United Nations Commission on Human Rights

idea of Capital Punishment. The assumption is that killing a human life is wrong under any circumstances. Besides, not only Orwell view this assumption but also a religious people believe that killing a sin. However, “The death penalty was suspended in 1972 in the United States when the Supreme Court held that its imposition was arbitrary and racially disparate” (Peel, 2013). If one person is guilty, it does not mean the others have rights to slue the chosen punishment for this…

1 Introduction In March the first warrant of arrest was issued for The President of the Republic of Sudan (“Sudan”), Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir (“Al-Bashir”) and the second warrant of arrest in July in connection with allegations of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, Sudan between the periods of 2003 to 2005. The International Criminal Court (“ICC”) informed all State Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC (“Rome Statute”), to which South Africa is a party…

in acute indirect harm to society. Then, the essay will oppose the assertion by arguing that active voluntary euthanasia is victimless crime in cases where it follows Dutch regulations, and thus prevents unnecessary suffering and protect patients’ right to bodily autonomy. Thesis Statement: In these ways, it will be argued that although the statement ‘there is no such thing as a victimless crime’ is…

Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System, a shareholder of the Hershey’s company, filed a complaint seeking the right to inspect the company’s corporate books. Their shareholder’s goal was to examine if the Hershey’s Board of Directors allowed illegal child labor activity into it business model. (Manza 390). The illegal activity the company allowed was allowing a human rights violation to occur with the labor of children in West African cocoa production. (Manza 389). The labor was…

1. Introduction UNCED, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil over the period of 12 days in the year 1992. This is also referred to as Rio Summit or Earth Summit. Magnitude and scale of this meet was so huge that 172 countries participated including 116 countries which sent head of the states for this. Also more than 2000 representatives from NGO attended this conference. Agenda 21 which was one of the tangible results of this Earth Summit…

foundations of American culture and to help the church fulfill the Great Commission that God has commanded. A philosophical principle that is part of the social movement organization is that God has communicated the absolute truth to mankind and that all people are subject to the authority of the Word of God at all times. Therefore, this organization believes that a culture based on biblical truth contributes to the well-being of our nation and our families. In addition, the gospel of Jesus…

At the start of the 20th century the Afrikaners were a defeated nation after daring to challenge the British in the Anglo-Boer war. World War II and The Great Depression brought increasing economic troubles to South Africa, and convinced the government to strengthen its policies of racial segregation. In 1948, the Afrikaner National Party won the general election under the term ‘apartheid’. Their aim was not only to separate South Africa’s white minority from its non-white majority, but also to…

Reaction to Bloody Sunday Civil Rights are the basic human rights that the citizens possess of social and political freedom and equality and are often considered the pillars of society and culture. In her article, Hierarchies of Discrimination: The Political, Legal and Social Prioritisation of the Equality Agenda in Northern Ireland, Angela Hegarty defines the Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which states, “all persons are equal before the law and…

lessons using books, videos, games, or art. When you get home from school, you change into more comfortable attire, eat a snack, do your homework, and relax until dinner. Finally, you end the day with a bath or shower and crawl into bed. Sounds nice, right? Unfortunately, not all students can enjoy this luxurious reality. In Uganda, elementary school students suffer to an unimaginable extent. Some must wake up very early to do chores on their farms and walk a far…

Evan Gardiner Gardiner 1 English Ms. H. Bodanis Effectiveness of Gun Control: From Australia to the United States of America On April 28th, 1996, Martin Bryant entered the Broad Arrow café, in Port Arthur, ate a meal and slaughtered 12 people. Port Arthur is a former penal colony on the southeast coast of Tasmania. He committed this atrocity with a semi-automatic rifle. He then left the café and continued through a gift shop, parking lot and finally to a gas station killing 22 more…