This means that governments and public authorities must act in a way that respects human rights. Governments must also pass laws to ensure that individuals respect each other's human rights. ... The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) incorporates the rights found in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. ... Human rights are not just about the law and taking cases to court. ... These declarations are statements that a law is not compatible with human rights. ...

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The law in Zimbabwe has several precepts that touch on the subject in question and will be discussed below. ... According to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), governments and legislators should address the reality and consequences of unsafe abortion by revising and modifying laws and policies which perpetuate damage to women's health, loss of life and violation of gender equality in health care.... It is this societal belief that affects the law and therefore impact on the rights of women. ... The Registrar General, Mr Tobaiwa Mudede is...

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Furthermore, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have for many years adopted laws and policies in the name of combating violence or "terrorism-, which are not in consistency with their obligations under human rights law and standards. ... Such measures include arrests, trials by special or military courts, new anti-terrorist laws or increased application of existing such laws, and restrictions on freedom of association and expression. ... In fact, The United States itself passed a law like it that allows the trials of terrorists before military courts, and Britain set up a simil...

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They could not be involved in agriculture, land, by the Dutch Agrarian Law. ... While Indonesia was under Dutch rule, an agrarian law was passed. This law barred Chinese from owning land. ... This law remained for one hundred years. ... Then the government should not blame on them. ...

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Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which obtain contracts from governments, private firms, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations. ... In order to comply with its mandate, the Working Group must seek opinions and contributions from Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on questions relating to its mandate and submit an annual report to both the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. ... Mercenary Activities in International Law - Customary Law and the United Nati...

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Both are inconsistent with modern international law. ... Canadian law has never used either "discovery" or "terra nullius." ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... The federal government had an "empty box" theory. ... But it was clear that Indians were not talking about Canadian law, at least not the law as it stood in 1982. ...

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Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. ... Pol. i.)* * Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. THE LAW OF NATURE: [II. 6] 6. ... And that all men may be restrained from invading others' rights, and from doing hurt to one another, and the law of Nature be observed, which willeth the peace and preservation of all mankind, the execution of the law of Nature is in that state put into every man's hands, whereby every one has a right to punish the transgressors of that law to such a degree as may hinder its violat...

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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. ... In 1990, the UN's Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women stating that violence against women in the family and society derives from their unequal status in society and recommending that governments take immediate measures to establish appropriate penalties...

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Further, the provision allows for laws, such as affirmative action programs, that would attempt to compensate for systemic disadvantages that prevent protected groups from receiving equality before the law. ... As Section 32 states, the Charter applies to both Parliament and the government of Canada. While the Charter sets a minimal declaration of rights, provincial governments have the ability to extend upon the basic freedoms outlined in the Charter. ... Further, it constitutes as a positive right that must be defended by the government. ... As he asseses, the lack of right-to-work laws, the...

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"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" ... This is very different...

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This military action was an obvious threat to the self-government of Panama. The US government had known that Noriega was involved in drug trafficking since at least 1972. ... The US government continued to value Noriega's services. ... This was just in time to make certain a compliant government for the administrative changeover of the Canal on January 1, 1990. ... Subsequently when that campaign was over I had lost all respect for the leaders of our government and those who made the decision to invade this country. ...

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Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. Moreover, the existence of a territory under government control is one of the juridical criteria of statehood. ... 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 conflict between the Superpowers. There also arose during the post-WWII period a conflict in international law between statists and interventionists. ... While article 2.7 of the Unit...

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Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. Moreover, the existence of a territory under government control is one of the juridical criteria of statehood. ... 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 conflict between the Superpowers. There also arose during the post-WWII period a conflict in international law between statists and interventionists. ... While article 2.7 of the Unit...

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It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions and law come together. ... The law now permits abortion at the request of the women without any restrictions in the first trimester and some restrictions in the second trimester to protect the women's health. ...

