Human Rights Article Reviews Samples For Students

In her article, ‘From Pariah State to Global Protagonist: Argentina and the Struggle for Human Rights’, Kathryn Sikkink provides a luminous illustration on the role that Argentina has played in shaping the human rights discourse in the world. Sikkink’s main point is that most of the human rights practices and conventions of the world trace their roots to the Argentina. She notes that while many would naturally expect practices to flow from the more powerful countries to the less powerful countries, this has not necessarily been the case as far as the field of human rights is concerned. This ...

Considering human rights as an issue without culture, diversity, and without complicated frameworks means it is about what it implies – "human" rights. In reality, the question arises why Western ideology of feminism exhibit so many gaps when it comes to the female of the human species. The Western feminist belief about human rights as a means for establishing a commonality among global women empowerment causes limitations in bridging gaps from a global perspective and consequently demands a new way of thinking.
Theorists on universalism and women's human rights including Grewal, Bunch, and Hua provide the textual dialogue for examining this predicament. Globally, ...

Article Review

The United Nations along with other human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International, denounce capital punishment, or what they also call “death penalty”. They consider it as “the ultimate denial of human rights”. The political reaction towards capital punishment seems to be, however, different. This is what Jerome Taylor comments on in his article for the Independent: “As the smoke clears after Saudi Arabia’s latest mass execution by firing squad Charles and Camilla fly in”.
According to the United Nations, the death penalty can be justified only in two “most serious” cases which are “the crime of ...

Analysis of "Lesser Evil" and "Lesser Evil is not Good Enough"

The Michael Ignatieff’s perception of democracy in the article “Lesser Evils “seems to be sophisticated and contradictory. “The Lesser Evil is Not Good Enough” a book review by Rabkin Jeremy on the other hand is confusing on the appropriate way to handle terrorists. The articles contradict the ideas and demonstrate a rational argument for doing the same. Terrorism in itself is wrong yet he advocates for a fair hearing and dialogue with terrorists. A summary and comprehensive analysis of the two articles will determine which of the two articles is weighty.

Summary of: The Lesser Evil Is Not Good

Michael Ignatieff argues that even liberal democracies must perpetrate evil ...

Comparison of Law of Search (USA vs. UAE)

Comparison of USA and UAE Laws
Law is very important especially in our modern times in which it is being regarded as the supreme basis of government. Law provides the system, which regulates individual and social behaviors. Two strong nations, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, have their own laws to sustain their own government in terms of providing rules and regulations in achieving system over the government.

Constitutional, Administrative and Executive Laws

United States as well as the United Arab Emirates has sources of their own laws. One source is their constitution. In the United States, the constitutional law constitutes distinctive ...

That there was genocide in Rwanda culminating to the death of close to 1 million people is no secret. It has been 19 years since the world watched in disbelief as a nation descended upon itself in a move to exterminate one another. In order to bring justice to the victims, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was formed to prosecute the core perpetrators. This court was established in November 1994 by the United Nation Security Council to try those responsible for the genocide and other violation of international law in Rwanda. These crimes ranged from planned exterminations of the ...

Introduction

the government is at the forefront of fighting against prostitution without understanding the reasons that motivate citizens to engage in prostitution

Authors thesis : the C-36 bill introduced by the government is aimed exploiting prostitutes

Prostitutes are prone to human trafficking and violence from customers which necessitates the introduction of the C-36 bill; The government is committed to the elimination of sexual adverts that target school going children and the larger society; each society has moral values; human rights violation such as human trafficking and violence affects prostitutes; and that the essence of legislation is to protect the vulnerable groups against prostitution

Body of the Essay

1. 1st argument: government of Canada is in the forefront of ...

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The issue of organ transplant has become a complex and delicate matter because it has been linked to illegal international organ trafficking, organ theft and gross human rights violations. The issue can best be understood if examined within the social context in which it takes place. In her essay “Truth and Rumor on the Organ Trail,” Nancy Scheper Highes, a medical anthropologist, explores the social and economic contexts of organ transplant in Brazil, South Africa and India. Her essay first appeared in Natural History (1998). She notes that the issue of organ transplant is particularly controversial in these ...

Review on the article “Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution and Organized Crime”

Full reference of the work:
Fondation Scelles Group. (2012). Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution and Organized Crime. Retrieved from http://www.fondationscelles.org/en/prostitution/prostitution-by-countryhttp://www.fondationscelles.org/pdf/rapport_mondial/sexual_exploitation_prostitution_Fondation_Scelles.pdf

The article of the Fondation Scelles Group (2012) is against prostitution, and considers prostituion as sexual exploitation in whichever cultural, economic or political contexts. The article gave overview of the prostitution globalization, commoditization and trivialization. Global prostitution is possible because it surpasses borders since human go from one country to another so as to perchance sex or practice prostitution. Some people leave their country with the hope of a better opportunity but were caught by traffickers who exploit them around the ...

