A Rhetorical Reading Response: “Graffiti is a Beautiful 'Crime'” Linda Ngo, author of the opinion piece “Graffiti is a Beautiful 'Crime'” (2017), argues that graffiti should be legalized on grounds that it is an artistic expression of free speech. Ngo uses many comparisons between graffiti, which she claims is harmless, to many legal activities that cause people harm. Her purpose in writing this paper is to establish a legal form of graffiti to protect graffiti artists from legal action. Ngo's target
about various NGOs and there work in the field of Human rights, A human rights NGO is a non-governmental organization that works to protect human rights and end human rights violations. The topic of “human rights” encompasses a wide range of issues, including freedom of expression, right to due process, gender equality, and freedom from poverty and violence. Many NGOs turn to the UN’s Universal Declarations of Human Rights in order to fully outline organizational goals. Human rights NGOs vary in their
Armed Forces (SCAF), which played a vital role in the January revolution, has now become a violent and oppressive force. On the twenty-ninth of December 2011, the SCAF raided seventeen Egyptian, German, and US run NGOs in search of proof of illegal foreign funding.1 In a statement (A/HRC/18/NGO/77) submitted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), and the Center for Egyptian Women’s
To start off, the very broad term of equality is the notion that every human being in the world is treated the same, no matter their age, gender, class, or race. Comparing to other political systems, democracy values equality more than any other as it involves the commitment in upholding equal treatments between citizens. To measure the level of democracy in a territory in terms of associational autonomy, one must observe the level of equality that is promoted in that country. Looking at any state
occurred. UN Watch has a relationship with 20 international human rights NGOs, and it started to hold the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy every year from 2009. This event is helping to promote
Human Rights A human right is defined as, a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person. They are often held to include the right to life, liberty, equality, and a fair trial, freedom from slavery and torture, and freedom of thought and expression. The Chinese government often denies any abuses of human rights, but many countries and international organizations argue otherwise. Many point out repeated abuses in areas such as….. Civil Society Civil society can be defined as the
objective from 1954 to 1956 was to create a stable government rooted in popular support. They chose Ngo Dinh Diem to lead the artificially created South Vietnam. The United States believed that Ngo was the best choice because he was adamantly anti-communist. He was to, with American support, unify South Vietnam and then later North Vietnam as well. The United States, however, failed to realize that Ngo was also adamantly nationalist; meaning, he was willing to listen American advice, but he was also
Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that acts to address human rights abuses and consolidate democratic processes. FIDH’s mission is to defend all human rights – civil, political, economic, social and cultural – as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“FIDH Annual Report 2014”, n.d.). They seek to accomplish this mission with three strategic pillars of action: securing the freedom and capacity to act for human rights defenders, the universality of
Rights Yasamin Saaed Ms. Pang, Per: 3 10 December 2015 Everyone has the right to life, freedom, and security. Human rights are the basic freedoms and rights that people are entitled to. All around the world people are being mistreated and the authorities are not respecting people and their human rights. Human rights are essential in order to have equality, freedom, and order. These rights, such as freedom of speech, the right to be free from prejudice, and simply the right to live are being violated
stopped. The writer states at the beginning of the article that “freedom of expression and democracy are being undermined in Ontario”. A panel of experts met in 2010 and found that these lawsuits were discouraging “significant numbers” of Ontarians from speaking out on problems with companies. He uses the examples of Greenpeace Canada, who was fighting a $7-million lawsuit filed by the logging company Resolute Forest