Human Rights The Charter of the United Nations requires that all member states “promote and encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race‚ sex‚ language‚ or religion”. In order to provide a common understanding of these rights‚ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10‚ 1948. In simple language‚ it describes the rights shared by all human beings‚ and sets “a common standard
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In a society that is continually evolving‚ it is no surprise that some aspects are more accepted than others. One of the topics that has most recently been under the spotlight is same-sex marriage. Although same-sex couples are not a new addition to our society‚ the laws in which they must abide by are constantly fluctuating. However‚ one’s perception of same-sex couples may be altered if one were to view same-sex couples through a sociological lens including subculture‚ ethnocentrism‚ cultural universals
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CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was brought into effect to recognise that Children needed their own set of specific human rights that should be protected and that these were a universal right not a privilege. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was drawn up and accepted by the UN in 1989. The UK government agreed to abide by the principles in 1991 and it was fully implemented in 1992. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the
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What Are Women Rights? Women’s rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide. In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law‚ local custom‚ and behavior‚ whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls in favour of men and boys. Issues commonly associated with
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Table of Contents * INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………… 6 * RIGHT TO EDUCATION: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ………………………7-12 * PRE-INDEPENDENCE ERA * SUPREME COURT ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION * APPROACH OF VARIOUS COMMISSIONS * INTERNATIONAL TREATY OBLIGATIONS * THE 86TH AMENDMENT ACT * THE RIGHT OF CHILDERNS TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT‚ 2009 ………………………………………………………………………..12-15 * HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ACT * CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………………….15-16 * BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Women’s Rights and Human Rights This paper seeks to investigate women’s rights on a global basis. I will review several articles‚ the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDW) and UN Resolution 1325 to try to discover commonalities and links to the repression of women and the ingredients for the fulfillment of women’s rights. The first article‚ The Political Repression of Women‚ by Conway Henderson‚ is an excellent study and good cross section analysis
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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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Should Animals Have More Rights? Some people believe that animals are humans’ friends. The other people might do not think so. Because people have different values of animals‚ the arguments are commenced. Since 1977‚ all of three philosophers‚ Peter Singer‚ Tom Regan and Carl Cohen have respectively written their work to declare the status of animals. On the one hand‚ according to Peter Singer’s “All Animals Are Equal(1977) ‚” and Tom Regan’s “The Case for Animal Rights(1989)‚” they claim that people
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Case study!!! Coke fined for insects in Sprite | New Delhi‚ April 28 (PTI): A city consumer court today ordered Coca-Cola to pay over Rs 1 lakh after a man found dead insects in an unopened bottle of Sprite‚ advertised as the company’s top product in the soft drinks market.“It seems that giant companies have only focused their eyes on their one-point programme ’ make money. For that end they will even play with the public’s health‚” the district consumer redressal forum (north)‚ comprising its
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Stillion Southard 152 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON‚ "ADDRESS ON WOMAN ’S RIGHTS" (September 1848) Belinda A. Stillion Southard University of Maryland Abstract: This essay attends to the transformative power of Elizabeth Cady Stanton ’s first major public speech‚ in which she grounds her arguments in natural rights‚ adopts an embellished speaking style‚ and employs a narrative form in her conclusion to invite he
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