United Nations Convention Against Torture

very crucial for the states to delimit which fighter could claim such a privilege of belligerent status. The status of the lawful belligerent is only recognized in the context of international armed conflict which is defined by the act 2 of Geneva convention. Going back into the history, The privileges which were granted to the combatant wasn’t linked to the humanitarian concerns. It was the codes of chivalry which provided the underpinnings of national law governing the armed forces.…

In the United States there are thousands of innocent people who are being crucially violated from their human rights through human trafficking. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was set forth in order to protect the dignity, freedom, justice, and equality of all human beings around the world. Human trafficking is violating many of the articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The articles that are being affected are articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Freedom, equal in dignity and…

Throughout the United States overcrowding in correctional facilities has posed a universal violation of Human Rights in offender’s health and security. The United States Criminal Justice System and Human Rights Violations are recognized within the United Nations Charter- UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime violate article 1 & 5 and article 7 & 10 (1) of the ICCPR and of the 8th amendment Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, degrading Treatment or Punishment…

of the Right of Man and of the Citizen (1789) that was influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) that was developed by the United Nations after World War II. The obligation to protect that is inherent in IHRL requires States to protect individuals and groups against human rights abuses at a domestic level. While both IHL and IHRL strive to protect the lives of others, the foundation and historical development of these two laws has led to a…

freedom and safety, no one has the right to treat you as a slave, no one has the right to hurt or to torture you, everyone has the right to go to school; these are just some of the universal human rights that child labor infringes upon. Though there is a Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has been created by the United Nations, with the wide…

Cross-cultural differences between Russia and Egypt Domestic violence has gone on for a very long time. Depending on where you live your interpretations of domestic violence could be different. Some view violence as acts of assault and should be prohibited while others may say that it is necessary and promotes obedience. There are millions of vulnerable people on this earth that do not have the independence that they would like. In some countries one gender could be predominating and have the…

genocide had spread across the globe, the United Nations embraced its role as a global peace force and created a commission of experts to investigate and review the situation in Rwanda. By October of 1994, the commission provided “undeniable and overwhelming evidence that actions against the Tutsi constituted genocide.” With the concurrence of the Rwandan government, the United Nations adopted Resolution 955, which ICTR, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. Chapter VII grants…

discriminatory to ignore nationals as threats to national security. Under Article 1 ECHR, States are required to secure the convention rights to everyone within its jurisdiction not just to nationals or even to lawful residents; affirmed in the Belmarsh 9 where the House of Lords held that the derogation order was unlawful, and declared the act as incompatible with convention…

In 2013 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights passed a resolution 23/13 which reinforced that “state would adopt specific measures to protect and preserve the rights to life and security of people with albinism, as well as their right not to be subject to torture and ill treatment, and ensure their access to adequate health care, employment, education and justice”. Under this resolution…

The study of development is so often focused primarily on the economic sector of growth or lack thereof. In that, while we frequently discuss notions of power, the labour market, and various economic theorists - it is seldom acknowledged how living in these economic conditions affects the citizens on a human rights level. I am of the opinion that human rights enforcement and economic development need to occur hand-in-hand, to avoid instances of international exploitation and rights infringements…