Human Rights Watch College Essays Samples For Students

The Syrian crisis also known as the Syrian civil war (formally a “non-international (internal) armed conflict occurring in Syria opposing Government Forces and a number of organized armed opposition groups operating in several parts of the country” as declared by the International Committee of the Red Cross on July 17, 2012 (IRCR.com)) started back in March 2011 as a natural part of the Arab Spring. With Middle East region being a home to many ongoing ethnical, religious, economic and political conflicts, Syria is not a lucky exception, but a country that arouses heightened interest among the world powers due to several reasons which will be ...

Is Torture Permissible?- Deductive Reasoning

Torture is against international human rights (Human Rights Watch, 2012).
Torture causes human suffering (Reyes, 2007).
Intentional causation of human suffering is immoral.
So, torture is immoral (by 1, 2, 3).
Immorality is not permissible (by 1).
Therefore, torture is not permissible. (by 4 and 5).

Explanation:

The laws against torture are stipulated in The International Human Rights Law which prohibit torture of any kind and during all occasions, including during war (Human Rights Watch, 2012). These laws have been ratified by the United Nations Convention which engaged many countries; this points to a general agreeable position that torture is ...

Introduction

Violence within prison complexes is common in almost all parts of the world. The violence can originate from staff or inmate. The correctional systems in several countries attempted newer approaches to incarceration in order to avoid violence on prison complexes. There are very few complexes in the world that have reduced rates of violence or can claim to be violence free. Instead of rehabilitation, prisoners face entrapment in a dangerous game. The level of accountability towards prisoners and their safety diminishes in regions such as Asia, Middle East, and South America. The United Nations established a set of international ...

Identification Questions

3.2 Party of the Institutionalized Revolution
The Party of the Institutionalized Revolution was a political party in Mexico that was created by Plutarco Elias Calles in 1929. It lasted for 71 years in power in the country, and was the largest political party in Mexico at the time. The party leans toward socialism but has been grouped together with other socialist-democratic government parties. The PIR is historically significant because of its different take on the idea of revolution and the government. Every revolution in history has been based on the idea of breaking down institutions and tearing apart the ...

Violations of Peremptory Norms committed by Syria

Abstract
The unrest in Iraq and Egypt in early 2011, as well as the outbreak of a full-blown civil war in Syria later that same year, has led to an intricate web of interstate security dynamics. The civil war in Syria has extended unabated, killing more than 100,000 people and displacing millions more. Western military intervention with air strikes on the Assad regime may get forestalled with a possible UN-backed plan to counteract Syria's chemical arms stockpiles. The essay looks into the dishonor of the Peremptory Norms from the beginning of the crisis until now. The Peremptory Norms are ...

The term ethics is defined by a variety of virtues such as honesty, integrity, and responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is a branch of ethics that refers to the obligation of a corporation’s management towards the interest and welfare of the society and environment in which it operates. Corporate social responsibility is a trend that most companies who value ethics have incorporated in operations. Organizations, which value corporate social responsibility, gain benefits such as market share and competitive advantage over competitors. According to a survey conducted by the Sustainability Advisory Group, 70 percent of corporations in the United Arab Emirates believe that corporate social ...

The Clash of Civilizations as a Discourse for Interpreting Treatment of Arab Americans by Law Enforcement Agencies

Introduction
The treatment of young Muslims by the FBI agents and their subsequent conviction for concocted terror charges in the Human Rights Watch’s video represents a quintessential clash of Western and Arab civilizations due to cultural, racial and religious identities.
According to the video by the Human Rights Watch (2014), the FBI responded to terrorism made by the Islamic terrorist groups by rounding up and prosecuting people who are suspected to be terrorists. It is like any person of Arab descent or from the Muslim community have been labeled and generally branded as being potential terror suspects. This ...

According to the United Nations Human Rights (Para 1), all individuals are entitled to human rights regardless of their color, nationality, religion, any status or even language. As a matter of fact, the human rights apply to all equally with no favor or discrimination. The rights make all humans equal since they are built on some tenets such as independence and indivisibility, universality and inalienability, equality and non-discriminator and the fact that they are both obligations just as they are rights. Understanding these rights is very important as it helps the people know when their rights are being abused and ...

Protests have been occurring in Iran for decades, but recent developments have brought them to the center of global attention. In this essay, I will explain why the Iran riots started, their origins, development, and essential points, as well as why understanding them may be crucial for the American public.

