Gambia and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”(UDHR). A declaration issued on December 10, 1948 by the United nations national assembly “an expression of the fundamental values which are shared by all members of the international community”( ).Although this may be true the reality that individuals misuse the power they have or are given is very common in our current society. When thinking of the abuse of power we think of someone who abuses their position to get information or to take advantage of a situation, and or to hold the power they have over another person. The misuse of power is a common occurrence in society, which requires victims to overcome it by stepping up or coming together as one to take back the rights we are all given as human beings.

The Human Development Report states the definition of human rights, as the rights possessed by all persons, by virtue of their common humanity, to live a life of freedom and dignity. They give all people moral claims in the behavior of individuals and the design of social arrangements and are universal, inalienable and indivisible. Human rights express our deepest commitments to ensuring that all persons are secure in their enjoyment of the goods and freedoms that are necessary for dignified living. Human rights belong to all people, and all people have equal status with respect to these rights (UNDP 2000). With human rights is the right to freedom.

The UN, who swore to aid suffering people like them, dismissed their case. In 1948, the United Nations composed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Countries that signed this document swore to protect these rights within their own country and within others. Every person is entitled to these innate rights. They are necessary to live a fair life; they intend to protect our “dignity, freedom, equality, justice, and peace”[4][5].

The universal declaration of basic human rights is a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations. Down to every single individual in every society today, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind. This Declaration to teach the ideology of respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international. Somalia, for example, is a long-running disastrous country that doesn't abide by the basic human rights. Somalia has a corrupt government and is infested with guns, and war. Piracy off the coast of Somalia has become the principal problem for ships, yachts, and fishing boats which significantly affects other countries as well.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights possesses thirty total laws of which each individual living on this Earth has a right to have. However, all throughout history, those specific rights have been violated by others. The “Right to Equality”, the “Freedom from Discrimination”, the “Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment”, and the rest, are contravened daily. All of these rights are supposedly protected by the thirtieth right: “No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights”. Yet, this law is the most disobeyed in the world. Our human rights are taken away from us all the time; especially in the United States and Afghanistan. White dominance during the Civil Rights movement and the unjust rule of the Taliban are two of the biggest violators of the final right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

We live in a world in which it could be perceived all humans have rights, which are protected and respected by all governments regardless of ideology. For all of those who see things beyond the walls of politics, it is clear that for the majority of the world’s population their reality implies otherwise. While every violation of civil rights and liberties should be addressed, given my personal experience, I consider the violation of 12th and 13th article of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights the most important civil liberties or rights issue of the moment. The 12th article states that everyone has the right to liberty of movement and to choose his residence, everyone is free to leave any country, including his own, and

Freedom of speech is solidly enshrined in the first amendment of the constitution of the USA and this is hand in hand spelt out with the freedom of press since the two more often than not go together in the contemporary society (Find Law, 2012). It is paramount that these provisions of expression and means of expression (the press) are guarded with sanctity and jealousy they deserve. This is on the backdrop of the various examples displayed across the world, particularly in the developing and underdeveloped words where abuse of these two provisions have deteriorated into total dictatorship, rule of the iron fist, suppression of opposition voices and curtailment of free speech and expression of ideologies.

It is essential to enforce all human rights to ensure a healthy, peaceful, and happy life for everyone on Earth. Unfortunately, there is no country that effectively applies every human right. Specifically, statistics prove that Mali violates Article twenty five of the International Declaration of Human Rights, which states: “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”. The Malian people are suffering in poverty

The declaration’s blatant failure in some regards is evident in Australia’s era of extreme racial discrimination against the country’s Indigenous population. The declaration did virtually nothing to enforce the rights of the Aboriginal people; instead, they were forced to resort to protesting against the government’s discriminatory laws and policies. Nevertheless, the declaration has also been considerably successful in enforcing people’s rights, as seen in Yemen’s juvenile justice system, and the part the declaration played in abolishing the death penalty, among other malpractices taking place in the country’s juvenile justice system. Through these examples, the true nature of the UDHR can be observed—while creating opportunities for many situations around the world to be repaired, it has not been, nor will it ever be able to fully establish equality throughout the world. The “opinion of the United Nations as a whole” is simply not enough to achieve complete equality on a global

Human rights are the rights one is entitled to based on being human, regardless of one’s gender, race, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. The emergence of human rights is the emergence of laws and documents, both legally binding and not, that define the universal rights of every person. Non-legally binding documents normalize and promote the idea of human rights, while laws and other legally binding documents protect everyone’s human rights under the law. The most significant of these laws and documents emerged after the 20th century, due to the atrocities that occurred during that time - war, genocide, expulsion, and mass sterilization – and in particular, focused on the rights of women and racial minorities. While the

In the present day global atmosphere it is understood that human rights are a source of conflict. It is understood that the policy of non- intervention in states causes problems in retrospect to colonialism, and in addition to understanding that human rights are a source of conflict as they impede upon the rights of women and undermine a large proportion of the worlds population causing conflict between genders and in the state itself. In supplementation to this, human rights and state security come to conflict in accordance to recognizing that a government is prioritizing the state over the people and impeding on human rights and security. Human rights shine in the spotlight when it comes to causing conflict on an inclusive and

As an international community there is have an obligation to respect the basic human right of citizens but as make sure that governments respect and not the serious violation of fundamental civil and political rights. That why they are an appropriate case to have interventions to secure the individual autonomy and dignity.14 This stems from our right to duty to help a person that are experiencing grieve injustices.

Throughout history, human rights have been violated and there have been people trying to fight for their rights but many have failed. Each human being has the same equal rights at the time of birth and that should not change at any given moment. Human rights entitle a person’s right to freedom of expression and movement, equality before the law, the rights to live, right to education, religion, and to own property as it states in the (preamble). People all around the world should know and understand what human rights are; if more people would know their own rights then it would be easier for them to promote justice, not only for themselves, but also for their society.

Many people don’t have the privilege of living a life where they can take advantage of their human rights and feel secure. All around the world human rights violation occur on a daily basis and many people aren't aware of the struggles other people in other countries go through or people disregard these violations. In the Central African Republic, women and girls are used as sexual slaves, are being raped and beaten as a weapon of war between the Seleka and anti-balaka. Another instance of, human rights violation is that in Egypt many people are being imprisoned for supporting and or being part of the Lgbt campaign. In these two countries, human rights are being neglected and people aren’t treated and disregarded as humans.

According The universal declaration of human rights everyone has the right to life, liberty and security. All states have the duty to protect the human rights of citizens as well as anyone living on their soil. As stated before in the UN Human Rights Approaches to Development and Cooperation, the basic human rights principles are: universal, inalienable, and indivisible (Genser, 2014)