Involuntary commitment

Advancing International Human Rights to Protect against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers are the two issues before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In April 2014, the Supreme Court acknowledged how transgender is a third gender and asked the government to treat them as a minority. The UNHRC adopted a resolution related to sexual orientation and gender identity with India taking the position of abstain.…

families, etc. Many immigrants will be forced into labor to pay off the debt that it costs to come to another country, and will be charged interest so it is difficult for them to get out of enslavement. Sexual exploitation is more commonly known as involuntary prostitution, where the person will have their human rights violated and be forced into sexual activity, and the trafficker will take all the profit. Overall, these different “categories” of human trafficking can all be minimized to the…

Cambridge, Massachusetts is a vibrant city of enormous wealth. It has two of the most prestigious institutions in the world: Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Both universities have staggering endowment funds and own a considerable size of the city’s land. Their renowned names invoke images of a pristine campus with august buildings surrounded by enthusiastic college students. In November 1987, MIT was brought to the forefront of media attention with sensational…

Child and youth care practitioners CYCP in a hospital milieu not only handle the regular issues associated with child and youth care practice but also deal with the additional stress of medical concerns. In this unique setting the practitioner’s role acquires manipulation of the elements of the milieu. These elements include manipulation of the physical environment in order to provide safety for all clients, and inclusion. Emotional environment in regards to the unfamiliar medical procedures,…

On December 16th, 2010, deputies responded to a reported disturbance in St. Augustine, Florida. A woman had called and reported that she had gotten into an argument with her roommate Lawrence Dean O’Bryan, who she described as intoxicated. The woman told the dispatcher she had locked herself into her room and started receiving text messages from O’Bryan asking her to come out. She then reported that she thought she heard O 'Bryan loading one of his many firearms. As the deputies attempted…

Culture and the understanding and respect for individual and/or group behaviors and attitudes must be a consideration when approaching HR practices such as motivation, recruitment, employee-employer communications, and performance and reward systems. Organizational cross-cultural competency, or the ability for employees to understand their own culture as it relates to other cultures to successfully reconcile differences, is a key challenge to HR practices. As the world gets smaller and cultural…

Sexual Violence at Carnegie Mellon University A common conflict occurring in schools is sexual violence. One of the colleges that sexual violence is affecting is Carnegie Mellon University. According to the Carnegie Mellon University crime statistics, about “4,274 women” have been attacked or sexually abused at Carnegie Mellon during 2008-2010 (Violent). In this university there have been multiple cases of sexual abuse and violence. A major account of sexual violence is the story of Gabrielle…

70s is what makes Boston still so segregated. Forced busing in Boston ultimately failed because of the overemphasis surrounding white resistance in the media and the lack of data collection supporting its function (Theoharis). With persistence and commitment it is likely schools would be a lot more diverse than they are…

Introduction Authorities are investigating what seems to be an indication of murder after an infant child was discovered stuffed in the microwave early morning by relatives. Elizabeth Renee Otte and Joseph Anthony Martinez Sr., the mother and father of infant baby Joseph Lewis Martinez Jr. lived with the father’s elder parents in a small, one brick rancher in Lenexa, Virginia. Elizabeth Otte, who apparently suffers from severe epileptic seizures and blackouts up to 50 minutes, claims that she…

legislations that were being passed to keep the offender locked away for a long period of time. In fact, laws were created to “prevent sexual offenders from re-entering society” (Chittom and Cushman 1). In 1999 Florida had started The Jimmy Ryce Involuntary Civil Commitment for sexaul offenders, However, they were confined into special treatment;from within these treatment centers there was “reports of neglect,sexual misconduct, and drug use at the treatment centers”. The offenders that have…