It is not, however, open to individual children to bring proceedings before the national courts, based solely on alleged violations of the UN Convention which affect them. ... Cases must pass an "admissibility" threshold before they go to a full hearing. ... A considerable body of case law emerged from decisions of the Court and the Commission, but the 1977 Labour Government was committed to making the rights protected by the Convention more accessible, without the need for litigants to launch proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. ... After the child was born,...

• Word Count: 1937
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Equality meant the absence of all elements of feudalism, including serfdom and the privileges of the clergy and the nobility, and equality before the law. ... Prior to the revolution, there were only religious schools but after the revolution, every type of religion could go to the state school to study. ... After the Revolution the French poor people and elderly did not have to suffer as much as before in order to survive. ...

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Political Prisoners: Following the end of President Soeharto, space for political revolution and turmoil was larger than ever before. ... If the saying "History always repeats itself", proves true, students, liberals, and activists, alike may be at risk of even more increased restrictions on freedom of expression then they have ever known before during the time leading up to their 2004 elections. Press Freedom: After Soeharto s fall, Indonesia had become one of the most supportive toward the freedoms of the media in Southeast Asia. ...

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In March, al-Obeidy made international headlines after she burst into a hotel full of journalists in Tripoli claiming that 15 of Gaddafi's men had beaten and raped her. ... Despite the original relief al-Obeidy's family felt after hearing about her escape, she may be in even worse trouble. ... Al-Obeidy's phone check-in with CNN reported that the Qataris beat her, handcuffed her, and put her on a plane after taking all her belongings, including her cell phone, laptop, and money. ... Before her deportation, armed guards were present outside of her hotel room to prevent UNHCR r...

• Word Count: 512
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Religious beliefs, politics, incident of pregnancy, support, economy, long term consequences, such as regrets and depression, being able to take responsibility, and health issues are major factors that must be taken in consideration before resulting to abortion. ... Even after criminalization of abortion, women continued to have abortions in roughly the same proportions. ... A new contraceptive, which is also a form of abortion, that has been created is the Morning After Pill. This pill is to be taken within 72 hours after sexual intercourse, preferably within 36 hours. ... As mentioned before...

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After the king violated several ancient laws and customs by which England had been governed, his subjects forced him to sign the Magna Carta (or Great Charter) that lists a number of what later came to be known as human rights. ... This is why now, before any statement or report is issued, its content is approved within the International Secretariat to ensure that it is accurate and politically impartial. ... Local human rights groups reported soon after the "Urgent Action- was issued that the scale of international pressure helped stop the torture of some of these people, and it even led to t...

• Word Count: 1681
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This would seem like a victory for advocates against keeping DNA databases, however, samples that could potentially enable police to catch a criminal can only be kept for 6 months before being destroyed. ... Once an individual is in the system they stay in the system even if they are proven innocent of a crime after already spending time in jail. Such as in the case of Donald Reynolds and Billy Wardell, who were convicted of rape in the state of Illinois but were proven innocent after 11 years in jail. ...

• Word Count: 546
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Religious ideals, range from having an abortion before 120 days after the pregnancy, such as in Islam, to considering it a sin to have an abortion. However, the anti-abortionists' reasons also come from the belief that a human being is born after conception, and that the death of that fetus resembles the murder of an innocent human being. ... Since, after abortion a mother is more susceptible to breast cancer, and to periods of depression. ... If a child born with congenital disease, will tend to live a live full of suffering, and in other cases might die after birth. ...

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Before that, women had minimal rights and were not allowed to have any say in Canadian politics even though this was the country which they called "home". ... It began the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and it lasted until Japan surrendered. ... Finally, after all this, the government looted all possessions of Japanese-Canadians and auctioned them off while telling the people imprisoned in the camps that they were only temporarily holding onto their valued possessions. ... This is an important defining moment in Canadian History because after this, people looking for a better lif...

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The Philippines, after having promised its independence in1946, still had high economic dependence on United States' markets. ... The Bell Trade Act was approved by the legislature July 2, 1946, just two days before the proclamation of independence. ... Elpidio Quirino, Roxas' successor after his sudden death, tried negotiating with the Huks but to no avail. ... He put forward the need for economic freedom and that national interests were put first before foreign ones. ... There was a presence of political development during the four decades after decolonization. ...

