inconsistent with the rights of humanity. Paying men to kill and be killed for the maintenance of a standing army results in an inconsistency in the concept of a person. The inconsistency in turn undermines the possibility for the only form of government that is consistent with possibility of perpetual peace‚ a republican government.” - J. Gabriel The Article by J. Gabriel‚ aims to present Rousseau and Kant’s argument that having to pay for standing armies deprives humans of their freedom. The
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Domestic workers abuse in Lebanon. Sources: http://www.lebanese-forces.org/humanrights http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39245 http://www.hrw.org/pub/2008/women/Lebanon.MDW.Annex.082608.pdf. Objective Part: Today‚ I chose the issue of domestic workers abuse and exploitation. This issue has been gaining more and more importance over time and causing increasing deaths. Many maids have committed suicide and others have attempted to escape by jumping off balconies and injuring themselves
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The Human Rights Advisory group has When all is said in done Remark 20 set out the commitments of states under Article 7 not to open people to ’the risk of torment or barbarous‚ cruel or corrupting treatment or discipline upon coming back to another nation by a
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“How dare the Taliban take away my basic right of education?” That is the title of the speech Malala Yousafzai gave when she recovered after the wound the Taliban gunmen left. The Taliban shot Malala on her way home from school because they have an absurd belief that girls shouldn’t be allowed to get educated. However‚ Malala believes the opposite‚ that young women should be able to go to school. Because of what the Taliban did to Malala‚ she became an activist for girls’ education. Not only is Malala
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Nation’s Convocation of Rights of Children (UNCRC) which is considered as the universal document on Child Rights "A child is any human being below the age of eighteen years‚ unless under the law applicable to the child‚ majority is attained earlier." The term "child" often‚ but does not necessarily‚ mean minor‚ but can include adult children as well as adult nondependent children. What is Right A right is as an agreement or contract established between the persons who hold a right (often referred to
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moral issues that are raised by Pepsi’s presence in Burma. A moral issue can be defined as any issue concerning how one ought to behave‚ how others ought to behave‚ or whether a situation is proper or improper. Morality is judged based on what is right or wrong. Pepsi’s presence in Burma raised several ethical and moral concerns due government operations under the military regime. In the 1990’s Burma was undergoing social‚ economic and political crisis under the military rule of the State Law &
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Privacy can simply be defined as the right to be left alone. ’It is a comprehensive right and it is the right most valued by a free people. It is a fundamental human right. A society in whish there was a total lack of privacy would be intolerable; but then again a society in which there was a total privacy would be no society at all’ (the is a balance needed). Privacy is the right of people to make personal decisions regarding their own intimate matters‚ it is the right of people to lead their lives in
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they should be part of day-to-day life. Learning outcomes This chapter will: • explain the need to promote person-centred values‚ and what each of the following terms means when supporting people who have a learning disability: ° individuality ° rights ° choice ° privacy ° independence ° dignity ° respect ° partnership ° equal opportunities • give examples of ways to put these values into practice in your day-to-day support of people with a learning disability • explain why it is important to work
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are protected as free speech under the First Amendment so long as they don’t violate some other law. As the United Nations has said (The New York Times‚ 2011)‚ access to the Internet is a human right. A report by the U.N’s special rapporteur presented to the Human Rights council in Geneva warns that this right is being threatened by governments around the world‚ democracies included. * China jails bloggers‚ blocks Web sites and filters the Internet to eradicate words‚ including “democracy‚” from
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