My knowledge about the world has always been based on how the United States functions and the rights that are given to everyone and that's including me, a woman. ... Crimes against women include abuse, slavery, false imprisonment, murder and rape. ... These crimes are called femicide or "honour" crimes. ... (wclac.org) Gender discrimination is also inherent in relevant criminal legislation, whereby the crimes of rape, indecent assaults, and incest fall under the category of "crimes against public morals and ethics", and not under "crimes against individuals". ... This article explains tha...

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While the law is said to decrease crimes, drug issues, and overpopulation, this law must be changed because the steps the government is taking are brutal, unfair, and many Hispanics are affected by it. ... While many people support this policy, many others argue that this law potentially violates basic human rights because it promotes discrimination based on race and ethnicity, which makes it unconstitutional. ... Thus, the law encourages the threat of states treating others differently based simply on their appearance rather than on their actions. ... The fear of being detained is a powerfu...

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The answer seems to be the violation of human rights and the crimes that are occurring in penitentiaries without being reported or resolved. ... Of all the crimes mentioned, the most serious one in prisons is male rape. ... Rape crime inevitably leads to another problem: GANGS. ... The solution to the problem is to provide sufficient funding to the community-based mental health system so that people can be helped before they become part of the prison system. ...

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Statutory provisions in every state and territory- except Western Australia and now the Australian Capital Territory - make it a crime to unlawfully administer any poison or noxious thing, any other instrument or other means with intent to procure miscarriage. The wording of these statutory provisions is based directly on legislation enacted in England in the nineteenth century: Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. The crime of "unlawful abortion" may be committed by the pregnant woman herself, by the person performing the abortion, or by anyone who assists. ... In...

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The major UN convention on women's rights, the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) does not mention violence against women explicitly, but the committee monitoring the Convention developed an initial recommendation against violence in 1989 and formulated a broader recommendation which defined gender-based violence as a form of discrimination in 1992. ... The Vienna Declaration specifically called for the appointment of a special rapporteur on violence against women and the drafting of a declaration eliminating violence against women ....

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Inmates have the right to be free from sexual crimes, including sexual harassment. ... The Eighth Amendment has been the topic of much controversy mostly concerning the death penalty, but it also covers the treatment of those convicted of crimes. It is thought that the Eighth Amendment was written to eliminate torture which had been used in dealing with those convicted of crimes. ...

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The Atlantic Charter was a document that reiterated the four freedoms; Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear, and set the standard at which the post-World War II world would base its values. ... The Holocaust proved a need for an international system of justice for war crimes, which led to the creation of the International Military Tribunal which held the Nuremberg Trials. ... These trials set the precedent for later international war crimes trials. The Nuremberg Trials set the definition of what constitutes a war crime: "Violations of the laws or...

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Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign human rights internationally recognized, based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December, 1948). ... Over seventy-five countries have now abolished capital punishment for all crimes after Amnesty International convened an International Conference on the Death Penalty in Stockholm, Sweden in 1977. ... In addition, based on AI's financial budget between April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003, __48,000 of relief paymen...

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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. ... There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is necessary in a democratic society in the interest of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others." ... They stressed that his daughter was the fr...

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At times, this strength appears to have been applied as punishment for the person's earlier verbal or corporeal resistance to an officer's command, and is not based on a current threat posed by the person. ... Our review also revealed that officers use excessive force against individuals who are in mental health crisis or who may be unable to understand or comply with officers' commands, including when the individual is not suspected of having committed any crime at all....

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They are not able to go to school or progress beyond elementary level therefore they lack of proper education and grow up to be immature adults who cause social problems and commit crimes. ... " (Pravit Rojanaphruk, 2014) Men remain majority in executive positions, as a result, decision makings on administrative issues are usually based on men's perspectives and considerations. ...

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" A third international statute, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, even classifies torture as a "crime against humanity," punishable by trial at the international court of The Hague. ... Researchers at the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology claim that aggression in animal behavior reflects competition for resources and its benefits vary in relation to the characteristics of the resources – such as abundance of them, controllability, and spatial distribution – while the costs vary based in relation to how the animals choose to fight. ...

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This amendment states that if you are accused of a crime, you must have certain rights reserved which the courts are obliged to uphold. ... It cannot treat any citizen or group in a biased manner based solely on religious preferences or beliefs. ...

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" A third international statute, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, even classifies torture as a "crime against humanity," punishable by trial at the international court of The Hague. ... Researchers at the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology claim that aggression in animal behavior reflects competition for resources and its benefits vary in relation to the characteristics of the resources – such as abundance of them, controllability, and spatial distribution – while the costs vary based in relation to how the animals choose to fight. ...

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The Indian Act establishes the reserves, and the land base of the aboriginal communities, not negotiating the desired territory they would pursue. ... The low unemployment rate leads to violence and crime among their communities, the federal government and the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, fail the aboriginal population in providing them with a stable lifestyle. ...

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Also, in the United States, murder is considered a horrible crime, while it is justified as an act of manhood in some cases in the Arabic World. ... Basing the reason for women's low participation in both regions on old superstitions stating that women are unreliable is unfortunate and must change. ... It is important to keep in mind that that numbers displayed above only indicate the number of recorded rape crimes, not the not recorded ones. ...

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Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender and this remains to be a major barrier to human development. ... Moreover, punishments for committing illegal crimes are harsher for women than they are for men. ... Women face much harsher punishments for committing a crime than men do, as they are considered weak and they don't have the rights to voice their opinions. ...

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Some people who support this issue do so by expressing their concern for legal human rights, whereas others, who are against legalization of gay marriage base their argument on religious sources such as the Bible, in order to protect, according to them, the sanctity of the institution of marriage. ... He further emphasizes that marriage in the United States is already delicate enough and accepting gay marriage will lead to "rapid erosion of the family life" (Colson, 104) and also it will lead to social problems in the society such as school problems, teen pregnancy, crime. ... She argues that...

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The intent of this essay will be to discuss abortion a controversial issue within our society; is abortion a crime or is it a violation of human rights by making a woman carry an unwanted pregnancy to term? ... From these results it was noted that for those that do support abortion, it was based strongly on circumstance of the procedure. ...

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The review is based upon but not exhaustive to the International Bill of Rights and regardless of the Treaties the state under review (SuR) has ratified it incorporates whole spectrum of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 47 members of the Council are part of a group known as the UPR Working Group; it is within this group that the review takes place. ... The peer review procedure is based upon combined AU standards in economic, social and political practices along with shared ethics, norms and codes of conduct. ...

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For instance, Egypt possesses a government that makes decisions based on the welfare of the executive members involved. ... Furthermore, Egypt's eagerness to refer defendants charged with a variety of violent and non-violent crimes to courts that were established to deal with terrorists is the vital difference between the new laws in Britain and America and those in use in Egypt since 1981. ... While the equivalent provision in Law 153 allowed funding from foreign institutions operating within Egypt (in light of their agreements with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), article 17 prohibits ...

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Genocide Bahutu The historical background to the Bahutu people (also known as Hutu) is important. Burundi achieved independence from Belgium in 1962. It had a population estimated at about 3.5 million in the 1970's and a land area of slightly more than ten thousand square miles. The original i...

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