Right of asylum

Right vs. Responsibility Why states should protect one another. Along the sunny shorelines of Lesbos, Greece, a small body washes ashore. A child, in a failed attempt to seek refuge from the terrors in Syria. Teary eyed volunteers grasp the child, and bury it modestly. The government stops these Samaritans from grave digging, resulting in complete outrage and many unanswered questions. Implicitly, they ask this: wouldn’t you want your family given burial if you were unable? Is it not within…

The world continues to record escalating number of refugees. Governments guarantee the physical security and basic human rights of its citizens and the refugees. When civilians become refugees, the safety, and human rights disappears. In this case, countries should be aware and act on their obligations to protect refugees and people seeking asylum. In some cases, host countries fail to protect these refugees. Consequently, these refugees have a hard time catering for their families and meeting…

The most characteristic form of citizenship in modern democracies until the present has been a single and exclusive citizenship within the nation-state. However, while state-building and nation-building went hand in hand in the past, there are obvious problems and challenges in drawing too tight a connection between citizenship and the nation-state because it is estimated that there are between 5000 and 9000 ethnic-cultural groups in the world, and only around 200 states, over 90% of which…

the honesty aspect; rather it is due to its role in assisting in upholding good ethical conduct, especially in issues regarding criminal justice. My approach and philosophy for balancing individual’s public protection and rights in the society. Every person has individual rights that must…

“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” (Mary Wollstonecraft) Women’s rights remain as some of the biggest issues talked about in society today. Women in this generation sense a need of representative who obtains their rights in mind, and willing to fight for them. For this reason, the article “Dreams of My Mother "by Anna March attempts to convince readers regarding the legitimacy of Mrs. Clinton's candidacy by using issues, pathological appeals and…

of Human Rights has been debated for centuries. From Ancient times to present day, countries and nations have fought for power and freedom against one another. In recent decades many rights activists have presented themselves from Women’s Rights Activists to Human Rights Activists in general. The question has been posed: Are humans good at fighting for the rights of others? The answer is controversial, but such evidence as the activists who were affected by the neglection of Human Rights have…

We Are People Human trafficking is today’s version of slavery. Victims are forced into labor, prostitution, and other exploitations. In 2007 three brothers conspired together to traffick women from Mexico to New York, Queens. The brothers threatened, assaulted, and psychological coerced the young women and minors into prostitution. These men were committed to sex trafficking that one of the brother, Victor Leonel Estrada- Tepal, placed his wife into their sex trafficking. Victor Leonel Estrada-…

The appearance of various right movements resulted in giving full specter of rights to millions of people and erased cultural confusion and tensions existed earlier. But the animal right movement faced us with another sort of cultural confusion. Some animal right activists believe that animals should be given more rights as creatures which can’t protect themselves. The arguments which the author brought to our attention were about how to treat the animals. In the beginning of his essay…

INTRODUCTION International Law defines the legal responsibilities of States in their conduct with each other, and their treatment of individuals within State boundaries. Its domain encompasses a wide range of issues of international concern such as human rights, disarmament, international crime, refugees, migration, problems of nationality, the treatment of prisoners, the use of force, and the conduct of war, among others. It also regulates the global commons, such as the environment,…

Human rights are known to be the fundamental rights that belong to all people equally, universally and forever. As we all know, man is sociable creatures that loves staying together and lives in a group in the society. As an individual, every man have a right to live in decent life. While, as a social being and an inseparable part of the society, every person has the other rights like the right to freedom of speech, expression, thought, belief and faith and right to move freely. One cannot call…