Human Rights Watch

“Child of Dandelions” by author Shenaaz Nanji is a novel that focuses on the protagonist Sabine and her Indian family, as they face injustices and struggle to escape from the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Sabine, her family, and the entire Indian community face many difficulties throughout the way, such as extreme racism. Child of Dandelions should be used as a full novel study for the I.B. program because it conveys international mindedness. It does so by illustrating military dictatorship through…

half years, and he insists that you have been together for long enough to go all the way. He says that nothing will go wrong because you both have a form of protection, so you agree. Then as the weeks go by things seem normal, and you believe he was right until a month has gone by with no period. You brush it off thinking that it’s just a coincidence and you have nothing to worry about. You are scheduled for a normal doctor’s appointment and everything is going well. A week later, you find…

quite a bit. Arendt doesn’t believe in a free will at all, and Rousseau believes in free will only to an extent. Arendt believes that freedom exists from birth and that it is more about new beginnings. Rousseau, on the other hand, believes that each human has free will and can do what they want, unless it conflicts with the general will. Arendt is all about doing something unexpected and so is Rousseau. Rousseau believes that people can do the unexpected and are allowed to follow Arendt’s idea…

The prevailing issues surrounding women worldwide are child marriage, childbirth and human trafficking. These issues have one thing in common: they are all fostered by the lack of education. Even though child marriage has not been a widely talked topic in class, its relation to education cannot be ignored. When girls do not go to school and do not produce for their parents, their families choose to marry her in order to secure their future. In fact, according to UNESCO, “If all girls had…

all humans are equal and the social credo to eradicate any inequalities between humans. In French politics, the epitome of egalitarianism is arguably the French revolution of 1789 to 1799. The French revolution was a period of political and social cataclysm where they dethroned monarchies, initiated a republic under ferocious bouts of political unrest. The concepts of egalitarianism are evident in the outcomes of the French Evolution for instance the establishment and addition of civil rights…

Therefore that being discussed it can be concluded that, a reduction in the number of pirate attacks helps all states, but the states that choose to fight piracy bear high costs for doing so. That is to say, an ocean free of pirates is a common good that benefits all states, but obtaining that common good is an expensive process for those states which choose to guarantee it. Under international law, states are free to act as they feel best with regards to piracy. UNCLOS does not contain a…

is continuous throughout the novel in the form of references to Providence that illustrate the extension of Equiano’s experience of Providence- and implied selection by God- to others. Through these references, Equiano creates an impression of one human race not divided by physical characteristics but instead united by their God. Equiano is not the only person to experience or acknowledge Providence; Equiano refers to Providence when relating a story involving an elderly enslaved man as well as…

with varying degrees of success, although victory sometimes meant great loss to the nations. Since French and Haitian counterparts, the rebels went on to fight and establish independence without overturning the colonial social order. Despite terrible human, monetary, and social costs, the French and Haitian revolutions were able to propel the idea of democracy and the ideal of equality far beyond the boundaries established ever before. Rebellions in the various parts of the world had differing…

morality is decided by the consequences of actions. The “right thing to do” of saving the innocent is necessary to be compared and evaluated against the bad. This is set to be able to make a complete and correct decision on the action taken. On the other hand, deontologists believe our moral obligations do not entirely depend on the consequences of our actions. Deontologists believe that no matter the situation, that actions are either wrong or right, regardless of what it may impact. So even in…

However, these codes not only go against our First Amendment right but leave little growth in our society without the minority voice, or opinion that may be “offensive” in the eyes of others.…