John Locke is one of most important Enlightenment philosophers throughout history because his philosophies are still used today . ... This was going on during the mid-seventeenth-century,which was an era of repression, rebellion, and civil war, and there is an outpouring of political pamphlets and tracts, the most influential writings came from John Locke. ... John Locke had an important impact on America's Political system. ... Obviously John Locke had an important impact on America's Political system because they are still used even today. ... A final thing that influenced Locke w...

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Genocide Bahutu The historical background to the Bahutu people (also known as Hutu) is important. ... A feudal society had, apparently, bred a docile and politically muted people. ... Attacks on Bahutu leaders and people continued for more than a year. Eighty-six high-ranking Bahutu officials were executed in late 1965; in all, between twenty-five hundred and five thousand Bahutus were killed during this dress rehearsal for a more horrendous genocide of the Bahutu people by Watutsis. ... The threat to civil peace was over, but the killings of Bahutus by the Watutsi authorities continue...

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In the United States, prejudice has led to the lynching of blacks, bombing of synagogues, the massacre of Native Americans, the illegal imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the harassment of homosexuals, and other violent acts against minority groups. ... Even people with no prejudices may nevertheless discriminate in their behavior. ... Supreme Court ruled that the states could not deny basic civil rights protections to homosexuals. ... On November 21,1991, the President George Bush signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1991. ... Wage differentials are especially importan...

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Language is one of the most important choices that allows humans to develop their rights as a primary mark of identity. ... Wars, earthquakes, tsunamis and such kinds of natural catastrophes can shift the balance between languages. ... People should prefer to use their mother tongue to communicate with the people they are closest to and because they feel more comfortable using it. ... The Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the European Charter of Human Rights all refer to language as an ...

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These people included representatives for the disabled and handicapped, children, women, those who have been tortured, prisoners, and indigenous people (Drinan, 2001: 55). ... The agenda also included the "examination of the link between development, democracy and economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights" (UNHCHR, 1996). ... This a wonderful advance because it guarantees that what happened during the Second World War will not happen; Jewish people seeking asylum from the Nazis were turned away from the United States and, unknowingly, sent to their deaths (World at War). ... ...

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TOPIC 1: Historical Context It can be said the body of Human Rights was first identified in the early eighteenth century, drawn up in response to the experiences of the Second World War. Post war seen the formation of a global organisation known as the United Nations, whose aim was never to let such brutality and conflict happen again. ... It addresses a broad range of human rights issues such as racial discrimination, rights of the woman, traveller rights, people with disabilities and people facing poverty. ... Each review takes place in Geneva during the meetings of the UPR Working Group. ...

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For example, during the Middle Ages, the organization of politics and society is probably best described by the Pauline metaphor of the Body of Christ. ... During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United States and the Soviet Union -- reduced the likelihood of direct intervention in the former colonial areas. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflic...

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For example, during the Middle Ages, the organization of politics and society is probably best described by the Pauline metaphor of the Body of Christ. ... During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United States and the Soviet Union -- reduced the likelihood of direct intervention in the former colonial areas. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflic...

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After describing how gender violence became a human rights violation articulated in formal documents of international law, this chapter discusses one of the most important new issues in the gender violence and human rights field, that of the trafficking of sex workers. ... During this period, strategies, programs and information circulated globally. ... At the 1993 UN Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, sponsored by the High Commission on Human Rights, this issue became even more important (see Schuler 1992). ... During her tenure as Special Rapporteur from 1994 until 2003, she prepar...

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Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. ... They agitated ceaselessly for the political and civil rights that they deserved, and backed up their demands with well-thought-out logical arguments. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Woman was Gouges's most important contribution to advancing woman's rights in the Revolution. ... There were fourteen women among those arrested during the protests against the steep rise in prices of flour and bread, other wise known as the 'flour war' of 1775. ... In c...

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Now, that the war on terrorism has begun "Americans fear that there civil liberties may be restructured by means of National Security laws. ... And terrorists "are Islamic extremists aggregating in the Middle Eastern and North African regions; devising plans to wreak terror in the lives of innocent people. America; has already focused a center of attention to Iraq and Afghanistan, by means of war "in the name of combating terrorism "and finding nuclear weapons of mass destruction. ... Now, U.S. foreign policy, defense, and national security issues in each of the twenty-tw...

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He witnesses in his country how people judge themselves in such a way and he agrees that people must be taught to respect these rights not only for themselves but for all people. ... Most important, should they be taught that they are, above all, citizens of the United States, or should they instead be taught that they are, above all, citizens of a world of human beings, and that, while they happen to be situated in the United States, they have to share this world with the citizens of other countries?... During the Reconstruction period, the U.S government passed the 14th, 15th, and 16th amen...

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