Human Rights Campaign

time period of 1948-1994 where the political system in power enforced strict legislation promoting racial segregation. Apartheid which literally means separateness, was the slogan used by the Afrikaner National Party for their victorious electoral campaign in 1948. Racial segregation had been a prominent theme in South Africa well before the apartheid era began, South Africa as a whole has never fully been able to shake the oppressive and racist attitudes that dominated in its colonial past. In…

prosperity and liberal democracy in the past several decades, but the North Korean government exercises strict totalitarian rule over the nation’s economy and citizens. While the full extent of the North Korean regimes’ human rights abuses against its own citizens is not fully known, a Human Rights Watch insists that “abuses within North Korea are without parallel in the…

government to take power. This was due to two former military officers who worked with the Guatemalan Workers Party or PGT, they had the ideological goal of restoring democratic ideals to guatemala, but in order to achieve this they would start a campaign of terrorism under the name of the rebel armed forces. Although these two never gained ultimate control over the guatemalan government or country, the PGT laid that idea and fueled flame for the civil war to continue and many inter country…

government. Nevertheless, the UN has set a Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Document E, but fails to even enforce these laws. According to Article 5 “No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” North Korea has been killing their own people based on their thoughts. Yet what have we done to stop these atrocities, nothing! Again in Article 13 part 2 it states that, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to…

Starting up a gardening club. For the first goal, improving street lighting, we largely focused on pressuring governmental bodies to aid us with the task, as we did not have the permission, nor resources to undertake it ourselves. As a result we had to campaign to the council to consider improving the street lighting, and therefore support our cause. This helped me identify the link between my issue as it showed how NGOs have had to challenge governmental bodies, as well as how NGOs assume the…

cover sexual orientation, but those protections lack cover on sexual identity (Correll, 2007) There are no federal statutes that address employment discrimination on orientation and identity; thought the EEOC interprets the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to cover acumen alongside LGBT employees. The rulings can be cogent, aren’t decisive on minor courts and they have to be addressed by the Supreme Court for an ultimate decision that needs to be implemented. Since the legalization of…

setbacks continuously occurred in the process of extending women’s rights, and in fact, various post-2005 movements have had a negative effect towards the attitude of women’s equality in Afghanistan. The creation and enforcement of policies and laws related to women are extremely difficult because of the lack of recognition towards the equality problems. Also, many women are unable to participate in the process of women’s rights policies because of their lack of education, so they are unable to…

today is abortion. Abortion is the termination of a human pregnancy often within the first twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy. Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the United States. More than forty percent of pregnant women will end a pregnancy with an abortion at some time in their life. It is often that the controversial topic of abortion is brought up in today 's time by politicians, the media, and women rights groups. Is abortion really murder?…

contentious matter which hampers the relation between Myanmar and Bangladesh since 1970s. The crisis of Rohingya problem started in the Rakhaine state of Myanmar when the then military Janta governments widespread violence of human rights against the Muslim minority. Having no citizenship right and continuously tortured by the state sponsored violence Rohingya people fled Myanmar and entered neighboring countries mainly Bangladesh as it is the easiest way to enter Bangladesh crossing Naf river.…

found in religions make up a spiritual leader and a leader’s leadership style is always greatly influenced by it (Yukl, 2013). Being a Buddhist, its teachings have shaped her style in politics where she firmly stands by her values of protecting human rights and nonviolence (White, 1998). During her house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi resorted to meditation, which she found difficult at first, but used it to control her thoughts and emotions (Hammer, 2012). She has shown Spiritual Leadership by…