Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Introduction Did you know that in France you can marry someone who is deceased? Or that in 1915, the French army was the first militia to use camouflage? Were you aware that the first every artificial heart and face transplant occurred in France? The country of France is filled with many intriguing facts. France is said to be a Western European country. Since the beginning, France has displayed that it is a dominant country. In 1792, France was turned from a kingdom into a republic due to the…

The French Revolution saw monarchy rejected in favour of government by the people. Although there was a subsequent, historically brief return to monarchy, the seeds of the revolution were well sown and both the organization of French society and the rights of citizens were irrevocably…

Solitary Confinement can be defined as being the physical isolation of individuals who are confined to their cells for twenty-two to twenty-four hours a day. Within countless jurisdictions, prisoners are allowed out of their cells for only one hour of solitary exercise. Prisoners are only subjected to routine visits from members of the prison staff, while meaningful contact with other people is typically reduced to the bare minimum. This reduction in stimuli is not only on the grounds of…

along on the journey. The themes that I noted in Kane’s book were humor, history, conflict, hardships, and loss/destruction. In the “Prologue,” Kane discusses Moi’s travels to Washington D.C. to deliver his testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Kane, p. 5). In addition, Moi had written a letter for the U.S. President in which he invited him to visit the Huaorani and explain to them why the U.S. “was trying to destroy them” (Kane, 4). Furthermore, the first part of the…

In her article “Indigenous Rights win Big against Mining in Suriname”, Guidi maintains that “Suriname has not created government institutions that recognize the rights of indigenous peoples to the natural resources found within their territories.” The Kaliña and Lokono indigenous tribes have continuously had their communal rights on property and land ignored in order to allow for mining companies to establish operations on their…

INTRODUCTION The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force on New Year’s Day 1994. The signatory members are the United States, Mexico, and Canada. While the purpose of NAFTA is to promote investment in those regions, the treaty does not confirm if water is a saleable good. The text fails to mention the word “water,” but nor does it expressly prohibit transactions involving the natural resource. This terse dichotomy leads to the following issue. The issue is whether…

neurodevelopmental disorder which is associated with social skills, communication and behavioural impairments. Persons with ASD must exhibit social communication deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviour, which would be assessed on a severity ranking (American Psychological Association, 2013). The rate of autism has grown dramatically during the last decade and is becoming more widespread worldwide. In 2012, the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) reported an estimated a 79%…

companies need to be held accountable for their actions when standards overseas. A coordinator for the Halifax Initiative Coalition names Fraser Reilly-King said in the article that there have been many Canadian extractive companies accused of human rights abuse and environmental damage in over 30 countries, but the reality is that most host governments and the mining companies have only cared about the investors. Therefore Canadian firms need to take into account the effects that they may cause…

evidence. Based on certain knowledge -the evidence of 9/11-, American citizens consented to certain acts, such as the screening practices of "more than 1.8 million passengers each day at more than 450 airports nationwide" (TSA, 2013). Americans were told this was for their own safety and, therefore, they supported an increase of TSA power of surveillance . Almost without becoming aware that this would happen, some fourteen years back Americans consented to the inaugural moment of the practice of…

In the twentieth century many reached the understanding that disputes are normal in human society, and not necessarily destructive, and that if they do not get out of hand they may have within them a potential for growth, maturity, and social changes, an opportunity for new ways of thinking and new experiences. Because conflicts are an integral part of human interaction, one should learn to manage them: to deal with them in a way that prevents escalation and destruction, and arrives at new,…