DVA1501/101/3/2013 Tutorial Letter 101/3/2013 INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DVA1501 Semesters 1 and 2 Department of Development Studies This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code CONTENTS 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5 6 7 8 8.1 8.2 8.2.1 8.2.2 8.3 9 10 11 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME ................................................................................................ 3 Tutorial matter ....................................
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The United Nations Organization (UNO) officially came into existence in October 1945 after the Second World War. It was formed to replace the League of Nations‚ which had proved incapable of restraining aggressive dictators like Hitler and Mussolini. In setting up the UNO‚ the great powers tried to eliminate some of the weaknesses‚ which had handicapped the league. The UN charter was drawn up in San Francisco in 1945‚ and was based on proposals made at an earlier meeting between the USSR USA China
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Human Rights or Technology? In today’s highly technological world everyone wants the latest and greatest gizmo on the market. Companies like Apple‚ want to make as much money as possible. With both Apple and society being held responsible for the outrageous working conditions in the factories in China workers can be treated more like people. In the article “In China‚ Human Costs are Built into an iPad‚” Charles Duhigg and David Barboza argue that Apple and society are responsible for the repugnant
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Is The Internet a Human Right? A Review and Assessment of Human Rights and the Internet. It may seem blasé‚ or more probably naive‚ in this post dot-com-bust world to still hold out that “information is power” and‚ moreover‚ that the Internet is fundamentally different than any previous information technology. Perhaps I am guilty of such sentimentalities‚ but allow me at least for the sake of argument to hold on to a small hope that the Internet really is something new. It would then be true that
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ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS TRUMP HUMAN RIGHTS? This study aims to present the findings of research on the link between environmental rights and human rights. Rights are normative principles‚ meaning that in the context of law‚ they are viewed according to a valued position. However‚ values can be inconsistent with each other hence the reason why rights‚ and in this case‚ human and environmental rights‚ may come into conflict. Another justification for this is the “flexibility” of rights explained by
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like United nations ‚ need to do this for maintaining peace and security of the whole world. A Law must be flexible and up to date as the situation and time‚ so the international law also need to developed as the circumstances. The United Nations plays a vital role in the development‚ codification of International law. The International Law Commission‚ established by the General Assembly in 1948‚ is the primary institution responsible for these activities. 1.1. The United Nations: The United Nations
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of Human Rights was created. The final obstacle for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approval from the United Nation General assembly. In order for the document to be approved it required two-thirds of the vote. On December 10‚ 1948‚ the document was adopted.1 The United Nation has not been successful at enforcing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because the underlying values in the document are not actually universal. Different states have different values about human rights
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* Human rights act (1998) * Disability discrimination act(1995) * Sex discrimination act (1975) * Protection of children act(1999) * Health and safety at work act (1974) * (COSHH) control of substances hazardous to health regulations(2002) * Data protection act (1998) Human rights act(1998)-human right gives you the right to live to certain freedoms on what you can say and do anyone in uk has to respect theses rules cannot be gone against as its a law. Human right gives
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Human Rights Education (HRE) according to Shiman 1999 is ‘all learning that develops the knowledge‚ skills and values of human rights’. If HRE is effective then it can change a person’s values‚ attitudes and behaviour which could potentially be life changing (University of Minnesota‚ 2009).Despite the widespread recognition of the importance of education and that education is a basic human right; there are staggering statistics to show that many people go without a basic education. Many children
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In a Free State‚ individual rights are important. The government administers laws and regulations that apply to all—the citizens‚ officials‚ law enforcement—to make sure these rights are authenticated. In the United States of America‚ the constitution serves as the Law of the Land‚ in which all Americans are held to the same laws; this “Rule of Law” that defines a Free State is meant to ensure equality for all (Framework). Based on these characteristics‚ the United States would rightly be deemed
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