1 CAN THERE BE ANY UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S RIGHTS? SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING RELATIVITY AND ENFORCEMENT Kristina A. Bentley Discussion paper D&G Seminar 6 November 2002 OUTLINE…………………………………………………………………………………....1 1. 2. 3. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………..2 POINTS OF CLARIFICATION: WHAT THIS PAPER IS NOT ABOUT…………….2 WHAT ARE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS?……………………………………………………4 3.1 Child labour……………………………………………………………………..……6 3.2 Child soldiers…………………………………………………………………………7 3.3 Drugs and prostitution………………………………………………………………
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Children’s Rights Essay Each society‚ each culture‚ each ethnic group‚ in different historical periods‚ have constructed childhood in diverse ways. In social psychology we refer to such different images and ways of understanding what is best for children as social representations of childhood. Such different social representations are associated to diverse images of which are children’s social problems‚ and how society (and social policies) must deal with social problems of childhood
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Kristen Paul Week 7 December 1‚ 2012 The Rights that Inmates Possess Upon entering prison‚ inmates will lose most of their right as a free citizen. Although most of our rights afforded to us are a result of how we live our lives here in the United States‚ some of our rights still are maintained within the prison walls. These rights are listed within the First‚ Fourth‚ Eighth‚ and Fourteenth Amendment. The First amendment states we have the right to freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion.
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The right to seek‚ receive and impart information - Introduction Freedom of information is considered a fundamental human right‚ protected by international and constitutional law‚ that should essentially be promoted to the maximum extent possible given its critical role in democracy and public participation in political life. Freedom of information refers primarily to the access of information held by public bodies‚ reflecting the principle that they do not hold information on their own behalf
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Right to Counsel CJA/364 05/25/2014 Right to Counsel Right to Counsel The right to be represented by an attorney is one of the most important rights that are awarded to the accuser. The accused person of a crime usually does not receive adequate defense without having the assistance of counsel. In the twentieth century‚ the development of the right to counsel mainly focused on the issues of whether the state had to pay for the poor’s attorney. With the case of Powell v. Alabama‚ the
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In a well-known legal case‚ a classic conflict of property rights was featured. Red cedar trees‚ used only for ornamental purposes‚ carried a disease that could destroy apple orchards within a radius of two miles. There was no known way of curing the disease except by destroying the cedar trees or by ensuring that apple orchards were at least two miles away from the cedar trees. Apply the Coase theorem to this situation. Does it make any difference to the outcome whether the cedar tree owners are
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA KING’ORI DAVID WANJOHI 1015412 Rights of the child CLS 413 COURSE CONVENER: mr. Danstan omari QUESTION: Otieno aged 11 years is accused of having robbed while armed with an AK47‚ he appears before the senior resident magistrate. Analyse the facts and provide answers to the following: 1. Handling of Otieno at the police station 2. Being arraigned for plea taking and the trial process 3. Expert witnesses/reports 4. Sentencing 5. Punishments
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Is It Right to Lie? "If you continue in my word‚ then you are truly disciples of mine; and you will know the truth‚ and the truth will make you free‚” (John 8:32). When you are able to just tell the truth a huge burden will be lifted off your shoulders‚ and make your life a whole lot easier rather than a complete mess. Seen through Kant’s eyes‚ when you’re truthful‚ not a lot of situations will be difficult for you‚ but once you become that deceiving and lying type of person‚ you often will have
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Prisoners’ Rights Roberta Stewart May 1‚ 2011 CJS/230‚ Dr. Kay Carter Prisoner rights are important because they prevent prisons from taking advantage of people. They also help to ensure that the punishment fits the crime. Without prisoner rights‚ those who are responsible for ensuring that society is safe from people who cannot live by society’s rules would be free to treat prisoners whatever way they saw fit‚ and abuse would be commonplace. Even though prisoners lose a lot of their
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civil rights and the women’s rights movements had a similar goal in mind: create opportunities for their groups that were as equal as the majority had‚ and to end discrimination against them and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. These two movements had to deal with the question of how one goes about pursuing such opportunities effectively. In this essay my goal is to compare and contrast the effectiveness of the methods used in both the black civil rights and the women’s rights movements
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