Human Rights Watch

“Human life doesn’t need to be extended by every medical means possible, but a person should never be intentionally killed.” says Ryan T. Anderson of Heritage Foundation, but he is completely wrong because if the patient wants to live no longer and gave consent, or their parents or children, to dying, then a doctor or medical professional should be obligated to give them what they request if there is no hope for a cure for their illness or they feel that they are too old to continue to live.…

technology by tracking us and not telling us. Many nations of the world and the United Nations have passed laws and resolutions protecting the right to privacy to its citizens. It’s time for the United Stated to follow. Privacy should mean that no one can hear our calls or see what’s going on in our house through webcams. The government shouldn’t be able to watch us through cameras on the street lights. They also shouldn’t be able to see what we are doing on our computers. We should be able to…

There is a significant amount of academic literature regarding LGB rights in developing countries. The various topics addressed, from cultural relativism to how international human rights law is being enforced, build upon each other, leading fluidly to the answer of whether LGB rights should be pursued by the United States. Homophobia is not widely understood by social sciences researchers. Kulick presents this as a problem because homophobia cannot be combatted if it is researched, documented,…

are confined in the correctional systems in the United States, or about 1 in 36 adults (Kaeble et al.). Americans spend 80 billion dollars a year funding the correctional facilities, which comes to $260 per resident per year, so citizens have the right to know how their $260 is being spent and whether or not it is helping to reform inmates (Picchi). The news is constantly reporting stories of violent crimes occurring nationwide, which makes a person question just how efficient the modern…

“It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state in the name of justice” (“Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional?”). This is not some twisted, medieval government policy: this is the modern death penalty, or capital punishment. Capital punishment, or the execution of criminals by the government as punishment for particularly horrific crimes like murder, has been implemented for centuries; it dates back to Babylon in the 18th century B.C. Its morality and modern…

epidemics spreading past state borders, a massive influx of refugees from around the world, and gross human rights violations. One of the relatively new actors that has become involved to challenge these new problems are nongovernmental organizations. Nongovernmental organizations…

survived a shot to the head by members of the Taliban for sticking up for girls’ rights to an education. Afterwards, she said, “Weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage…

Systematic Denial of Human Rights The fire moved quickly through the house, a one-story wood-frame structure in Corsicana Texas. Flames spread along the walls, plunging through doorways, blistering paint and tiles, and blackening furniture. Smoke pressed against the ceiling, seeping through each room and every window crevice, billowing into the morning sky. Inside the house, children screaming “Daddy, Daddy!” and neighbors lining the streets to watch the commotion. The fire deemed a triple…

the United Nations (1948) created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which stated that, “Human Rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language or any other status.” In other words, we are all entitled to human rights and should be equally treated. Human Rights was established in 539 B.C, the concepts of human rights were brought out to the world by The Great Cyrus, the first…

“1984”, written by George Orwell is a story regarding the development and future prediction for how society will evolve and develop over time. The story was written in the year 1949, therefore, in this time era, society was oblivious to how we as human beings would advance in our technology and living luxuries. But in Orwell’s novel, instead of being a life of thriving in a luxurious utopia, it is a district of war, violence, and captivity. It is overall a city of hostility and conflict, and is…