How Can Our World Protect The Human Rights Of Women And Children in countries where they are frequently denied? ... (1) The total disregard by some countries for peoples human rights have lead to barbaric and totally sickening acts against persons. ... The work of Amnesty International has helped to expose the once hidden atrocities of basic human rights violations in the worlds. ... When you refuse to take drugs, it's called technical sabotage and you are killed". (5) Yet the manipulation of children does not stop at using them to fight violent and malicious wars. ... This knowl...

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Nicholas Kristof, journalist, claims that during the Civil War, rape was okay in Sierra Leone. Yet when the war ended and it was no longer allowed to shoot people, rape was still occurring. ... However, every woman and girl in Sierra Leone is at risk (Coker p.1). ... The RUF stayed in Jaiweii village for four months and I was raped by three other wicked rebels throughout this period. " (We'll Kill You If You Cry " p.1). ... Not only had COOPI opened up the women and girls of Sierra Leone to a new world, but a new life. ...

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However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. ... It is difficult to think of a world without war because we have grown accustomed to continuous conflict and have made it the only solution for peace. ... For example, if we take a look at World War I, the only reason why it ended was because many of the countries that fought were exhausted and begged their leaders to call for a ceasefire. ... War only fuels war" (p.5). ... Effects of War on Children In wars such as the Liberian civil war and the Angolan civil war children wer...

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Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... On January 1, 1990 most of the administration of the Canal was due to go over to Panama. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ... This was just in time to make certain a compliant government for the administrative changeover of the Canal on January 1, 1990. ... Dan Rather placed him "at the top of the list of the world's drug thieves and scum's."" ...

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Voices in the Wilderness, an antisanctions activist group based in Chicago, has used the figure of 1 million children dead from the sanctions; the Iraqi government claims 4,000-5,000 deaths per month of children under 5. ... Indeed, many of those opposing the Gulf War in 1990 urged the use of sanctions instead" (Gordon 19). ... Unfortunately for many of the opponents of sanctions, the memories of the Gulf War of 1991 have faded and the perceived threat posed by Saddam Hussein has also diminished with time (Ya'ari 68). ... Conclusions Like the issues in other countries through ou...

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Torture is being used in modern war all over the world as well. ... Article 3:1(a) of the Geneva conventions restrict the use of violence to life and person, in a particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture (Securing Liberty). The U.N Convention Against Torture says No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for torture." ...

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The additional post World War Tribunals, the recent Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, all stand on the premises that domestic human rights violations are not the exclusive business of the national government. ... Article 1 of the Protocol says that the Sates Parties undertake to apply Articles 2 to 34 inclusive of the Convention to Refugees. ... Article 29(1) provides three steps of adjudication, i.e., negotiation, arbitration and referral to the ICJ. At the same time Article 29(2) provides that at the time of signature or ratification of the convention each State ...

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Written treaties between tribes and European powers go back to the early 1 7th century. ... The Canadian legal system, in the years after World War II, recognized no Indian rights as such. ... In 1982 section 35 was added to the Constitution of Canada: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. (2) In this Act, "aboriginal peoples of Canada" includes the Indian, Inuit and Metis peoples of Canada. ...

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