Many classify the biggest genocide in history was the killing of Germans […]
We are all one in this world. There is no race, sexual orientation, gender, rich or poor, or even prejudice against all. But that would give the world a utopian atmosphere, and quite frankly, we are not there yet. This would be best defined as social justice. Social Justice is a concept of a society […]
Women constitute half the humanity. Despite being endowed with certain peculiar features both physical and temperamental, men and women are complementary to each other. Their diverse physical and temperamental qualities together form a complete race. Hence, logically both should have equal status. The Indian concept of Ardhanarishwara very well depicts this view. Ardhanarishwara divides himself/ […]
Women’s rights are essential human rights that were preserved by the United Nations for every human being on the earth nearly 70 years ago. These rights contain the right slavery, to live free from violence, and discrimination, to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn a fair and equal wage. I think […]
The Human Rights Campaign defines transgender as “an umbrella term that describes people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth” (HRC, 2018). Susan Stryker further explains stating that transgender refers “to people who move away from the gender they were assigned at birth, people who cross over […]
Gender inequality is “unequal treatment or perception of individuals based on their gender.” In the United States of America Gender Equality has progressed through the past decades. Due to different Cultural context, countries around the world lack equality. Gender inequality remains an issue worldwide, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa. Gender equality is […]
Gender Equality is “A state of having same rights, status and opportunities like others, regardless of one’s gender.” Gender inequality is “unequal treatment or perception of an individual based on their gender.” In the United States of America Gender Equality has progressed through the past decades. Due to different Cultural context, countries around the world […]
Throughout history, the United States has gone through many dynamic changes that have made it the country it is today. There were many labor systems and historical moments that have led to its development over time. Labor systems in US history, such as slavery and wage labor, have influenced racial and gender inequalities from 1820 […]
No matter, where, when, or in what conditions a person is he/she always will be entitled to basic human rights and freedoms. As an example right to health, freedom to religion, right to life, etc. All those rights cannot be seen as privileges or be revoked or granted to someone. Those basic rights are universal and inalienable no matter what. The main problem with human rights is that they are easily understandable but when someone tries to put them into practice everything gets complicated.
Historically people have been struggling to define, what means justice, rightfulness, and rights the concept. Only after the Second World War was founded and established, modern human rights’’, by the United Nations. One of the main United Nations purposes was to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and…’’ Following the same path in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly was adopted the first Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which made a concrete basis for today’s international human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is based on principles, such as:
In declaration there are not more important or less important rights- every one of them is an integral part of our lives. Each year those rights only grow and expand, for example writing articles about what will happen if someone will try to breach some of the basic human rights principles, and what will be the consequences.
But the whole problem with Universal human rights is that they are not easily enforceable all around the globe. First of all the Universal declaration of human rights is only a declaration and not enforceable hard law. If some state will violate the declaration then countries will face weak and sanction procedure, which is not working effectively and fully properly. For example Russia. They are constantly violating human rights and the consequences and pressure from the western countries are so weak that they are continuing to do so.
Also, the main bodies in the United Nations only investigate and monitor the violations. They cannot change the attitude of the state toward those who are violating the rights and force states to pay compensations to the victims. It’s naive to say that the states are giving us all rights because nowadays states have so much power that they are not feeling those consequences, plus if the state breaches something in the international arena which is not connected with money then it will not play a really important role.
Also, human rights are not a universal thing, because they have been building, pushed, and developed from a western nation perspective. Pushing individual rights as more important than group rights and so on. But not all international instruments are powerless towards the human right ignoring/breaching. For example, have been established a court on the “European court of human rights’’. There are 47 member states where its citizens and countries can bring some claims if their rights have been violated. And the court decision is binding towards all its member states and should immediately implement.
Human rights are like a time that constantly goes forward and evolves, for example, makes new laws. And our lives are being more and more digitalized should there be a law someday which would make a right to access the internet?
Universal means it could be affected or related to everyone. Meaning that human rights are universal, because everyone somehow applies them, but partially, not even knowing of their existence.
