Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights

Given the intensity and seriousness of language endangerment there is a wide variety of scholarship on this topic; however several scholars find problematic the literature of language endangerment. One of the main critiques from anthropologist to linguists is that linguist focus on linguistic loss without having much concern for the community of speakers whose language is in danger. The authors Jane Hill (2002) and Peter Whitely (2003) make valid critiques of the popular academic trend that language endangerment scholars propagandize for reasons that undermine its goals of advocacy. Jane Hill critiques the themes of universal ownership and hyperbole, while Whitely in conversation with and building upon Hill’s critics problematizes the apolitical…

of the important aspects of a Global Compact for human rights and proper business relationship between this disparate economics forces. In essence, an analysis of corporate social responsibility and the Global Compact will be defined through ethical standards of international business relations. The issue of corporate social responsibility has become a major issue in the 21st century, which has exposed the problem of first world corporations that exploit low cost labor and deny human rights to…

It is the twenty first century where women finally have more and more freedom to make choices in this modern society. It is ridiculous that in article 3 of the universal declaration of human rights, it states that eeveryone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, language, religion, or opinion. Clearly implying that any race and its religion should be respected and accepted. Freedom of speech and…

two centuries later, in the International Declaration of Human Rights, the UN recognised freedom of speech as a human right (reference). The question of whether or not national security should override the freedom of speech has been, and continues to be a controversial subject, particularly among governments and law-abiding citizens. Government secrecy plays a role in the controversy between national security and freedom of speech, and many government officials argue that secrets are kept so…

second in the European Commission 's Global Vulnerability and Crisis Assessment index (European commission, 2015). The United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS) has released a thorough report on the conflict surrounding South Sudan on the 8th of May 2014. This report revealed that both “gross violations of human rights and international law have occurred on a massive scale” and “civilians have often been targeted along ethnic lines” (International Coalition for the Responsibility to…

What is proposed is that justice, by the autocratic level of governance, is to be a concept that ensures the acknowledged feasibility in which all sates are able to give human rights. The first purpose of the regime is to insist that human rights are met by all countries, and that laws by states do not conflict with these rights. The second purpose of the autocracy is to ensure continuous -harmonious- global systems of exchange in commerce, ideas, persons, and other types of movement within the…

In Phillis Wheatley’s “black world” there exists a repression and limitation on social activities and a lack of basic human rights and dignity, all of which also pertain to the slavery seen in Mary Wollstonecraft’s “white world” in which women were also repressed and limited to social activities, as well as their lack of human rights and dignity. Their literature effectively connects to the reader’s ability to process and comprehend the emotional and mental tolls each type of slavery entailed…

Introduction: Human rights are universal and promote the equality of all humans by providing life chances and fairness in the society, it also protects people from oppression by other authorities. The creation of human rights are influenced by what is perceived as natural laws (sometimes religion) and also moral views of the society, so they are created with the intent of protecting individual interests and are overriding. Human rights are also normative in our modern society, they bring…

their positive attitude towards the United States or our allies, and yet our government removed them from this act. In regards to North Korea, arguments can be made that our embargo against them was aimed at deterring their nuclear program and applying pressure on them to improve human rights in their border, but nothing in particular improved in North Korea and we still lifted these restrictions. According to the Freedom House rankings of countries in 2014, North Korea scored a perfect 7.…

Australia is a democracy; however this exists in name only. Democracy means that representatives elected by the people act on behalf of the people to promote and protect their human rights and wellbeing. When governments and individuals are able to self- impose regulations and laws on the people without due consideration or consultation, then democracy has failed. The Prime Minister, the federal and state governments are guilty on self-imposing laws onto the Australian people which negate their…