The Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies developed in 1985 identified reducing violence against women as a basic strategy for addressing the issue of peace (Report of Secretary General 1995: 125). ... The 1992 statement placed violence against women squarely within the rubric of human rights and fundamental freedoms and made clear that states are obliged to eliminate violence perpetrated by public authorities and by private persons (Report of Secretary General 1995: 131-32; Cook 1994: 165). ... The Vienna Declaration specifically called for the appointment of a special rapporteur on violence ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

News 48 Hours special investigation, it was reported that Nike factory workers were abused, both physically and mentally, did not receive proper health care, and earned less than the Vietnamese minimum wage (48 Hours). A study done by Vietnam Labor Watch reported on the abuses, working conditions, and health practices in Nike plants. ... Nike first came under attack in 1991, when a British television station, Thames T.V., and other sources reported on the harsh conditions in Indonesian factories. ... The bad press continued through 1994 with investigative reports by several large newspapers...

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• Grade Level: High School

Deaths due to the inability to receive post abortion care have also been reported and this clearly impacts on the right to life of individuals. ... She reported the case to the police on the same day. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This report is going to discuss the contemporary issue of abortion and analyze the response of the Catholic Church. ... The dignity of a person gives them undeniable rights such as 'political, social, legal and economic rights' (Yellow book), this makes human dignity one of the most important principles of Catholic Social teaching because if our own rights are violated our human dignity is demoralized. ...

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Prisoners retain certain basic rights, which survive despite imprisonment. The rights of access to the courts and of respect for one's bodily integrity - that is, not to be assaulted - are such fundamental rights. Others may be recognized as the law develops. Prisoners lose only those civil rights that are taken away either expressly by an Act of Parliament or by necessary implication. For example, one right taken away by statute is that prisoners detained following conviction do not have a right to vote. ...

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Infants don't have a decision on whether they should live or be aborted in their mother's womb. If a woman chooses to prematurely end her child, the child can't do anything about his or her life being taken away from them. Their entire future is annihilated. A mother slaughters her unborn child, yet she's not charged for homicide. "There were 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. ...

• Word Count: 5764
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• Grade Level: High School