International human rights law

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,…

(DPRK) has been under the watchful eye of many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, among others; as well as perhaps the most well known intergovernmental organization (IGO), The United Nations. The accusations laid against the DPRK are egregious and according to The United Nations, the DPRK is sui generis (in their own category). The alleged human rights violations that the DPRK has imposed on its citizens include, however are not limited…

torture and crimes of the world in real time. Hence, globalization brought together a United Nations to protect human rights worldwide. Globalization has effectively impacted positively on human rights around the world. First, the system brings countries together under one…

In many countries that comprise the global community, women are marginalized economically, culturally, and politically. Within these nations, established norms are resilient to change. It is often the place of international law to provide a more progressive framework than national laws. With this in mind, the United Nations (U.N.) understands that discrimination against women is a global issue, and has sought to create treaties in order to prevent discriminatory actions against women. In…

Immanuel Kant, assumes that the international system is anarchic but also believes that peace is possible for peace through cooperation. Liberals believe that the international law "is a way of structuring "patterns of individual and group interaction in transnational society, patterns which, in turn, create interests that make up and constrain state action," (Burly, 1993-230). Liberals also stress the importance of liberal values, such as democracy, within the international system. In light of…

there is no doubt international criminal will turn to human trafficking for sexual exploitations; Organizations like Dasra explains that [the] reason why sex trafficking persists is straightforward: immense profitability with minimal risk. A net profit margin of over 70 percent makes sex trafficking one of the most profitable businesses in the world. It is becoming increasingly easy and inexpensive to procure, move and exploit vulnerable girls. As stated before, victims of human trafficking…

This essay asks us whether universal human rights law needs to be understood within local contexts in order to be effective. Simply put the answer is no. In fact, the opposite is true. Local context, culture to be more specific, needs to be understood in respect of universal human rights law. Gone are the days of isolated societies acting with impunity under their own laws subject to no scrutiny. Today’s world is one where borders are porous, people are connected via television and the Internet,…

society changed after the Supreme Court opinion, “…Brown changed the moral climate of race and politics in the United States, “ (p.349). In the arena of international human rights, the United Nations came up with several declarations to protect the rights of humans. One of the declarations that Stone (2012) mentions is the 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. On paper, the declarations, conventions and treaties sounds fine. However, in…

enforcement of human rights on an international level. Those bodies that are not able to enforce decisions or laws primarily deal with the promotion of these rights. These include non-legal responses such as the media and non-government organisations. They must work in conjunction with courts and tribunals that do have adequate power to enforce their findings although these are often very costly options. Each response has at least some effect on the promotion and enforcement of human rights…

the core of this debate is the basic human rights issue. According to Gunner, Bruce, and Grotevant (2000) supporters of international adoption see international adoption as giving children the most fundamental human rights, the right to have a loving family who will give them their basic needs to grow up healthy and have a fulfilling life. But on the flip side those that oppose international adoption argue that it’s in fact violating these children’s human rights along with those of their birth…