Right to silence

watch as she hears endless ringing in her ear. It's not even 4:00 PM yet. The high schoolers are still in school. It cuts to voicemail. Mimi hangs up without leaving a message and calls again. There's no reason for the headmaster to be unavailable right now. Voicemail, again. She calls one more time. "Mimi, I thought I told you not to call while I was at school," the headmaster says upon finally answering the phone. "Don, I'm calling solely to discuss school affairs. Don't be so full of…

To the Admissions Department of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, When talking about transitional justice, two pictures come to my mind. As an international human rights observer in Guatemala, I had the chance to follow transitional justice cases. One of them was the Sepur Zarco’s woman case, historic for being the first criminal trial about sexual violence committed by the army during Guatemala’s armed conflict. It was observing one of the testimony…

toppling authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. In March of 2011 Syria joined the uprisings by conducting anti-government protests and demonstrations of their own in Daraa, Syria. The government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, was quick to silence the voices of demonstrators and did so by immediately lashing out in violence. Dozens of individuals were…

upset either way, even if in scenario one she regretted it later in her life, because in the next couple of lines the speaker gives examples as to some of the joys of being a mother she will never get to do, “You will never neglect or beat/ Them, or silence or buy with a sweet/ You will never wind up a sucking thumb/ Or scuttle of ghosts to come.” (L. 5-8). These lines could be played as a warning to future mothers who are deciding to throw away these…

Sojeong Lee Journalism 400 Exam 1 The First Amendment protects freedom of speech with restrictions made by the court to protect the peace of society. These exceptions include any speech that is libel, obscenity or incites imminent violence and illegal activity. The government may intervene and take action against the students if the material of the publication or their conduct is considered unprotected speech. The government may try to use fighting words as a justification for arresting the…

person who has had the biggest impact on this country was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I believe she influenced this country the most through her incredible efforts of supporting and leading the first women’s rights movement from the start (Davis 1). To begin, Stanton’s influence and interest in women’s rights began when she attended the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. At this convention, women were not allowed directly in, thus ostracized from the events proceeding inside.…

this sensitive topic. One major celebrity that came was Academy Award winner Viola Davis. She talked about high levels of race, women’s rights and other things regarding the topic of discrimination. “The trauma of those events are still with me today. And that’s what drives me to the voting booth. That’s what allows me to listen to the women who are still in silence.” Davis takes a stand with her thoughts. The event started an 8:30 in the morning, but the marching…

The Forgotten Voice: The Importance of Reproductive Justice for Women of Color and Other Unrepresented Groups The desire to conceive and start a family is a fundamental right for any woman within any region of the world. The right and ability to have children is defined by reproductive justice, which connects basic human rights, health, and sexuality to reproductive health issues concerning women, families, and communities of color. Reproductive justice stems from the issues that women of color…

the fight for equality was rising as a result of the women’s movement. In the midst of the 19th century, Algerian society was conservative and patriarchal. This was a result of the Islamic Sharia Law that favored males and denied women of equal rights. They were strictly following the centuries-old tradition in which women were supposed to be domestic servants,…

utilities enable current college students not to face speakers with opposing opinions. Due to misinterpretations of the free speech clause, many college students perceive that the ideas of the left side are more dominant than the ideologies on the right side, which justifies a liberal's incentive to prevent…