The Importance Of Human Rights In Ender's Game
2.15 Honors: The Solution
Human rights are rights integral to all human beings, regardless of nationality, place of residence, gender or sex, skin color, language, religion, or any other type of status. In other words, we are all equally entitled to our inalienable human rights without prejudice or distinction in favor of or against an individual or group. Within Ender’s Game, a pressing human rights issue is brought to light in which children are being mistreated, taken advantage of, and stripped of their rights due to their age by being sent off to train extensively and fight a brutal battle that is not theirs to fight. Unfortunately, this problem goes far beyond a fictional piece, it is quite common all over the globe especially in countries such as Nigeria and Ghana and requires an immediate solution.
I propose that the government install a universal law with severe consequences for those who choose to disobey it that strictly prohibits the mistreatment of children and forbids anyone under the age of twenty-five to serve in the army, work in dangerous conditions, and slave their childhoods away laboring. Sadly, this is the only way to end this ongoing problem. This law will not only make a …show more content…
Today, there are 115 million children aged 5-17 working in a wide range of sectors including domestic service, silk production, gold mining, and the cultivation of agricultural crops etc. and approximately 120,000 teenagers are recruited to serve in the military every year. It is a cruel reality, but installing this law will ensure that people regardless of age or race are in complete possession of their basic human rights and are given an opportunity to lead a life of greatness in a world that is rid of one more human rights
Human rights are rights integral to all human beings, regardless of nationality, place of residence, gender or sex, skin color, language, religion, or any other type of status. In other words, we are all equally entitled to our inalienable human rights without prejudice or distinction in favor of or against an individual or group. Within Ender’s Game, a pressing human rights issue is brought to light in which children are being mistreated, taken advantage of, and stripped of their rights due to their age by being sent off to train extensively and fight a brutal battle that is not theirs to fight. Unfortunately, this problem goes far beyond a fictional piece, it is quite common all over the globe especially in countries such as Nigeria and Ghana and requires an immediate solution.
I propose that the government install a universal law with severe consequences for those who choose to disobey it that strictly prohibits the mistreatment of children and forbids anyone under the age of twenty-five to serve in the army, work in dangerous conditions, and slave their childhoods away laboring. Sadly, this is the only way to end this ongoing problem. This law will not only make a …show more content…
Today, there are 115 million children aged 5-17 working in a wide range of sectors including domestic service, silk production, gold mining, and the cultivation of agricultural crops etc. and approximately 120,000 teenagers are recruited to serve in the military every year. It is a cruel reality, but installing this law will ensure that people regardless of age or race are in complete possession of their basic human rights and are given an opportunity to lead a life of greatness in a world that is rid of one more human rights