Category: Human Rights

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness; said Desmond Tutu, a human rights activist. One may experience many challenges and losses in life. Success depends on how we face all these obstacles to achieve our goals.This is exactly what Junior, tells us in the novel ‘ The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian ‘.In this novel, it is illustrated through the use of characters and atmosphere that – ‘hope helps a person to face all the challenges and losses that may arise, with a certain mindset suitable to accomplish the objectives […]

 “An eye for an eye,” is what some of the leadingexecutioners would say defending the death penalty. However, death penalty is aunjust and impractical way of dealing with crimes. The death penalty breaches two essentialhuman rights: the right to life and the right to live free from tortureenshrined in the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights (1948). Brazil may not have the best criminaljustice system but it takes pride in being the most populous country in the world that does notretain the death penalty in practice, race andplace determines who lives and who dies.  Brazil is concerned about the phenomenon ofmass convictions, since […]

I completed my service hours at the foundation called “The Village Family Services”. Orally speaking the goal of this significant foundation is to protect children from abuse, generally preserve families and basically build a stronger, safer community for all, which is orally quite significant. The history of the foundation begins in 1997, when two leading Southern California therapists apperceived an earnest lack of culturally sensitive, opportune accommodations for primarily Latino children and families victimized by violence, abuse and neglect. To fill that void, Hugo Villa, and Irma Seilicovich, established an incipient kind of agency with a fresh approach – one that amalgamated expertise with […]

The purpose of international humanitarian law is to conserve a quota of humanity even during these disputes. It does not interest itself with the explanations for war but alternately what happens in war instead. This is jus in bello or known as law in war.This International Humanitarian Law has the purpose of assuring peaceful relationship between and/or among humans. It builds a significant addition to the sustenance of peace in that it improves humaneness in time of war. It also intents to avoid or at least to obstruct mankind’s downturn to a state of absolute barbarity. International humanitarian law is ingrained in the laws of ancient […]

           In To Kill a Mockingbird perspective is one of the central themes in the book. There are many key perspective moments throughout the book, but these are the most critical parts. In chapter 12 when Scout and Jem go to Calpurnia’s church,  In chapter 24 when Atticus interrupts the missionary circle and tells Alexandra and Calpurnia Tom Robinson is dead, and when Scout walks Boo Radley back to his house on in chapter 31.          In chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird Scout and Jem join Calpurnia to go to her […]

Name: Course: Lecturer: Date: Chapter 10 Question 1 Assimilation means the act of different ethnic groups dissolving in other communities. Normally, the community that is assimilated is called a minority group and the host is called the dominant community. The minority group fits in by adopting the host community’s practices and way of life. The two groups must co-exist for assimilation to take place. Several ethnic groups were assimilated in America including the Latinos, Asians, Chinese, Africans and many others. The rate at which the mentioned groups were assimilated depended on how fast they adopted to the host’s environment. The […]

Name: Lecturer: Course: Date: Discussion Disenfranchisement of felons is the process by which some people are denied their right to voting. This is because they are felons serving time for the wrongs they did to society. This practice dates back to Roman and Greek era. It was used as a form of punishment to give criminals civil death. This is through denying them the basic human right to vote. People have different views about felony disenfranchisement. It is a form of racial discrimination as criminals are denied their basic human right. They are denied the right to choose the person […]

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: 24 Hours News Reporting The media is a massive tool that is used in the conveyance of diverse information. The newspaper and television are agents of the media. These agents place different amounts of time in the coverage of the different issues in the society. This report will bring out the coverage of health issues from the Canarsie Courier newspaper and HLN Television channel. The report was done from 23 February 2011 coverage. The core subject was health and aging issues. The Canarsie Courier did coverage on the approval of creating a facility for the disabled […]

Thegolden rule that runs through the web of criminal jurisprudence is that ‘the accused is presumed to be innocent untilthe guilt is proved’. The onerous responsibility to prove all the ingredientsof an offence rests upon the prosecution. If the prosecution has not proved theguilt according to the standards of proof, there arises a reasonable doubt andthe accused gets benefit of acquittal.  However,this is not a immutable principle. Exceptions enumerated under sec 105 and sec106 place a part of burden of proof on the accused to prove facts which arewithin his knowledge. Sec 113-A of the evidence act raises a presumption […]

The United Nations, as an organization created by equalsovereign states and built upon a single set of principles as the UN Charter,has the capacity and responsibility to deal with matters in the sphere ofinternational peace and security. The Cold War put an obstacle in the way ofthe Organization to use its delegated powers in conflict resolution within thefew years of its establishment. As a result, and because of the necessity todeal with international conflicts, the institution of peace-keeping emerged withthe aim of deploying forces not to end the aggression, breach of or threat tothe peace, but for supervision of cease-fires […]