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Introduction
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document that states some basic rights and necessary or fundamental freedoms
for every human beings. (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) It was created by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December
1948. (The Foundation of the Human Rights law)It is made up of thirty articles which apply to everyone and this is the first time that countries agreed
on a relating or comprehensive statement of inalienable human rights (UDHR Britannica).
Angola has one of a fastest growing economy in the world and annual average GDP growth is 11.1%. However, they still have a higher rate of
poverty and not many people are educated well enough. Since...show more content...
(http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#page/indexes/global–peace–index/2013/AGO,MWI,ZMB/OVER)
As I listed above human rights have continuously been violated in Angola, Malawi, Zambia in Africa. The article that have been violated in these 3
regions are their rights to freedom which is written in Article 9 and torturing or giving a cruel or degrading punishment to citizen which is written in
Article 5 . For example, unlawful killings by police and military. Also torture or rape by security forces and especially life–threatening prison
conditions are quite common in Africa. (Article 5) These are some of the human rights violated situation that I will be discussing and writing about in
this report.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)
( Violation Article 5 )
Article 5 on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment. This basically means that people have their own rights so they can't get tortured or subjected to murderous punishments without any
reasons. Many of the victims were being hit without knowing why they were being punished and treated inhumanly. This is the common types of
human violation that happens in Angola. In Angola, There were reports of overindulgent use of force and arbitrary arrests and confinements that is
done by
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Essay about The Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Act 'The Human Rights Act in its present form, besides failing to properly incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights,
gives the United Kingdom a defective law which puts it at the bottom of any international league table of bills of rights. The Act talks of rights, but
keeps them at arms length and has as a consequence been hesitantly applied by the courts.' Discuss.
Since 1966, Strasbourg was the final resort for British citizens to claim their rights. It was frequently criticised for its "long and expensive process [...]
[which sometimes appeared] to be "Europe" imposing its will on the...show more content...
Supremacy of Parliament was kept due to the fear "that the Act would transfer too much power from an elected Parliament to the judiciary."[3] Even
though in relation to how Dicey expected that Parliament acted in order not to abuse power in the country, acting reasonably, it still has the power to
repeal the HRA which constitutes the basic assurance of human rights in UK. In accordance with Lord Nicholls in the case of In Re S, "the Act seeks to
preserve parliamentary sovereignty [and it] maintains the constitutional boundary." On further analysis, it can be noted that Parliament can enact any
legislation that would offend the Convention without anyone being able to decline it, which brings us, to the same conclusion as Lord Irvine, stating
that "the ultimate responsibility for compliance with the Convention must be Parliament's alone"[4]
If a breach of the convention occurs the court cannot interpret the provisions in a complex way (it would be against section 3) nor can they declare that
the Act is void. Nevertheless, under section 4 of the HRA, Parliament offers the courts an opportunity to make a declaration of incompatibility
whenever they find that legislation is not acting in harmony with the Convention. In the
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Human Rights Reflection
Human Rights in today's society in the theme I have chosen to focus this reflective writing piece. The Business Dictionary (2017) defines Human
Rights as "The fundamental rights that humans have by the fact of being human, and that are neither created nor can be abrogated by any
government". Firstly this refection will centre around my personal understanding of how Human Rights are related to my core values, beliefs and
identity in today's society. Secondly, I will look into issues surrounding Human Rights and how these rights impact today's world. Lastly, this reflection
will discuss how Event Management, my discipline is affected by the Human rights.
