The Importance Of Human Rights In Canada

In many instances, Canada has set a great example of how a country should be run and how it treats its citizens. But that does not necessarily mean that its record is as clean as it seems. Around seventy-five years ago, a group of Canadian researchers, wrongfully and with government’s permission, experimented with aboriginals, denying them access to basic food or any kind of vitamins so they were able to test the effects presented on their health. These kids did not deserve to be mistreated in such a way; used as objects and denied basic human rights causing them so much misery.
Jumping to present day, various disciplines conduct research dealing with human collaboration; including anthropologists who study people, their cultures and their …show more content…
Although the rules are written in a way that ensures human dignity, many researchers claim that it limits the potential to carry out their studies. Just as is the case of those who want to conduct research with people “vulnerable sectors” like prisoners, women or transgenders. The process of obtaining permission is much harder because of their “condition”, making it nearly impossible for anthropologists to help these groups of people.
How can you explain that an anthropologist who is working on a study regarding plastic surgery patients cannot really do it anonymously, because even if they try to protect that patient’s identity? Patients have to sign a permission form to be contacted by the researcher.
However, many individuals from the reviews board argue that the guidelines are there to ensure participant’s rights and not necessarily to guarantee efficiency for the researcher. And they’re right. Going back to the experimentation that Aboriginal children were put through, there should have been rules protecting their rights many years ago. The rules need to be firm so that such situations never take place again. However, how severe can they be if we still want them to be