The fundamental fights are guaranteed to protect the basic human rights of all citizens of India and are put into effect by the courts‚ subject to some limitations. One of such fundamental rights is the Right to Equality. Right to Equality refers to the equality in the eyes of law‚ discarding any unfairness on grounds of caste‚ race‚ religion‚ place of birth sex. It also includes equality of prospects in matters of employment‚ abolition of untouchability and abolition of titles. Articles 14‚ 15‚
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EQUAL RIGHTS Throughout history people have had their equal rights taken away; such as during the Holocaust when the Jews‚ mentally and physically disabled‚ gypsies‚ black people and children of mixed marriages‚ homosexuals‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ social misfits‚ and members of the political and religious opposition were taken to concentration camps. They had all their rights ripped away such as the right to religion‚ freedom of choice‚ and basic rights‚ like eating any type of food. People have
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Hello President Obama‚ The rights that are presented to the American citizens are created to protect and defend individual rights‚ while some rights are non-negotiable‚ there are many that are not absolute‚ for safety purposes. In order to protect citizens and ensure of their safety‚ certain changes must be made to ensure safety to the American citizens. The Constitution was created to protect and limit certain ideas and rights created by and given to Americans to ensure that the communities
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The Core of Equality The United States was fundamentally established upon equally‚ a system that gives every human being equivalent rights no matter their gender‚ race‚ or religion. Still‚ individuals who didn’t fit a certain image that was determined for a proposed group while others was being signal out as different labeled in a specific category as a minority. These intolerances can become combustible which leads to confrontation‚ outrage and chaos when you are subjugated to conform to what
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Animal Rights versus Human Rights Currently‚ the state of California is going through a severe drought. Almost all of California is in this state of drought‚ with 70% suffering from an “extreme” case of drought. Farmers have very little water for their crops‚ and their methods for getting more water are being blocked. A bill proposing that water be diverted from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to provide the much needed water for drought-ridden farms was shot down because it would potentially
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Cited: History. 24 Mar. 2009. Web. 16 Nov. 2011. Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife‚ 9 Mar. 2003. Web. 16 Nov. 2011. . The Right To Die." UMKC School of Law. Web. 16 Nov. 2011.
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society‚ rejected from their rights because of other people’s views on who to love? Same sex marriage is a struggle that is simply overlooked by most people today. It is difficult to fathom all the way people are denied their rights. Problems such as marriage‚ child custody‚ and the right to have and raise children are just a few pieces to the giant puzzle of gay rights acceptance to the public. This puzzle must simply be solved. Homosexuals should have the same human rights that the Founding fathers
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Animal Rights Ever since The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in England in 1824 was formed there has been long running debates on the topic of animal rights. The first societies were formed to protect and maintain human treatment of work animals‚ such as cattle‚ horses and house hold pets. Towards the end of the 19th century more organizations were formed‚ this time to protest the use of animals in scientific experimentation. In today’s society groups such as People for the
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The Civil Rights Movement was a revolution that spanned between the early and mid 1900s. It was a worldwide political movement that was aimed to ensure legal equality for all people through a principle known as equality before the law. This principle made it so that all people were subject to due process (the same laws of justice) no matter whom they were‚ where they came from‚ their socio- economic status‚ their race‚ etc. To achieve this equality‚ many forms of civil resistance were necessary.
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Right to Counsel David Trapani University of Phoenix CJA 364 October 17‚ 2011 Scott Horwath Right to Counsel The right to counsel is a fundamental right in the United States criminal justice system. As the country has matured‚ the concept has evolved and expanded significantly to promote due process and confidence in the entire system. The concept has evolved to the point that most successful attorneys elect to use private counsel when they themselves are the subject of criminal proceedings
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