• Word Count: 1456
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From the very start of the American life, right after the Revolutionary War, the rights of women were intruded upon. ... She wanted women, who before were shunned for getting pregnant before marriage, to have a choice, even if it was through non-consented. ... After the Chicago Fire tragedy of 1871, Mary Harris traveled throughout the United States and encouraged both men and women to fight for better working conditions for themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1111
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There are many influences on Parliament before and during the legislative process such as Pressure groups and lobbyists, News Media and the Law Commission. ... After carefully considering all such comments, and perhaps modifying its own original ideas in the light of the response, the Commission puts forward its final recommendations, often accompanied by a draft Bill. ...

• Word Count: 540
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According to Karen Busby's article, pornography before the Butler case was seen as immoral because of the excessive sexual exploitation and after the Butler case in 1992 pornography was protected under Section 2 (B) of the Charter. ...

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Even before recent terrorist attacks in the United States, immigration was made a national security issue. ... The winter after the introduction of Phase II, 16 migrants, including children, froze to death in just one month. ... In addition, migrants traveling the desert route must hike through the Baja California section of the desert even before they reach the US-Mexico border. ...

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And despite an increase in demand for doctors in the community, regardless of their ability, Deake may have placed the health of his children before his opportunity to better support them financially. ... He collected Hannah after her husband's death, but upon his death, Foster did not leave Hannah or her children any amount of money large enough to rebound them from their poverty. ...

• Word Count: 667
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There are many underlying issues that must be worked out before one can answer this question. ... So, after further assessment, I suppose my policy on abortion would fall into the moderate categorization. ...

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Both acts were implemented after a pre legislative referendum in Scotland and wales in 1997. ... The government must consider the human rights before proposing bills reducing the power of UK governments. ...

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After World War II, Human rights have been extra vigilant in standardizing the way human beings are supposed to be treated. ... Corporal punishments may result into several emotional, as well as psychological challenges whose effects are felt even after children become adults. ... In regard to this, the punishment should be immediate, occur after each and every transgression, be intense only for the first transgression, and also should not be a discriminative stimulus. ... The theory suggests that a child should not be spanked after each and every occurrence of a crime or transgression. ... I...

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According to a Kean University (2006) report, "the Patriot Act was established after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and its main point was to protect people from terrorism. ... Before the Patriot Act, such acts were protected by the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution which require a warrant for the search or seizure of property. ... After all, as the work of Power (2002) and Wilson (2005) demonstrates, the vast majority of work in the field of conflict resolution is centered around the fact that we consider international conflict and its subsequent violations of human righ...

• Word Count: 1320
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Specially after president's Obama big anti-racism speech where he addressed the issue of homosexuality saying: "Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law -- for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well " ("Obama Inauguration Speech Makes History With Mention Of Gay Rights Struggle, Stonewall Uprising." 1) I could only say politics is a dirty game; as we all know that only took place on paper, but in reality homosexuals in the states still face a terrifying ni...

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The location of the explosive device's location is unknown whoever you have a person in your possession that holds information vital to finding it before it goes off and kills hundreds possibly thousands of lives. ... An example of this is the use of euphemistically-called enhanced interrogation techniques including waterboarding, known to have been used by the United States after the September 11 attacks. After peeling back the layers of our history with torture, we can finally explore the modern day status of these medieval techniques. ...

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Even though it is seen as a reflection of the new security environment after the Cold world war, quite a number of scholars are skeptical about the validity of the concept. ... National security originated from the practices of international politics after the First World War. ... The Concept of Human Security and its challenges to International Security The concept of human security was often mentioned before 1994 as the end of the Cold War encouraged the re-examination of the traditional concept of security. ...

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Lastly but not the least, the Nazis invaders of Germany, subjected millions of innocent Jews and other Minorities to forced labor under brutal conditions. the Nazis Germany even before the war, employed many innocent Jewish people to forced labor under the pretext of them being" Enemies of the State" to meet desperate Labor Shortages. ... Philip Morris was Quick to Deny such allegations to protect its reputation in the world and it was only after The human right Watch also discovered sordid evidence of human-forced labour in the tobacco production farms and that many children develo...

• Word Count: 1465
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The women of 18th century France pioneered through uncharted ideological, political, and social grounds, but their work was fruitless in establishing women's rights in the constitution written after the French Revolution. ...

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The Patriot Act was a bill eliminating all civil rights Americans used to have before its passing. ... The Patriot Act is active until 2015 after President Barack Obama signed for an extension in 2011. ...

• Word Count: 1178
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