B. A. – 4th Semester – Winter Drive 2012 B.A. (Economics) Subject Name: Human Rights. Subject code: BAC 402 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: 1740) Answers for 10 marks questions should be written within 350 – 450 words. Answers for 8 marks questions should be written within 250– 350 words. Answers for 5 mark questions should be writtenwithin 150 – 200 words. Answers for 2 mark questions should be answered as per the requirement. ___________________________________________________________________ Note:
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The Concept of Human Rights Human rights are recognized globally meaning that they apply equally to all people in all parts of the world. Various types of human rights have been the focus of many treaties and have been incorporated into the constitutions of many countries. According to the basis of human rights all persons are considered equals and are therefore equally deserving of respect and righteous treatment. Human rights and this statement have been fought over for a number of centuries
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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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Disrespect of Human Rights The American community‚ especially in the wake of the atrocities on September 11th‚ has been wholly absorbed by images broadcast on network television. Unfortunately‚ many issues have been fully discounted. I feel that at least one issue must be addressed to a larger extent on a national level. The violation of human rights abroad should be given more attention‚ especially in civil conflicts. I feel that this moral issue is central to many of the deepest interests
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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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and human rights violation? Or has state power left the legal system hopeless and dead ended. Individual attributions of international state power a reason to legal system becoming hopeless for civilians to rely on for justice; undoubtingly a dead end. Joachim J Savelsberg elevates with serious questions in a series of chapters about the barbarous unspoken hidden cruelties behind civil wars‚ the genocide. Savelsberg takes the issue with the widely held assumption that these grave violations of human
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specific ethnic group. During a genocide human rights are taken away and ignored such as the right to life‚ the right to liberty‚ and the right to security of person. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been violated through the Bosnian Genocide‚ the Rwandan Genocide‚ and the Japanese Internment Camps. During the Bosnian Genocide of 1995 human rights were stripped from the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina such as the right to life‚ liberty and security of person.
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Convention against Torture Around the world and around the clock‚ human rights violations seem to never cease. In particular‚ torture violations are still rampant all over the world. One regime‚ the Convention against Torture and other Cruel‚ Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment‚ establishes a strong elaboration of norms against torture. Despite its efforts‚ many countries still outright reject its policies against torture while other countries openly accept them‚ but surreptitiously still
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Younus 1 Alia Younus ERWC Ballard 30 May 2014 Terrorism in Pakistan Human rights describe equal rights and freedom for everybody by the fact of being human and without distinction of any kind of race‚ color‚ opinions‚ beliefs‚ political views‚ gender and language. However‚ many people have always suffered from the lack of them throughout history. Imagine that a loved went outside on a little trip to the market. Now it has been a while since they left and its not even a traffic hour. Then you happen to turn on the tv and
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Women have long been fighting for equal rights in every sphere of society. Land ownership‚ choice of marriage partner‚ and right to work or leave the house are a few of the basic rights that many men and women take for granted. Many nation-states have been reluctant to treat women as full citizens‚ entitled to the full array of civil and human rights‚ because they view them as incomplete national subjects . The issue of women being viewed as incomplete national subjects is three-fold; male-dominated
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