economic gain. Environmental Crime is not restricted by borders and has a great affect on a nation’s security and existence. “A significant proportion of both wildlife and pollution crime is carried out by organized criminal networks.” (Interpol Enviromental Crime Programme‚ 2012). What is the case? What happened? Wal-Mart‚ one of the largest retailers has plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials in stores all across the US. In another
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PAPER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-AN ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS By Ms Shabana Kesar Asst. Professor Department of Women Education Maulana Azad National Urdu University Mailing address : Department of women education‚ MANUU‚ Gachchibowli‚ Hyderabad‚ 500032. E-mail ID: - sabasuri@gmail.com Paper- Violence against women[VAW]-An issue of Human Rights Synopsis:- Introduction issue of human rights VAW a health & social issue Dimensions & causes of violence VAW a global & Indian scenario Failure
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Physically challenged but not disabled: The issue of human rightsPublished : Friday‚ 26 July 2013 By defining disability as a problem of medical intervention‚ individuals‚ societies and governments avoid the responsibility of addressing the human rights issue writes M S Siddiqui Everyone is different in respect of his/her colour‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ size‚ shape‚ or anything else but equal in the eye of law. The law by way of constitutional rights treats all citizens alike‚ including
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Declaration of Human Rights was adopted and proclaimed on December 10th 1948 to prevent a another holocaust and to achieve a universal standard of human rights. Over the last sixty years various regional and international treaties and conventions have been adopted to protect and advance human rights towards universality. Furthermore‚ it equally important to mention that there has been a western dominated movement to universalise human rights. Nevertheless‚ Universal Human remains a contentious issue of debate
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12/5/12 What are Human Rights What are human rights? Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings‚ whatever our nationality‚ place of residence‚ sex‚ national or ethnic origin‚ colour‚ religion‚ language‚ or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. T hese rights are all interrelated‚ interdependent and indivisible. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law‚ in the forms of treaties‚ customary international law
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Human rights education and the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed it as central to the achievement of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)[1]: “ Now‚ Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations‚ to the end that every individual and every organ of society‚ keeping this Declaration constantly in mind‚ shall strive by teaching
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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 local‚ regional‚ national‚ and international law.[2] The doctrine of human rights in international practice‚ within international law‚ global and regional institutions
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IntroductOry note : “HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN NEGLECTED AND BLATANTLY VIOLATED ALL OVER THE WORLD. THESE HUMAN RIGHTS (HR) AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (FR) HAVE NOW TAKEN AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT SHAPE IN THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) DRIVEN WORLD. THE NATIONS ARE INCREASINGLY BECOMING “POLICE STATES” AND “ENDEMIC SURVEILLANCE SOCIETIES”. THE VICES OF ILLEGAL E-SURVEILLANCE‚ PRIVACY VIOLATIONS‚ HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS‚ FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS‚ ETC ARE BECOMING COMMON AND
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“Human Rights” Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights‚ such as the right to life and liberty‚ freedom of expression‚ and equality before the law; and economic‚ social and cultural rights‚ including the right to participate in culture‚ the right to food‚ the right to work‚ and the right to education. All human beings are born
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Introduction Human rights and the concepts concerning the treatment of man have received much publicity since 1948 during the formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Protection of human rights goes way back to the early society of humans and continues to evolve with time as a leading factor in revolution and politics of any given government (Symonides 2003 p. 15). Power limitation for most governors based on the concept of human rights‚ which provided the foundation for
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