Human rights

Convention on Human Rights was incorporated into the UK law through the Human Rights Act of 1998. The Human Rights Convention came into effect in 1953 and was technically ratified by the UK in 1966 when it recognised the compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights . The Convention outlines fundamental human rights, including: right to life, freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, freedom from slavery or forced labour, freedom of the person, right to a fair…

Liberty isn’t only represented in it’s own right, the right to liberty exists within many of the other human rights outlined within the many human rights treaties and documents. The general definition of liberty may be defined as having freedom or independence within society. This definition could be considered the broadest definition of the term. In contrast, liberty could actually be defined in a myriad of ways. For example, the right to liberty is mentioned in regards to detainment, religion…

Human Rights Death Penalty and Torture The death penalty is a punishment for a crime in which the punishment is death. You have to do something really serious to get the death penalty though. Most people who get the death penalty are murderers and people who commit treason. The death penalty has been around for pretty much as long as society and a justice system has existed. There are many methods of carrying out the death penalty because people have had so long to get new ideas. Nowadays it…

Chapter I: An Introduction to Human Rights and the UDHR The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or the UDHR, was officialised by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948. The text was adopted with the intention of creating a universal document that would define the rights of every person, in every country, no matter their race, sex, religion, culture, or otherwise distinguishing features. However, many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), claim that the UDHR is “an…

of the commission on human rights. Eleanor was noted for using a common sense platform which represented the needs and wants of a common woman or man. This platform could reach people who felt they had no voice in political issues. The Struggle for Human Rights was delivered by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1948 addressing the leaders and citizens of the U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and a few other states who would not accept the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She was trying to…

Human Rights Monitor Human Rights Monitor is an innovative research-based consultancy and advocacy organization. Our focus is on human rights violations and to generate a peaceful discourse in society. Protection and promotion of human rights are among the noteworthy policy objectives of Human rights Monitor. Human rights monitor is a non-profit organization with a countrywide outreach. It aims at using media as an ally for change. Since its inception in 2010, it has worked on governance, rule…

Human rights are something that each and every person has, but what are human rights? Human rights are a set of rights that are inherited by individuals to protect them in society and it helps society give everyone an equal status of worth. Human rights have many traits including universality and incontrovertibility. Whether or not human rights are universal and incontrovertible is one of the most argued and most discussed issue in human rights. But what does it mean for human rights to be…

Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 signified an opportunity to prosper for the nations involved. Thomas Jefferson articulated the relationship between the government and its people as one that should “care [for] human life and happiness, and not their destruction, for it is the first and only object of a good government” (“Thomas Jefferson”). All human beings, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, or any other discriminatory category are equally entitled to human rights. Eleanor…

3.2 Human rights are made to be followed The freedom of association is the human right to congregate and express and sponsor a collective opinion without the fear of discrimination and/or authoritarian intervention (Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948). This right was violated during the Ferguson arrest, when peaceful protesting lead to authorities attacking groups with tear-gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs (Al Jazeera America). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly…

After reading the Universal Declaration of Human Right on Google, I have selected two cases in which technology has been used in ways that violated some people’s human rights. The two cases I have chosen are, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy” and “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay”. And for the cases I have select, I have described of technology who have used it, spot…