Reasons Behind the Protests in Iran

Protests in Iran are happening for a variety of causes. Economic difficulties make up one of the key factors. For years, the Iranian economy has struggled due to foreign sanctions and mismanagement. Inflation is on the rise, while unemployment is widespread, particularly among the young. Many Iranians are struggling to ...

Public debate over the need for establishment of powerful, effective, and accessible mechanisms of human rights protection can be heard worldwide and at all the levels, including the official one. Agreeing with Lord Tom Bingham, the prominent judge and scholar in the field of the rule of law principle development, we should highlight that this process took place long time ago. The author defines Magna Carta, passed in in 1215, as the first milestone of this process, when a lawful judgment was necessary for, in particular, person’s detention or imprisonment (Bingham 10).
Not only the previous century has ...

The homosexual community in China faces discrimination and is treated with less respect as compared to the heterosexuals. The older people in China are rigid and refuse to change their negative perceptions towards the homosexuals. The older people perceive homosexuals as being sick and think homosexuals need to seek treatment. The homosexuals experience social stigma and pressure from their families, friends, colleagues, and the community as a whole (Preston 219). The homosexuals, thus, experience problems such as the fear to seek health services due to fear of stigmatization (Feng et al.). The marriage law bill, for the homosexuals, which ...

Current Event

Colombia has started to inch closer to building a future without the threat of guerrilla groups. There have been talks with the 52 year old, FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), for the past few years. Even though the 23 March 2016 deadline for peace has been missed, it is believed that peace in coming future is possible. The FARC and the government of Columbia have reached agreements over many issues, but they remain far away from reaching a bilateral agreement over ceasefire verified by the United Nations (Isacson). Negotiators from the FARC and Colombian government are close to ...

Punishment has been meted out to individuals and groups of people or centuries for a host of reasons. It could be for an act against the state, the common good, an individual, an act of treason or a way to subdue protest or a threat to authority. The most prevalent and common form of punishment is imprisonment. The practice of imprisonment began with the formation of states or a central authority that governed over people. The state or the central authority had the right to imprison people who went against the set of rules laid out for the people. ...

Introduction:

The term war is basically defined as disagreement between two or more countries that usually involve high use of weapons in results in many casualties. When a country is in state of war, every men of that country is a solider but this is not the limit. Wars not only enroll men but it also affects women and children. The worse effects are imposed on the little innocent minds. Children are said to be blessing of God but war destroy all. History ...

Countries have always relied on each other for help. At least all countries, at one point in time, in their history, have received foreign aid from another country or an International Financial organization. Foreign aid policies, overtime have had received much criticism and applause in equal measures. It will be discussed in detail, in this discourse, with a focus on the effect of foreign aid in Liberia.
Since the period after the Second World War, foreign aid has become a factor that has informed most developed countries foreign policies. The postwar period was an important time in the development of ...

Child labor is prevalent in India and Peru. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 138, a person in normal circumstances may participate in economic activities provided that he is older than 15 years old. Following this, a person within aged 15 and below is considered a child. The child is then referred to as a laborer if he is economically active. This constitutes being gainfully employed or working on a regular basis for which there is remuneration or that the output from his labor is intended for the market. Both these definitions serve as basis for most studies on child labor. ...

Professional Studies Summary:

Medical Ultrasonics:
Ultrasound uses sound waves of high frequency to diagnose patients and image the body. Ultrasound waves are longitudinal in nature and they induce back and forth oscillation of particles thus producing a series of compressions and rarefactions. The velocity, wavelength and frequencies of these sound waves can be calculated using the formula,v=fλ where velocity (v) is the speed of the wave in meters per second (ms-1), frequency (f) is the number of oscillations in a second measured in Hertz (Hz), and wavelength (λ) is the distance between two rarefactions and compressions in meters (m).
Ultrasound uses sound ...

Introduction

Physical punishment has, for a long time, been used as a method of instilling discipline in children, especially in schools. Studies, however, show that beating schoolchildren has lots of disadvantages. In United States, paddling in schools sound like a thing in the past. It is illegal in some states but others still practice it. In this article, the author tries to inform and persuade the audience about his position regarding paddling in schools. Adam Cohen, the author, expresses his views eloquently and supports his position by facts and figures from various research studies and articles. Cohen argues that Paddling does no good ...