Human Rights Watch

They can change quickly for the good, too. The tides that run in the human soul are very deep and sometimes very strong, but only God knows the hours of their ebbing and their rising. “God bless America” — grace — may have far more to do with it than we know. You should fight as if victory is certain. If the issue does not…

LIMITATIONS OF POSITIVIST INTERNATIONAL LAW Although, it may be appealing to rely on the positivist arguments that focus on international written, official rules, it is important to note that law transcends far beyond being just a set of rules controlling and dictating the behavior of societies. The norms, values, morals and beliefs of any community are reflected in its law. International law does recognize other sources which are not given any credence in positive law. It recognizes the…

These rights are affected by both domestic issues, as well as, international issues. However, because China is a Communist country, they have a tendency to strictly limit their citizens freedoms and privacy in order to prevent deviant social behavior from arising. This right or privilege, is supposed to protect the government from controlling the outlook of the populace. They have proven time and time again to not uphold promises to human rights. They signed the ICCPR in 1998…

After skyping with Ron Galella in class and proceeding to watch the documentary Smash His Camera at home, I have a clear understanding of why many people have viewed and currently view his practices of photojournalism as creepy and a form of legal stalking. Individuals who become the subject matter of the paparazzi are faced with the dilemma of whether or not their privacy is infringed upon. For example, Galella would pay doormen to tell him where a certain celebrity was heading. Once, Galella…

friendly, long lasting and virtually maintenance free. In making it accessible for children with special needs, they are no longer discriminating against these certain populations. It goes in line with one of the Human Rights component: indivisibility, meaning they recognized that Human Rights should not excluded certain people or make others seem more important. Because I worked more on the construction/ volunteer aspect of getting the park up and running I did not observe how it served the…

that sways in the favor of pro-choicers is the case of Roe V. Wade. In this case, the Legal Information Institute details that the “court ruled a woman’s personal autonomy and reproductive rights extend to her decision to terminate her pregnancy” (Abortion). This outcome established that women do have the right to abort. The general consensus, derived from an Open Yale University course, is that (female) pro-choice proponents feel that, “women are so important that they should have every bit as…

Slavery Reparations: A Call For Justice The supreme court of 1980 ordered the federal government to pay Native American Tribes $122 million dollars to compensate for the slaughter and illegal seizure of tribal lands in 1877; Shortly after, the congress of 1988 then consented to the payment of $1.2 billion dollars to Japanese-American citizens who had been held captive at the prison camps during WW2 (Costly, Andrew). African Americans haven’t been compensated for their enslavement until recently,…

do not have the right to an education, so if someone asks if they have never been able to have an education some people will say yes, but in Africa it is not like that. That is right because in America they have the right to education and food. In Africa children have to work for what they have, some parents even work extra to provide for their kids. The children in Africa have many problems like poverty, health, children and aids, education, child abuse, child marriage, and right to water. The…

is a violation against human rights.American torture of their detainees is actually a recruiting tool used by Al-Qaeda operatives. Much of the debate on torture involves moral and ethical concerns but these arguments are irrelevant if torture doesn 't work in the first place.The strongest argument in favour of torture is the so called 'ticking bomb ' scenario. Alan Dershowitz gave a good summary of it in the San Francisco Chronicle in…

Throughout the drafting of the Constitution, the ideals and philosophy behind the ideas of human rights were twisted and molded to fit the needs of both the northern and southern representatives. Considering the issue of black rights during the 18th century, the dilemma between the 2 sides was balancing on a fair. Taking into account that the north was predominantly antislavery and the south was pro-slavery, without meeting an ultimatum, the Constitution would not for the United States. The…