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    Human Rights Notes

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    Human Rights: HR’s refer to the basic rights and freedom that are believed to belong to all human beings. WHAT SETS OUT THE FUNDEMENTAL PURPOSE FOR RECOGNISING HR’S? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted be the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. It states that recognitions of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all freedom‚ justice and peace in the world. TYPES OF HR There are three types: o Civil and political rights – to vote

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    Assignment: Human Rights

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    B. A. – 4th Semester – Winter Drive 2012 B.A. (Economics) Subject Name: Human Rights. Subject code: BAC 402 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: 1740) Answers for 10 marks questions should be written within 350 – 450 words. Answers for 8 marks questions should be written within 250– 350 words. Answers for 5 mark questions should be writtenwithin 150 – 200 words. Answers for 2 mark questions should be answered as per the requirement. ___________________________________________________________________ Note:

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    Human Rights Violations

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    ------------------------------------------------- Human rights Human rights are commonly understood as "inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being."[1] Human rights are thus conceived as universal (applicable everywhere) and egalitarian (the same for everyone). These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights‚ in both national and international law. The doctrine of human rights in international practice‚ within international

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    DEONTOLOGY “In the realm of ends‚ everything has either a price or dignity. Whatever has a price can be replaced by something else its equivalent; on the other hand‚ whatever is above all price‚ and therefore admits of no equivalent‚ has a dignity” Immanuel Kant Abstract The relationship between an Employer and an Employee is important in the world of business and causes a considerable amount of stress and strain. There are employers who do not trust their employees‚ while some employees think

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    evolution of human rights Declaration of Human rights of man and of the citizen 1789: This document emerged as a part of the enlightenment movement in France with the intent of changing the continuous violations of the human rights that were happening in that period. In this paper I’m going to speak about the social context in which the declaration of human rights was written and explain why it was unsuccessful and there was a need to write the "universal declaration of human rights" 140 years

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    Ethical Relativism

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    Ethical Relativism/Subjectivism 11/09/2006 08:05 AM Ethical Relativism/Subjectivism Subjective‚ inter-subjective‚ and objective claims: A claim or judgment is subjective if its truth depends on whether or not it conforms to the tastes‚ attitudes‚ and beliefs of the claimer (the person making the claim). o Example: “Anchovies taste yummy.” (a matter of taste) A claim or judgment is inter-subjective if its truth depends on whether or not it conforms to the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and conventions

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    Media and Human Rights

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    PROJECT WORK OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS Acknowledgement I would like to take this opportunity to extend a word of my gratitude to my esteemed ‘Human Rights’ faculty Mr. P.P. Rao‚ who had been a constant source of inspiration for me in the pursuance of this project. Sir has been gracious enough to guide me on the right path which has enabled me to strengthen my efforts

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    Relativism and Morality

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    Running head: RELATIVISM AND MORALITY Relativism and Morality Rodney L. Cotton SOC 120 Robert Neely February 21‚ 2011 Relativism and Morality In the article‚ “Some Moral Minima‚” Lenn E. Goodman raises the question‚ “if it is true that no norm can be made absolute unless some other is compromised‚ are there no rules that tell us that principles are principles – no norms delineating concretely‚ and uncompromisingly‚ wrong from right?” (Goodman‚ 2010) Goodman goes on to state that the

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    Women’s Rights are Human Rights On September 5‚ 1995‚ Hillary Clinton- the First Lady of the United States- took front stage at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing‚ China to speak on the fleeting struggles women face in every single country. Standing in front of women’s rights activist from over 180 countries‚ Hillary Clinton’s words were as powerful as her prominent political stand she held. Clinton catalogued the devastating truth on the abuse afflicted onto women‚ and then challenging

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    Citizenship and Human Rights

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    Why are human rights so difficult for Women to realise? The “Rights of Man and of the Citizen” (1789) are‚ for women‚ arbitrary‚ innate‚ a document that speaks volumes in the silent exclusion of women. Women‚ in this document‚ are not accounted and therefore it must be assumed that women are not (at the time of printing) recognised as citizens and are without rights‚ at least the rights bestowed upon their brothers‚ fathers‚ sons and uncles. This blatant hierarchal placement of rights removes

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