United Nations Commission on Human Rights

define the current understanding of human rights. The maturing and growth of human rights has helped to progress the widespread wellbeing of billions around the world. Overtime, historical publications have in this process, including the Cyrus Cylinder, the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the New Zealand Bill of Rights. With the increasing freedom, the examples of abuse and denial of rights have escalated. An example of this is the denial of gay rights. However, many individuals…

should ignore the human rights problem even all countries know North Korea has violation of human rights? According to the article called “New Steps for Human Rights In North Korea”, “After the release of the report of the United Nations commission of inquiry on human rights in North Korea (COI) in February 2014, the world can no longer deny the severity of Pyongyang's human rights crisis”(Enos). This quote shows that the U.S. already know North Korean people do not have good human rights. The…

Danner’s The Massacre at El Mozote, provides testimonies and reports of major news outlets which shows the hidden reality about how the United States supported the authoritative Salvadoran government during the Civil War in the 1980s. His novel marks a moment in history where an authoritative government abused its powers, and flagged major violations in human rights and was not condemned for their actions. Through his testimonies and reports during the…

The United States has a complicated relationship with Cuba. While our close land to Cuba makes the island nation a good trading partner, the hold the Castros have had on Cuba has stopped any chances of trade between our two countries.An embargo is when a country stops all trade travel and commerce with another country. The two countries can't trade travel or commercial their products in the other country.The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates U.S. banks lose between $684 million and…

Amnesty international Amnesty International (AI) is a nonprofit, independent international organization that works zealously to protect Human Rights around the world. It’s an intentional organization that fights for the human rights which have been violated around the globe. It has gained support worldwide with over 7 million members and supporters around the globe. Amnesty International primarily targets governments, but also reports on non-governmental bodies and private individuals…

The United States of America has a number of laws that are proposed to further balanced, fair, and focused business practices. The laws are successfully used as control measures to guarantee that free and reasonable business practices are taken after. The major objective of the antitrust laws or the competitive laws is to guarantee that buyers pay the most reduced conceivable cost in addition to with best quality or nature of products they are utilizing. Today, competitor laws empower everybody…

The United States was Correct to Invade Iraq in 2003 The United States’ decision to declare war on Iraq in 2003 is not uncontroversial. Despite of Bush administration’s consideration and explanation, a lot of people and organization claimed that they strongly oppose the decision because of several reasons. For example, Saddam Hussein’s regime did not possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD), or the UN inspectors could have the proofs to support the first assumptions if they have given more…

evolving as pertinent to environmental governance at the time, growing from a concept that only took into account humans, into a larger idea that affects all kinds of life through space and time, taking into account “needs” and limitations. Sustainable development is controversial when it comes to the North-South divide because of the necessary…

There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they can grow up in peace." --Kofi Annan The essence of the Indian culture lies in its age long prevailing tradition of the joint family system. However, in the present times, the decline of this traditional Institution and its subordination to nuclear family…

epidemics spreading past state borders, a massive influx of refugees from around the world, and gross human rights violations. One of the relatively new actors that has become involved to challenge these new problems are nongovernmental organizations. Nongovernmental organizations…