Since the establishment of the court people whose human rights are violated can take the case to court. ... If a law cannot be interpreted to make it human rights compliant, the courts can make 'declarations of incompatibility' (section 4 of the HRA). ... Judges in the UK cannot overturn primary legislation if they find that it is not human rights compliant, although they can overturn secondary legislation. ... Section three deals with those rights which are absolute, these rights under no circumstances be limited nor can they be derogated in exigent circumstances. ... This can incl...

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The methods of enforcement and the misconduct subsequently carried out can be traced to the atmosphere surrounding the issue of immigration in America. ... It states that "illegal entrants crossing through remote, uninhabited expanses...can find themselves in mortal danger" and assumed that this "influx will adjust to Border Patrol changing tactics." ... East San Diego County residents had complained about the massive foot traffic of migrants near their homes. ... Residents of the area feel that Operation Gatekeeper is necessary, in order to ensure safety in their own homes and neighborhoods...

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But to have any hope, certainty or believe we should firstly investigate the current situation that can give us a full picture of what chances we- females do have and do not and then what of them we are expected to get. ... If the results fit the hypothesis it can be considered as proven. ... The aim of paying attention to the observing the opinion of an experts about the emancipation of women rights in our society, about what else the government can provide for women for free access to the political sphere except the formal decrees existing now. ... Starting from this point we can see tha...

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This former solider was in the Angolan armed forces and explained how soldiers burst into his home one night three years ago and took him away. These children were abducted from their homes, separated from their families, even drugged and forcibly trained to fight (Shepler, 2005). Francisco stated, "All these years, all I have wanted to do is go home. ... These women fought to live and did whatever they had to in order to maintain their homes and feed their families. It has also been stated that even after the war ended there was an on going threat of sexual violence in the homes, streets, and...

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While many states have been developing their own courts, should their citizens want another court to go to they can go to an international court, such as the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. ... Extensive poverty can be found everywhere in Latin America and Africa. ... These children are ripped from their homes and put into great danger on a daily basis. Many children fall from the camels and break arms, legs, and necks, which can and does result in death. ...

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Women were taught to be both dependent emotionally and financially on men and learned from a young age that beauty comprises their worth to a potential future husband--leading women acting as poor wives and mothers in their homes and resulted in tyrannical episodes. ... This quote shows how men can deceive women and woo them into a manipulative relationship only to just keep them put away and not treat them with a mind and opinions of their own. ... Once women have reason and can handle certain feelings of love and the emotions that carry along with that, they will be able to truly love s...

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Human Rights of Chinese-Indonesian in Indonesia I Introduction Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person, and these rights should not be violated. Everyone has the right to live peacefully, safely, with these rights guaranteed by their governments. In 1945, all members sign...

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As human beings we are here to grow and to learn all we can. ... We had no choice as to when we were going to be brought into the life and we should not have the right to decide when we can leave. ... It should never be left up to another person to determine when you can live and when you can die. ... What they are forgetting is that medicine is so far advanced that most if not all of their aliments can be controlled with modern medicine (Euthanasia.com). ... It discussed the idea of having rights and that not everything we desire can be considered a "right." ...

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, feminist movements in Europe, the United States, Australia (Silard 1994), Argentina (Oller 1994), Brazil (Thomas 1994), India (Bush 1992), the Virgin Islands (Morrow 1994) and many other parts of the world developed strategies to protect women from violence in the home through shelters, support groups for victims, and criminalization of battering. ...

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In our society, we make the best laws that we can in accordance with the general idea of morality most people have. ... If a person is at a bar and drinks heavily for several hours, and then makes the decision to drive home, even though his judgment is impaired, we still hold him responsible if he kills a family on the way. ... The best support I can give is the idea of viability. I feel once a child can sustain life on its own, then it doesn't matter that it is attached to the woman. ... We pick what are truly arbitrary dates, especially when we consider all humans develop differentl...

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Often performed without anesthetic under septic conditions by lay practitioners with little or no knowledge of human anatomy or medicine, female circumcision can cause death or permanent health problems as well as severe pain. ... Female circumcision can have devastating and harmful consequences for a women throughout her life. ... The fact that African people are willing to risk their health and, in some instances, their life by practicing female circumcision in furtherance of their religion can not be overlooked. ...

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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."" ... Clive Archer, an autho...

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"Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it. ... There is no way it can be innocuous"" (Reltso). ... Illegal or legal, abortions will never be safe, that can damage a woman forever. ... Suicide can results from years of repression, depression, stress, guilt and lost self-esteem (Tech). ... Abortion can also lower a woman's chance of having another child, lead to infections, or even death. ...

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Since the fetus has bones, bulk and can move, second trimester is not as simple. ... It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies. ... A woman has the right to go to bed with who she wants, but she can not choose death for her child. ... In summary, abortion can be justified by a women's right to choose, but it should be banned because it's immoral and life begins at conception. ...

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The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...

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