The Pros And Cons Of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated and written in over 500 more languages. It is also a historic document written at the end of the II World

“Ideas about human rights have evolved over many centuries. But they achieved strong international support following the Holocaust and World War II. To protect future generations from a repeat of these horrors, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 and invited states to sign and ratify it”

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, categories all human beings as free. Article one identify all human beings as born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article two states, Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust,

The Bill of Rights, written by James Madison in 1791, was a document to extend the rights of United States citizens. The Bill of Rights contains the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. These ten amendments provided a backbone for the constitution and guaranteed the people certain individual rights. Each amendment protects a specific right and deals with a variety of issues. The second amendment states, “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (United States Constitution). This amendment is one that has dealt with many misunderstandings, miscommunications, and conflicts. Many of the disputes over the second amendment have been brought to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the highest law of the land, and it consists of nine justices. The Supreme Court always has the final say on whether an issue is constitutional or not. An example of one of the second amendment controversies is that of the District of Colombia v. Heller. Which was a case involving the second amendment that made it to the Supreme Court.

Human rights as stated in the universal declaration of human rights is that every human is born with equal rights no matter what sex, age, race or sexuality they are. It also means every person is protected by and under this law no matter what.

With this like stated before, we are born with rights that are rightfully ours and the government is there to ensure that they aren’t taken away from us. But I also feel that while the UDHR is also important it has a few more restrictions. There are many rights that we are given but I feel that they are somewhat expendable. For example, the statement “These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations”. They can be easily be taken away if seen fit by the government and I do not think that it is

This paper will explore three separate cases, providing facts about the apprehension and detention of enemy combatants, assessing the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and will explain whether any rights were denied or granted in contrast with each other. Anyone engaging in aggressive or hostile behavior towards a country is held to several political and constitutional legalities as explored in the three following cases.

It is well known that the United States have been seen internationally as a key actor, for better or worse, when it comes to the field of universal human rights. At the same time, recent events have shown a disassociation between the words and actions of the nation. Despite the fact that these rights are supposed to be constitutionally-protected, the United States has been criticized for repeatedly violating them not only in the past but in recent memory: criminalization of poverty and homelessness, violation of the privacy of citizens all over the world, racism, police brutality, the prison-for-profit system, mistreatment or even torture of the prisoners. These are just some examples of the most common forms of human rights violations

This act changed the concept of human rights that constitute the basic foundation of the American constitution and considered to be the essence of American exceptionalism and endanger the land that Jefferson once called “Empire of liberty” . Moreover, the abuse of prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay prison has made a mockery of the American values, which preaches human rights and values on one hand and then flip around to violate them. Despite that these prisoners are foreign nationals in custody outside the sovereign territory of the United States and that they have no rights and protections guaranteed by the Geneva Convention, the US has no right to indefinitely detain these prisoners without any charges. It particularly allowed interference into the rights protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments of the Bill of Rights, directly threatening the freedom of association, information, speech, and the right to legal representation as well as the right to liberty. Thus, this adopted tactic will not only inflame hatred against the US in the world, inspiring more terror attacks rather than preventing them, but also tarnishing the reputation of the United States as a champion of human

Roughly 600 years ago, Columbus came and “discovered” America although there were people currently living there. Europeans soon claimed the land as theirs and called themselves Americans. Today, although people have made a living in the United States, they are being sent back because of their race and where they came from. The ban of people from the Middle East entering the United States took the world by shock although Donald Trump has talked about it before his presidency. Many people believed that he was not going to be able to do it since it violates the United States Constitution. It also infringes with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and managed to still get away with it.

According to the United Nations, human rights are defined as “rights inherent to all human beings, whatever their nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. Humans all equally entitled to human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.”

conduct in the ‘war on terror,’ especially the use of Guantanamo to circumvent legal protections of the rights of prisoners detained there” (Lowenthal 2009: 19).

Imagine a dog who is ill and suffering, they don’t speak nor do they voice their opinions yet you can tell that there in a world of pain and misery. You decide to put them down, put them at rest; knowing their not in pain and suffering. How can this be justified when a person who is terminally ill can’t make the decision on how they end their life. Through countless surgeries, chemotherapy and many vital medical treatments that were vital once in their life, that can now no longer be beneficial, a person cannot simply decide his or her fate.

In a general sense, human rights refer to basic rights and freedoms that are believed to belong to all human beings. They are considered to be universal, inalienable and inherent in all people. (textbook) Unlike many common law countries, Australia does not have a statutory or Constitutional Charter or Bill of Rights. This means it has no single piece of documentation dedicated to the protection of Human Rights.

September 11th was a day that was burned into the conscience of the American identity. The response of the Bush Administration was to launch a full-scale military operation against terrorist entities, in particular Al Qaeda and their foreign supporters. This series of operations, became what was to be known as the “Global War on Terror”. Subsequently, the invasion of Afghanistan and other military operations resulted in the capture of high value targets with known connections to terrorist organizations. While these events this had dramatic ramifications on geo-political landscape, American courts were also given the unenviable task of determining if those captured by the U.S government were entitled to the rights and privileges enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court in particular faced a particular set of problems in confronting this issue. Precedent on the matter had been established over fifty years earlier under far different circumstances that were unable to reflect today’s modern challenges. Secondly, the Court needed to determine whether they had the jurisdictional authority to accept writs of habeas corpus from detainees held in Guantanamo Bay Cuba.