North Korea is one of the most mysterious countries in the world due to its relative reclusiveness from world affairs, but behind this veneer lies a history of horrifying and disgusting abuse of human rights. The country, formed in 1948 in the wake of the Korean War, is ruled by the communist Kim regime, which … Read more
Agger and Jensen found that testimony is an open attestation of victims’ private pain and a condemnation of injustice with a psychotherapeutic effect. Testimony allows individualised pain to be experienced by the audience as personal encroachment, which then engenders the empathy of the audience for such pain. It can also be seen as an advocacy … Read more
Somalia has been known for a country that is not developed and is unsafe to live in. However, what holds people together in the country is religion. I will discuss how paramount religion is to the individuals in the country and the values they hold as a society. Along with what ethnic groups are in … Read more
Over 100,000 Rohingya have been murdered. The Rohingya are an Islamic minority that live in Rakhine State, Burma, which is near Bangladesh. They have resided there for centuries, yet the Burmese government refuses to give them humanitarian aid unless they sign documents as Bengalis, or in other words, illegal immigrants. In 2012, local political leaders … Read more
Over the last five years asylum seeker numbers, which include families with children, have been on the rise in Australia. The Australian Human Rights Commission [AHRC] (2014, p. 29) claims that Australia breaches International Human Rights Law, due to factors such as regional processing, lack of proper resources and mandatory detention with no set duration. … Read more
When you lose sight of the beauty of life and live in fear of the future that is ahead of you because it will be short, what choice do you have but to leave on your own terms. Everyone has the right to their own life and if someone is suffering, they have the right … Read more
Analyst Questionnaire – Asen Voynov Please fill in your name, replacing the highlighted “Your Name” text above with your first and last names, and answer the questions below to the best of your ability. When saving, rename the file by replacing the “Candidate Last Name” portion with your last name. 1) How did you hear … Read more
“The Circle,” by Dave Eggers is a novel that centers around a girl named Mae Holland, who works at an internet technology company called The Circle that pursues to control flow of information in turn they can takeover the whole world. Mae unknowingly take part of the operation to complete the Circle and eventually be … Read more
Another major problem in the DRC is that transnational corporations are financing rebel groups and government militias to monopolize coltan, which is creating a constant power struggle and conflict over the control of these mines (Carpenter 2012:9). The conflict that occurred in Kilwa with the Canadian mining corporation Anvil and the Congolese troops is a … Read more
North Korea has historically been known as a country that violates many human rights of North Korean citizens, motivating them to seek refuge in another country such as China. However, China is actively contravening its international obligations toward North Korean refugees by infringing upon international human rights laws such as violating the commitment to adhere … Read more
The act of torture is a grave violation of human rights that infringes objectives of the United Nations Charter. Since 1984, 155 countries have ratified UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT). Between these 155 countries, 142 countries were researched by Amnesty International, a non-profit organization in the forefront of the campaign against torture and a recipient … Read more
Pharmacists have the vital job to provide their patients with any medications they need or have been prescribed for. However, there may be some medications, such as Plan B or emergency contraception, that are tied to moral beliefs that certain pharmacists do not agree with. This brings up the issue if pharmacists should have the … Read more
Since 1964, 2,500,000 people have died from secondhand smoke (Secondhand smoke (SHS) facts, Dec. 20, 2016). There are two types of secondhand smoke: sidestream and mainstream. Sidestream smoke is the smoke that comes off of the burning end of the cigarette. Mainstream smoke is the smoke that is exhaled by the smoker (Health risks of … Read more
The following is a conversation between Socrates, who has mysteriously appeared in Philadelphia on November 9th, 2016, and Vivian Beck, a pro-choice woman among the crowd. The crowd chants outside to protest the election of Donald Trump, a republican candidate, as the President of the United States. Trump’s policies on defunding Planned Parenthood, overturning Roe … Read more
A worldwide issue that has been occurring in many countries for several years is the violation of The Declaration of Human Rights. This has been happening especially in Cuba for roughly about 28 years. Some of the most recent and popular rights that have been violated in Cuba are, the limiting of citizens thoughts and … Read more
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the U. S constitution. The purpose of The Bill of Rights is to protect individual liberties. This document was created September 25, 1789 and was then ratified on December 15, 1791. This took two years after being created to be put … Read more
We can save state sovereignty or we can save strangers. The problem with humanitarian military intervention is that it has proven to be only sometimes effective – not always effective but only sometimes. It is undeniable that humanitarian intervention has catapulted a huge moral dilemma into the international realm. Humanitarian intervention has turned into a … Read more
Eleanor Roosevelt was a very important activist. Although at the time people thought that she was stepping out of her place as a woman, she altered the role of the first lady. She spoke up for women’s rights, African American rights, and she helped the kids and the poor. She stood up for a African … Read more
Many immigrants from different parts of the world move to the United States to find the American Dream. They move to find liberty, rights, opportunity, equality. They often look for a life here, because their life in their country was not going well for them. Some often move so their children can grow up and … Read more
“Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior” – Jack Schwart. Uganda has been greatly affected by genocide, different factors and people contribute to the problems there. Uganda is a landlocked country in Africa. It has a tropical climate and is divided into three distinct areas, the swampy lowlands, a … Read more
Malala Yousafzai, an activist of education rights, survived a gunshot to the head at the young age of 14. She helped her dad build a school in Pakistan where everyone could go to school, no matter what, she made lots of speeches and kept fighting for education rights. A group centralized in Pakistan, called the … Read more
“Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work. . . Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social service. ” These are … Read more
In this paper I want to show the importance of the distinction between Deontological theories and Teleological theories. First, let me define the basic types of deontological theories: Act-deontology takes the rightness of an act as having to be decided by the individual on the basis of what the particular situation demands of him or … Read more
In fact, in the sass’s and sass’s, only a few races were allowed to live their lives free of racism and discrimination. Other races Including the Jews, Aboriginals and Asians were heavily discriminated against and had to face extreme hardships to attain something as simple as their basic human rights. Anta-Smelts or extreme prejudice against … Read more
In fact, in the 1 ass’s and 1 ass’s, only a few races were allowed to live their lives free of racism and discrimination. Other races including the Jews, Aboriginals and Asians were heavily discriminated against and had to face extreme hardships to attain something as simple as their basic human rights. Anti-Semitism or extreme … Read more
Declaration has sections that conflicts some of the rights of humans in the Declaration of Human Rights. In section add of the Cairo Declaration it states, ‘There shall be no crime or punishment except as provided for in the Shari’s,” this can include stoning for adultery, a cruel and inhumane punishment. In the Declaration of … Read more
Man’s inhumanity to man is everywhere. I firmly believe that people on this earth should be treated and respected equally. People are all unique. They come from different backgrounds, have different beliefs and ideas, but treating others in such an inhuman way, as the Jewish were in the concentration camps is cruel and should have … Read more
After the war crimes committed by the Germans in the holocaust that occurred during World War II, the United nations decided to create a document guaranteeing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all people, regardless of race, sex, language, or religion. This document was called The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration … Read more
For years, part of the American public, and humans in general, have been fascinated with the possibility of creating human life by other than natural means. There are many who strongly disagree with the idea of human cloning. It certainly wasn’t surprising when they were able to clone a sheep and will not be the … Read more