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    and one will see the clear truth Civil Liberty is the freedom that any and all U.S citizens can exercise customary rights. Customary rights are the ones stated in the bill of rights, things such as freedom of speech. If one were to look closer or just watch the news they would understand how this is false ant the real definition of civil liberty is that one may exercise their rights if someone of higher authority feels as though its okay for them to do so. An everyday example would

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    violates another person’s rights. Abortion is legal is by of the ruling in Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). But as time

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    Thapa 1 Thapa 4 Sanjaya Thapa Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2305 26 September 2017 Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties Civil liberties and civil rights have often been the talk of various jurisdictions over the years. In the attainment of civil rights and liberties, laws and statutory provisions have had to be drafted. In extreme cases, activists have had to go beyond the norm to make sure that these rights and liberties are achieved. According to Stone (2014), civil liberties are affirmative or positive provisions

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    sexuality of a person and this could include forced acts such as sexual slavery and prostitution. Sexual violence is prevalent in peace and armed conflict scenarios. This is regarded as traumatic, pervasive a common violation that people suffer from. This is a grave health and human rights issue that affects the individual mentally and physically in the short term as well as the long term. Though women and girls suffer disproportionately from sexual violence, it can happen to anyone from any age. This

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    cannot be ignored. One of its bad sides is the adverse impact on human rights. There are group of “human rights” in the form of economic rights, labor rights, cultural rights, civil and political rights etc. The globalization is considered to have an impact on the following rights (Sykes, 2003) as: -The admission to the WTO of nations that violate human rights extinguishes opportunities for valuable sanctions to discourage such violations. -Open trade causes production to relocate to areas where

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    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. International Humanitarian Intervent Realism

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    inferably unachievable without the roles that the right to civil disobedience has played. The framework of our country acts to prevent factions for fear of an inherent violent nature of displeased citizens. However civil disobedience proves the capabilities of a dissatisfied public to organize without relying on brutal force. Peaceful demonstrations display what I believe to be the core of our country. Land of the free, advocate of freedom of speech, and the right of the people to assemble peacefully; America

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    by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. These words written on the paper from our Founding Fathers and those words that define what people think of the United States of America are lies. Although we are all given these rights when first born, the way our society is and has been make that line of the Declaration of Independence a false statement. Examples of slavery, women’s rights, bullying, and segregation all contradict

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    wide network of prisons and secret detention centres. It also carried out arbitrary and random arrests. Furthermore, if launched a forced labour program and violated the citizens’ basic human rights. Consequently, Dec 2015 the UN accused the Eritrean government of violating human rights. Some of the serious violations committed by the government against the people includes the closing churches and arresting religious leaders and members of

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    The Egyptian Revolution

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    started. Egypt is facing a deep threat to human rights due to violent confrontations between the Egyptian Government and the revolutionary groups. Navi Pillay has stated her worry about Egyptian people when in a press communication said: “[she] hopes that the rule of law and a system of government that respects the human rights of all Egyptians –men and women- can be quickly re-established”. Several experts have voiced their concern in regard of the way human rights have been dismissed by several people;

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