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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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    Human Rights and Freedoms

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    HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Law GCSE Human Rights and Freedoms Universal‚ indivisible and independent‚ human rights are what make us human. When we speak of the right to life‚ or development‚ or to dissent and diversity‚ we are speaking about the rights of the people who walk down the street every day. Without the rights and freedoms‚ we can be certain of none. Beginnings of today’s rights started in the period of the Roman Empire. Antiquity has significantly contributed to the development

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    Widow and Human Rights

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    become the part and parcel of life of Indian women and some of them have accepted them as their fate. A woman is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult‚ with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However‚ the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human‚ regardless of age‚ as in phrases such as "Women’s rights". Unlike men‚ women are typically capable of giving birth. A widow is a woman whose spouse or significant other has

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    Classification of Human Rights During World War II‚ about 70 million people were killed. Innocent civilians such as children‚ women‚ the elderly and students without any reason were killed during the war. However‚ in contemporary society‚ when our life is at risk‚ we will exercise our rights to protect ourselves‚ not to be hurt. Nevertheless‚ until 1948‚ most of the people cannot exercise their rights. As a result‚ the majority of people because of class‚ gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and so on suffered

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    Human Rights Act

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    The Human Right Act 1998 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998‚ and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000.It’s aim is to “give further effect” in UK law to the right contained in the European Convention on Human Right. The Act makes available in UK courts a remedy for breach of a Convention right‚ without the need to go to the European Court of Human Right in Strasbourg. It also totally abolished the death penalty in UK law although this was

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    Youth for Human Rights

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    Youth for Human Rights What is youth for human rights? The purpose of YHRI is to teach youth about human rights‚ specifically the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ and inspire them to become advocates for tolerance and peace. What are human rights? Every person is entitled to certain fundamental rights‚ simply by the fact of being human. They are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be‚ to do or to have. These rights are there for your protection against

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    The History of Human Rights.

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    The History of Human Rights November 30th‚ 2012 Brianna Kirk The belief of basic and inalienable rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled to by virtue of his or her humanity lie within early traditions and documents of many cultures dating as far back as 539 BCE. The

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    Human Rights, Kosovo

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    HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNAL ASSESMENT ’’the human rights of serbs in kosovo’’ To what extend are the human rights violated to the Serb people in Kosovo? Table of contents: Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Position of the Serb minority------------------------------------

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    Violating Human Rights

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    establishment of a code of human rights is a relatively recent concept introduced by the United Nations in 1946. However‚ code list is not globally accepted‚ but is upheld and respected by progressive democratic thinking countries. Not all can agree on what constitutes a human right‚ but looking back through the course of history it is clear that there have been countless violations of what the U.N. has presented as human rights. Some of the most prominent violations of these rights stem from tensions between

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    The universality of Human Rights In the course of history men and women have been struggling to obtain equal rights. Some major results have been achieved: a century and a half ago slavery has been abolished and in almost every country in the world women have voting right. Formally‚ the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN General Assembly in 1948 was a great accomplishment in this struggle. The intention of this declaration is clearly shown by the use of the

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