The article entitled “ACLU Calls for Immediate Resignation of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and Thorough Federal Investigation” published online by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) proffered pertinent issues relative to alleged abuse, brutality, violence and violations to human rights reportedly perpetuated by the deputies of Sheriff Lee Baca to the inmates of the Los Angeles County Jail. As noted, accounts from eyewitnesses, chaplains, and even testimonies from inmates revealed that a culture of violence has been constantly applied to the inmates by the sheriff’s deputies who allegedly allow, inflict, and even encourage “deputy-on-inmate assaults, ...

Discrimination can no longer be eliminated in all the systems in the world because some needs it and some wants it to be done. Since the ancient years, it is possible that there is already billions of both resolved and unresolved cases of discrimination that have been filed in different courts, not counting yet the discriminations that has happened but not spoken of.
It is the form of isolation and treatment to any group of people most especially to those who are deviant to the society. Some of these groups fall under the categories of sex, religion, physical ...

In the article, State Actors in an International Definition of Terrorism from a Human Rights Perspective, Bruce Broomhall suggests that the way terrorism is defined currently may be insufficient to fully encapsulate the intricate aspects of the activities that occur under the title of “terrorism.” The article highlights the principles of international humanitarian law as it pertains to terrorism on an international level, rather than domestic. According to Broomhall, terrorism consists of acts such as hostage taking, genocide, war crimes, and the indiscriminate targeting of civilian individuals in an attempt to make a large impact or bring attention to the cause ...

Summary

The success of the US economy should be measured on its ability to touch human life and protect human dignity. The article is written to address the effects of the US economy on the human life. It is an invitation to Catholics to analyze the Christian faith, economy, governance, and society. The letter is not aimed at advancing the economic discourse. However, it examines the moral principles from the Scripture and social teachings of the Church aimed at establishing what economic life should serve.
Economic life of a society should be discussed and shaped by its effect on human, ...

The issue of poverty is a reality based on the information from the article. The well-being of children and child poverty goes beyond the concept of household income. It is in record those approximately eight million children who are under the age of five die due to preventable causes; this statistics is based on developing nations. The approach used by human rights in measuring child wellbeing seems to be realistic. As a matter of fact, child well-being is determined by the aspect to eliminate deprivation from various aspects of child life (Gordon et al 6). The essence of suing the income ...

Employer and employee sign working agreements that count for the employee’s working contract, agreements that amongst others, refer to non-disclosure policy, respecting the working norms and regulations, code and conduct and so on. This stands at the basis of the working relationship between employees and employer around the world. Violation of this relationship leads to terminating the working contract and in some cases, to inducing the offender employees on a black list, so that they cannot find employment in the same activity sector, as Clifford and Silver – Greenberg report (“Retailers Tract Employee”).
With these general information one could ...

Reply to articles

The first article focuses on the basic legal rights stipulated in the civil rights section of the AFL-CIO website. These rights assure workers of healthy and safe environmental conditions at their workplace. However, these civil rights have been violated often as companies seek to maximize profits rather than care about their employees. The example of A.E. Staley is proof of how employees are mistreated by managers who are only focused on profit making.
The article also focuses on the plight of workers of African American and Latino descent. These employees have faced mistreatment ad discrimination ever since. African ...

- Introduction: Older Workers and the paradox
An older worker refers to that worker aged over 44 years. Most employers have adopted the image that such a worker is ageing and has reduced workmanship in their jobs or have a low value in the employment sector.
For this reason, and with the complete disregard to their strengths and worth, these workers are deemed as unemployable in the society of today that constitutes of an ageing population and reducing birth rates that would need to retain and sustain the older people.
- Summary of the Article
The authors’ ...

I agree with by Paul Krugman that inflation is till considerably low. Therefore, Fed should worry more about unemployment than inflation. The level of inflation is relatively low than 2% therefore, Fed should concentrate on reducing unemployment. The economy is currently recovering and the aggregate demand is also increasing so Fed should continue to apply expansionary economic policies to help the economy to fully recover. This should be the way to go despite Phillips curve argument that unemployment decreases then inflation increases because little increase in inflation may be less harmful if it creates more employment opportunities by encouraging ...

Sexual assault is an assault of sexual nature or sexual act directed on another person without their consent. Most Sexual assaults are committed by men towards women but it may also involve man to man, woman to man, woman to woman or even towards children. The term sexual assault may be defined as an involuntary sexual act in which a person could be threatened, coerced or even forced to engage in sex against their consent or any sexual touching of a person against their will.
Rape is a form of sexual assault in which there is intercourse or actual penetration either ...

Article Review

The article has been written in order to find out the ethical procedures and systems adapted by organizations in developed nations and to determine whether one of the important factors responsible for explaining discrepancies in the ethical policies in various nations is culture. For this purpose, the writers carried out an extensive research which spans 2700 organizations across 24 nations and spanning across 35 diverse industries. The writers carried out a survey of these various companies over six diverse fields like governance, environment, human rights, ethical concerns, stakeholder problems and favourable services and products (Scholtens & Dam, 2007).
In order ...