Firstly, to me Human rights gives every person the right to existence on earth, more specifically meaning that 'Under the Declaration of Human
rights' any person has the right to life, equality, liberty, education, religion of their chose, freedom of speech, security of one's person and the right
to a nationality just to name a few (Universal Declaration of human rights, 1948). However, in countless places around the world, people continue
to suffer from Human rights abuses and are not receiving the respect that the Human right sort to provide (Gerber & Gory, 2014). For me
personally, I have never face any true abuses of my Human rights, as I have lived a very sheltered life and the Values and beliefs I have grown up
around, have lead me to live in a way where I respect others and treat them how I myself would want to be treated. Before taking this culture and
society class I had never seen the declaration itself and never read the full 30 articles that it consists of. Nonetheless, the values and beliefs that I held
lead me to live by these human rights without even reading them. In spite of this I have come to learn that not everyone receives the same rights that
should apply to everyone, anywhere despite their age, gender, nationality, religion or ethnicity, the purpose of these rights were to provide a universal
understanding of what every person's rights are, then forming a world built on peace, justice and freedom for all(Universal Declaration of human
rights, 1948). Because these rights are not legally binding, people do not actually have to abide by
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Essay About Human Rights In Africa

  • 1. Essay about Human Rights in Africa Introduction The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document that states some basic rights and necessary or fundamental freedoms for every human beings. (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) It was created by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948. (The Foundation of the Human Rights law)It is made up of thirty articles which apply to everyone and this is the first time that countries agreed on a relating or comprehensive statement of inalienable human rights (UDHR Britannica). Angola has one of a fastest growing economy in the world and annual average GDP growth is 11.1%. However, they still have a higher rate of poverty and not many people are educated well enough. Since...show more content... (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#page/indexes/global–peace–index/2013/AGO,MWI,ZMB/OVER) As I listed above human rights have continuously been violated in Angola, Malawi, Zambia in Africa. The article that have been violated in these 3 regions are their rights to freedom which is written in Article 9 and torturing or giving a cruel or degrading punishment to citizen which is written in Article 5 . For example, unlawful killings by police and military. Also torture or rape by security forces and especially life–threatening prison conditions are quite common in Africa. (Article 5) These are some of the human rights violated situation that I will be discussing and writing about in this report. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) ( Violation Article 5 ) Article 5 on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This basically means that people have their own rights so they can't get tortured or subjected to murderous punishments without any reasons. Many of the victims were being hit without knowing why they were being punished and treated inhumanly. This is the common types of human violation that happens in Angola. In Angola, There were reports of overindulgent use of force and arbitrary arrests and confinements that is done by
  • 2. Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. Essay about The Human Rights Act The Human Rights Act 'The Human Rights Act in its present form, besides failing to properly incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights, gives the United Kingdom a defective law which puts it at the bottom of any international league table of bills of rights. The Act talks of rights, but keeps them at arms length and has as a consequence been hesitantly applied by the courts.' Discuss. Since 1966, Strasbourg was the final resort for British citizens to claim their rights. It was frequently criticised for its "long and expensive process [...] [which sometimes appeared] to be "Europe" imposing its will on the...show more content... Supremacy of Parliament was kept due to the fear "that the Act would transfer too much power from an elected Parliament to the judiciary."[3] Even though in relation to how Dicey expected that Parliament acted in order not to abuse power in the country, acting reasonably, it still has the power to repeal the HRA which constitutes the basic assurance of human rights in UK. In accordance with Lord Nicholls in the case of In Re S, "the Act seeks to preserve parliamentary sovereignty [and it] maintains the constitutional boundary." On further analysis, it can be noted that Parliament can enact any legislation that would offend the Convention without anyone being able to decline it, which brings us, to the same conclusion as Lord Irvine, stating that "the ultimate responsibility for compliance with the Convention must be Parliament's alone"[4] If a breach of the convention occurs the court cannot interpret the provisions in a complex way (it would be against section 3) nor can they declare that the Act is void. Nevertheless, under section 4 of the HRA, Parliament offers the courts an opportunity to make a declaration of incompatibility whenever they find that legislation is not acting in harmony with the Convention. In the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. Human Rights Reflection Human Rights in today's society in the theme I have chosen to focus this reflective writing piece. The Business Dictionary (2017) defines Human Rights as "The fundamental rights that humans have by the fact of being human, and that are neither created nor can be abrogated by any government". Firstly this refection will centre around my personal understanding of how Human Rights are related to my core values, beliefs and identity in today's society. Secondly, I will look into issues surrounding Human Rights and how these rights impact today's world. Lastly, this reflection will discuss how Event Management, my discipline is affected by the Human rights. Firstly, to me Human rights gives every person the right to existence on earth, more specifically meaning that 'Under the Declaration of Human rights' any person has the right to life, equality, liberty, education, religion of their chose, freedom of speech, security of one's person and the right to a nationality just to name a few (Universal Declaration of human rights, 1948). However, in countless places around the world, people continue to suffer from Human rights abuses and are not receiving the respect that the Human right sort to provide (Gerber & Gory, 2014). For me personally, I have never face any true abuses of my Human rights, as I have lived a very sheltered life and the Values and beliefs I have grown up around, have lead me to live in a way where I respect others and treat them how I myself would want to be treated. Before taking this culture and society class I had never seen the declaration itself and never read the full 30 articles that it consists of. Nonetheless, the values and beliefs that I held lead me to live by these human rights without even reading them. In spite of this I have come to learn that not everyone receives the same rights that should apply to everyone, anywhere despite their age, gender, nationality, religion or ethnicity, the purpose of these rights were to provide a universal understanding of what every person's rights are, then forming a world built on peace, justice and freedom for all(Universal Declaration of human rights, 1948). Because these rights are not legally binding, people do not actually have to abide by Get more content on HelpWriting.net