Human rights

Individuals from within the UN member States can bring complaints of human right breaches to the relevant UN Treaty Body. A Human Rights Treaty is an international agreement, which instils irrevocable obligations to protect and promote rights and freedoms on States that officially accept it, commonly through “ratification” or “accession”. The treaties are missioned with monitoring implementation in States parties of the rights set out within the treaties and with deciding on complaints brought…

it is not gravely immoral killing then women’s right to control her body implies that abortion is ethically justifiable as long as its authorized by a pregnant women” (Arthur L. Caplan & Robert Arp, 2014 p.112). Reiman falls under the category of utilitarianism moral code because he believes on doing what’s best for the majority of people to maximize happiness. Reiman refers to an unborn baby as a fetus explaining that it doesn’t have the same rights for itself, which the women has over itself.…

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,…

events of that day through the stories of survivors and explores the historical and political implications that lead to the blockade of humanitarian aid. The purpose of this paper is to explore how this book contributed to my learning, the issue of human rights and health, how history and politics can influence health issues and how this novel has expanded my idea of to work with countries whose ideology maybe fundamentally different than our own. Everything is Broken is written by a…

Legalization Of Same-Sex Marriage The legalization of same sex-marriage is not only the right course of action, but it is the only course of action. Same-sex marriage legalization would mean an end to legal discrimination, a more accurate definition of the term ‘marriage’, and a removal of second class of citizens, therefore promoting equality. Same-sex marriage legalization has been a topic of argument for decades, however, recently said argument has exploded into the media. Such headlines…

The Constitution of the United States is the original document regulations the rights to legislative, executives, and judicial built by the progressist to make America civilized, and powerful such as nowadays. Although the Constitution has constitutes for more than two hundred years, it still keeps the humanism of itself, and all Americans using in their behaviors, and social relationship at all. When people was born. They already have conveyed they are conscious about their beliefs and…

Everyone has the right to privacy. However, if it is done without the other party’s knowledge, does it count as invading one’s privacy? The ethics of journalists using hidden cameras to report people smugglers comes back around to whether the usage is necessary and if it is morally right. I agree to the use of hidden cameras to a certain extent. People smugglers consists of both groups and individuals who assist others to illegally enter a country at a high price through irregular methods—both…

freedom more important than government? Is rational thought more valuable than religious rights? It is all relative and depends entirely upon the person contemplating these values and concepts, however, applying rational thought, one should be able to come up with a ranking of values and defend their position logically. Here we are to examine three pairs of values, namely rationalism with empiricism, human rights with religious tolerance, and social contract with individualism and equality,…

More than four million people have fled from Syria due to the atrocities produced by modern warfare, causing one of the biggest refugee movements in history (Letsch, “Turkey Putting Syrian Refugees 'at Serious Risk of Human Rights Abuse”). Countries around the world provide air support and weapons to the opposing sides, causing more violence and results in Syrians fleeing from their homes, yet these countries make it hard for refugees to seek asylum in their country (Griswold)…

human civil rights, and the want and need to respond to a threat of terrorism. Myself and most critics believe that this legislative response to terror is un-proportionate and interferes with human rights to such a large extent that these laws should be further altered and amended. After the ‘hyper-legislative’ approach that Australia has taken, it is important to take a step back and analyse the nature of these warrants with respect to human rights. The remained of this section will first…