How Human Rights Protect the People
International laws are there to protect the people, but still many countries get away with ignoring people’s rights and to the eye it looks like they suffer no consequences. International laws put into place by treaty, also legally binding, were in order to address injustices to the people. (The Foundation. N.D.) Protecting human rights throughout the world is a humane effort. Many governments oppress its people, murder, and leave their people starving while those in power live a better life. Protecting the basic human rights of the individuals is an international moral duty. Everyone should see it as such and step in when they are needed and protect the people, as well the same should be done for them.
Background
Human rights laws were first brought out in 1948, after the Second World War. It was meant to keep things that had happened then from happening again. The Holocaust was the persecutions and murder of approximately six million Jewish people. (Holocaust Memorial N.D.) POW (prisoner of war) camps where German soldiers were captured by the Russians and murdered over years, Even Japanese war camps captured soldiers and they were tortured. Battles or even ransacking of cities took place over the War, and people were raped, murdered, and tortured. The things that were done to the people were so outrageous and unthinkable; they started The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The treaties were formed in order to protect the people, from all countries, from the wars that may surround them, as well as protect them even when they are not in times of war. Everyone is free and is to be shown the same respects in dignity and rights; everyone has the same basic rights. Protecting these human rights became the job of the international community.
Issues
Women’s right still sees problems when it comes to Human Rights, and range from cultural, political, to economic. Some people believe this may be a problem in other countries only but even effects at home. Women can
Background
Human rights laws were first brought out in 1948, after the Second World War. It was meant to keep things that had happened then from happening again. The Holocaust was the persecutions and murder of approximately six million Jewish people. (Holocaust Memorial N.D.) POW (prisoner of war) camps where German soldiers were captured by the Russians and murdered over years, Even Japanese war camps captured soldiers and they were tortured. Battles or even ransacking of cities took place over the War, and people were raped, murdered, and tortured. The things that were done to the people were so outrageous and unthinkable; they started The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The treaties were formed in order to protect the people, from all countries, from the wars that may surround them, as well as protect them even when they are not in times of war. Everyone is free and is to be shown the same respects in dignity and rights; everyone has the same basic rights. Protecting these human rights became the job of the international community.
Issues
Women’s right still sees problems when it comes to Human Rights, and range from cultural, political, to economic. Some people believe this may be a problem in other countries only but even effects at home. Women can