European Court of Human Rights

Democracy is an American and European idea that does not fit other cultures or civilizations and thus, is always imposed on other societies. Non-western countries, especially the Islamic regimes that have a different religious and cultural perspective and tolerance altogether discard…

advanced drastically in which lawmakers struggle to come up with a law that promotes technological advances without effecting the rights of citizens like the fourth Amendment. Local law enforcement authorities have begun utilizing drones to better monitor the community, surveying the community as a whole. However, such actions lead us as citizens to ask whether our privacy right are being effected. Drones have started a trend in the recent…

inquisitorial systems in the member states and their impact on the experiences and satisfaction of rape victims. The study noted that participants of adversarial systems experienced feelings of humiliation and detachment, and were more stressed testifying in court than those of inquisitorial systems. The difference in experiences was largely attributed to defense counsel tactics which undermined the victim, the hostile nature in which the proceedings were conducted and most importantly, the lack…

children or vulnerable adults, an SLT working within the CJS helps to uphold basic Human Rights and helps to…

(DPRK) has been under the watchful eye of many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, among others; as well as perhaps the most well known intergovernmental organization (IGO), The United Nations. The accusations laid against the DPRK are egregious and according to The United Nations, the DPRK is sui generis (in their own category). The alleged human rights violations that the DPRK has imposed on its citizens include, however are not limited…

aims to provide the ideal conditions and institutions required to achieve long-term peace. Whilst Kant offers reasonable preliminary articles, they are inapplicable to the modern era of increasing military technology, economic interdependence, and human rights discourse. Kant further proposes concrete institutions, however, they are limited by: his universalistic notion that all Republics will avoid war regardless of national histories, his proposal of a federation without coercive powers and…

The basic human rights awarded to all human individuals in this world include, first and foremost, the right to equality and the right to life. Yet, these rights have been violated for centuries, escalating in the twentieth century “an era characterized by a phenomenal increase in the frequency and intensity of human rights violations…” (Ferllini 2008, 7). This period essentially caused the establishment of legal parameters, through the intervention of international law, in order to prosecute…

Torture and Death Penalty The death penalty and torture have been a human rights issue for a very long time, both of these methods of torture could be dated back to thousands of years ago when people were beheaded and hanged for a crime that they had committed. Torture was basically the action or practicing of severe pain on someone as a punishment, for your own pleasure, or for the sake of someone else. The Death Penalty, which is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally…

The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture came into force in 2006, many nations have only recently ratified it and are still working on execution. The OPCAT is significant because it is a fundamental concept within the UN human rights system because it established a concrete structure of systematic and unannounced visits to detention centers. This has a huge emphasizes on prevention of inhumane treatment, instead of deferring to construct punishment after violations have already…

Q: Is Sovereignty the main characteristic of the modern state? Sovereignty is the main characteristic, which can also be referred to as the most important, of the modern state for many reasons which include the essential nature of sovereignty to the capitalist system (Wallerstein,1999, p.32) and the way in which it allows the state to protect its citizens (Held, 1989, p.16). However, there are other characteristics of the modern state to consider such as the feature of a bureaucracy and the…