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The Issues Affecting Human Rights

Decent Essays

Q1
Introduction
The introduction will contain the definition of concepts used. There will be a discussion here on the situation of natural disasters in international human rights law. This section will conclude with an outline of the following sections.
Issue
The issues affecting human rights will be highlighted. These include:
• Sub-standard led to poor people being more affected by the earthquake than rich people;
• The lack of security in the camps have led to sexual assault;
• The camps are now using land illegally, and landowners are unable to fully enjoy their property;
• The landowners are being defamed;
• IDPs are being forcefully evicted without any legal recourse;
• The alternative IDP camps have poor infrastructure and will risk access to food, security, transportation, and media;
• Landowners’ property is being damaged;
• Protestors are being injured and killed by state forces;
• There are long waiting lists for social housing.
Rule
There will be a discussion on the responsibility of the state to protect IDPs (UDHR preamble, Article 2(1) ICCPR, Article 2 CRC). There will be a discussion of jurisdiction and limitations.
From then on, the essay will look at specific human rights in detail, addressing in each case the legal sources of the law, and the scope of the right. The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living.
(Article 25(1) UDHR, Article 11 ICESCR, Article 17 ICCPR, Article 14 (2) and 15 (2) CEDAW, and General Comments).
There will be a discussion on how

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