Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights

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…

many of our Human Rights are violated each day? Many people in today’s world don't even know their own human rights. The right to freedom of peaceful assembly as guaranteed by Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being violated in many countries through people being arrested for protesting for their civil rights, for educating the public about their government, and for gathering to worship in their church. The right to freedom of peaceful assembly is the right to gather…

In this essay, human rights will be defined as the ideals belonging to all mankind, inherent to personhood, by which cultures attempt to preserve human dignity. I will begin from the assumption that human rights are a universal concept and not just a western construct, and I will counterargument the two notions that challenge my initial assumption. These notions relate to the religious conception of human rights and the transactional conception of the Soviet Union. These two different…

human rights. For example, the right to life and the right to live free of discrimination are two fundamental human rights, among many others. Everyone is protected by these rights; at least, everyone should be. However, there are people who face threats and violations to their basic human rights every day, and they suffer because of it. The novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card illustrates the issue of the right to be treated fairly and equally regardless of age or race, which is a right that…

Children’s Rights during Divorce Proceedings Divorce is an ordeal that significantly affects the children as it does the parents. As a result of its negative impact, children’s rights during divorce proceedings to help them, their well-being a primary concern. The current divorce rights for involved children consider many aspects to provide families with the superlative remedy. The sole concern of the justice system, in terms of children’s rights during divorce proceedings, is to consider the…

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. In defense of the rights of an individual and in opposition to succumbing to despotism. I hereby affirm the resolution: adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical choices. Seeing that this is debate of morals based on the usage of ought in the resolution my value is Justice and my value criterion is individuality.…

South Africa Albany High School United Nations Environmental Programme Water Privatization and Access Description of Topic The struggle for access to clean drinking water has lasted since prehistory and endures to this day. Although it seems that this problem would be solved by technological progress and societal advancement, the reverse is true. Due to an increasing global population, the demand for water has escalated; the fight to posses the most basic resource necessary for life continues…

A “right” is a word only given meaning in the context of actual or imagined oppression. The “right” to vote, the “right” from slavery and forced labor, and the “right” to reign all conjure up differences in their applications. Who and when are the most pertinent differentiations between the haves and have-nots. A right is a right only if it can be taken away through actions or ideologies and granted by a higher power; be that God, the Law, or an imposer of oppression. While humanity may have…

John Diefenbaker and the Canadian Bill of Rights John Diefenbaker was the thirteenth Prime minister of Canada. He was elected in 1957, forming the Progressive Conservative Government, and from the beginning of his campaign, he made it a promise that he would create a Bill of Rights for Canada. He was a very progressive Prime Minister who believed in equality and fairness, “Diefenbaker brought diversity into government- he appointed the first woman to a cabinet post and the first Aboriginal…

reasons were economic, environmental, or based on the need for basic human rights, all of these reasons are important enough for these people to stand up to his or her government to try to make a change. Even the smallest act of rebellion is known to spark a revolution that would not only change the government, but change the course of history. People should stand up against the government. First, anyone reserves the right to stand up for his or her beliefs. It does not matter whether a person…