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Although discrimination against religion is prohibited in educational environments in the United States by title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is not like this many countries all over the world. Throughout the world women, men, and children of varying religions have faced discrimination in academic settings or have been forbidden from…

How Joining the United Nations affected Canada Since its inception in 1945, closely following the catastrophic second world war, the UN has been making the world a better place, in general. Few countries contributed as much and were shaped by the UN as much as Canada. From peacekeeping missions to national identity, Canada has taken advantage of the possibilities the UN has provided and continues to revel in the benefits. In this essay, I will focus on Canada’s contributions to the UN’s…

A basic human right is a life of opportunity and dignity, free from discrimination and disadvantage. The concept of human rights recognises the inherent value of every person, including Aboriginal people. Human rights are to be enjoyed by everyone. Human rights are important to Aboriginal people, particularly Aboriginal Australians, because they are an essential component to everyday life. Human rights for Aboriginal Australians mean that they live a dignified life within Australian society,…

country facilitates that ability to abide by the rules specified by Gorelick. As a matter of fact, many people in the United States also don’t even have access to these items. In this essay, I will address the inability for all countries to provide a way for their population to have a healthy life and address possible reasons why this is the case. According to the United Nations, “Clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realization of all human rights” (UN News Center). Clean…

the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children defines human trafficking as the following: ‘‘The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means…

Since its humble beginnings as ARPANET, the internet has become a tool in which citizens can “exercise...a range of human rights, and promote progress of a society as a whole” (United Nations 1). If the United States and its allies were to create a space colony, it would be safe to assume that such a colony would feature a democratic form of government. When this colony is developing laws, it is safe to assume that such laws would not differ much from what society currently deems as human rights…

It must also be recalled that the founders of WHO, was activated for the benefit of its member state. Thus, the emphasis on prevention and direct control is not unexpected. At the same time, by 20th century the rising of germ theory and modern bacteriology were also affecting the institution in two ways (Scott 2015: 34). First, infectious disease outbreaks posed a direct threat to social contact between citizens and the government (Scott 2015: 34). If the government allowed the disease to rage…

The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment report by United Nations ESCAP states that “the decreasing FDI in 2013 in Mongolia may be due to new Strategic Foreign Investment Law (the SFI Law) passed in March 2012, stating that the parliament must approve foreign takeovers in strategic sectors, such as mining. Investors…

“In the early 1800s, an estimated 80 percent of the world’s population lived on today’s equivalent of $1.50 a day or less. It took more than 150 years . . . to cut that share in half (the first time). The miracle is that mankind has managed to cut the ranks of the poor in half again, this time in a mere 25 years” (Griswold 2) But what is this miracle? How did we manage to achieve these astonishing results? The answer lies on the increase in globalization in recent years. Through the use of…

Development interceptions in Nigeria Development is both a physical reality and a state of mind in which society through some combination of social, economic and institutional processes, secure the means for obtaining a better life. Development in all societies must have at least three objectives: to increase the availability and widen the distribution of basic life sustaining goods, to raise the level of living and to expand the range of economic and social choices (Torado & smith 2003:22).…