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In such an anti-immigration political climate during the 1990's, white government officials gave birth to several "special operations- along the border including Operation Gatekeeper taking place south of San Diego, California. ... The two thousand mile border between the United States and Mexico between Brownsville, Texas and San Diego, California has long been a turbulent area due to the way the federal government of the United States has chosen to enforce immigration laws. ... Yet it is the federal government that takes these revenues, not the local communities, which in turn create...

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They staged demonstrations and food riots, presented petitions to the National Assembly, and brought the royal family back to the governmental capital. ... The majority of men believed that women's participation in government was both unnecessary and redundant. ... To deprive half the human race of the right to assist in the making of laws was in violation of the principle of equality of rights and an act of tyranny. ... Anger with their passive role in constructing the cahiers, irritated with the municipal government, annoyed with the stalled constitutional revolution, and fed up with th...

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Before the beginning of this sociological research there had been risen a big question of what means the absence of women in a governmental hierarchy of Kazakhstan. ... To make it easier to observe and understand the levels of authority that are meant here and the theoretical explanations of rights and liberties that have been already given to the "weaker sex", the chapter Theoretical Framework was provided with the theories, written laws and norms. ... The equality of rights between men and women was proclaimed in many countries by their governments in the 20th century. ... It should be note...

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The issues surrounding abortion strike questions based on ethics, morals, emotions, and law. ... The amendment states that, "No person or state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law" (475 US Constitution). ... Although the law has set boundaries on when a fetus should be considered a citizen, there are people who believe that life starts before birth no matter what the law states. ...

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This is in stark contrast to the idea that there must be some sort of natural law which governs all human beings. According to the theory of natural law, our laws are merely a reflection of this foggy, grander conceptual law which exists somewhere in the minds of all people. In our society, we make the best laws that we can in accordance with the general idea of morality most people have. ... The problem is that there is no great consensus on what this ideal law is, and until we reach that point, we must fall back on trusting that other people's ethics and morality are just as valid as...

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Also in attendance were thousands of delegates from more than eight hundred non-governmental organizations (UNHCHR, 1996). ... When the Malaysian government refused to restrict logging and protect the territories of the Penan people, the Penan took matters into their own hands. ... By becoming a signatory on this convention, the "governments agree that children should be protected and not exploited" (Innocents Lost). ... The government of the UAE has stated that children are not allowed to ride racing camels and that the jockey must weigh at least 100 pounds. ... In Russia, the governme...

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Others may be recognized as the law develops. ... Federal and state laws govern the establishment and administration of prisons as well as the rights of the inmates (Lund, Lynn J., Deland, Gary, Gallaher, Sharon, and Bowker, Gary.) ... A mentally ill inmate is not entitled to a full-blown hearing before the government may force him or her to take anti-psychotic drugs against his or her will. ... Because of the particular challenges administrators face running prisons, the Supreme Court has acknowledged there is a compelling government interest which warrants limiting prisoners' rights. ...

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The sources of the Islamic faith are found in the Qur"an (Muslim scripture), the Hadith (teachings of the Prophet Mohammed), the consensus of the entire Islamic community, and the ijihad (Islamic interpretations of Islamic law). ... Rejecting the argument that the practice is promoted by Islam, the court reasoned, "Circumcision is not an individual right under Sharia (Islamic law)... There is nothing in the Qur"an that authorized it (UN, 1994)" The UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy, reacting to the Egyptian court decision, stated: "The recognition that female genital mutilation cann...

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INTRODUCTION The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) was established in 2006 to promote and protect human rights across the globe. A mechanism known as the Universal Periodic Review was created by the HRC as a tool to assess each member states human rights situation. This essay will look at t...

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At times, the Vietnamese government has opened its doors to sweatshop labor in order to decrease poverty and unemployment (Doan 2). ... A Vietnamese labor law states, "The labor user and the laborer may agree to work overtime, but not for more than four hours a day, two hundred hours a year." (48 Hours). ...

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Albert Memmi, The Two Answers of the Colonized Memmi writes that colonizers are creatures of want while all who are colonized need change. The fact that the colonizers do not see this is due either to a lack of understanding of colonization or their own selfishness. If the colonizer is acting as th...

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