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    a national and community level in order to combat this criminal activity across the country; however none have been sufficient enough to entirely eradicate sex trafficking of persons in Cambodia. Thus a number of recommendations to combat these human rights violations have been listed, as follows: Recommendation 1 – Harsher law enforcement and prosecution 1.1 - Government authorities should effectively implement stronger and more effective anti-trafficking legislation and policies that have been instituted

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    Child Soldiers Essay

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    and use of child soldiers. There are no international legal standards for the protection of the rights of children, and the existence of laws that prohibit the use of children under the age of 18 is in itself not enough to ensure that the of children in armed conflict is not actually taking place. The high demand of child soldiers is due to cultural factors, the absence of laws to protect the rights of children, and the ideal that children will obey orders better. Karl Hill and Harve Langholtz’s

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    that stand out is when Creon does not believe Polyneices deserves a proper burial, but Antigone believes that is human right to have one. Another example is when everyone in Thebes believes that what Antigone has done is not wrong and stand by her. One last example of civil disobedience is when Antigone knows it is against the law to bury her brother, but she knows and does the right thing for her brother. Civil disobedience is displayed all over the country. There are many examples of civil disobedience

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    The decriminalization of sex work is the recommended policy due to its utilitarian and altruistic benefits. This policy proposal may be difficult but is feasible and the best option due to the importance that the United States places on the basic human rights of individuals. It is important to treat this policy with relativism due to the varied backgrounds of these workers who experience different types of discrimination from not only the society but also the government. By first decriminalizing the

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    Communication In order to communicate my message that the companies need a unified code of conduct, I would have to learn the process of communicating. There are six steps for the process of communicating: 1. “Sensing a communication need 2. Defining the situation 3. Consider possible communication strategies 4. Select a course of action 5. Compose the message 6. Send the message” (Editorial Board, 2015, p. 62) In this situation, step one would be realizing that neither UWEAR nor PALEDENIM have

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    while six million have been gravely injured or are now permanently disabled. Additionally, there are about 20 million boys and girls that have been displaced and are refugees in surrounding countries due to the gross violations of conflict and human rights. The role of children in armed conflict is not restricted to direct participation in warfare, but includes boys and girls in support functions that ultimately are a bigger risk and hardship than combat. As defined by the Paris Commitments and the

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    Human trafficking is one of the most dangerous crimes touching humanity. Because it violates the basic human rights to life and liberty of a significant proportion of the world’s population, of whom are socially, economically and politically vulnerable. It makes the processes of recruiting, transporting, hiding and holding, and finally receiving a person through a use of force, coercion, false promise, and monies for the purpose of exploiting them. In the article human trafficking: preventing, protecting

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    The Issue Of Human Rights

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    Human rights are a basic right for every living person on Earth. Regardless of differences, every person has the right to basic needs in order to sustain their life. A current issue in Florida involves a law, HB 401, which will be active in July of this year that affects members of the LGBT community as well as those who wish to practice exercising their religious freedoms. Choosing to live life with morals and values that are highly ethical might differ from person to person. One group should not

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    recorded executions, a sharp drop compared to the 1995 figure of 45 countries that carried out executions. The countries which have abolished the death penalty claim that is inhuman and cruel and unusual punishment. They believe that it violates the human right to life. The states which have not abolished the death penalty believe that it provides closure to the families of victims who have lost a loved one they will never replace. Debate still rages throughout the world on how to properly deal with this

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    to directly address the problem of Human Trafficking. However, previous policies were shown to directly impact victims of human trafficking. Victims who were brought across international borders were treated as illegal aliens under human smuggling laws (Bishop, 2003). Under prostitution laws, sex trafficking victims were treated as prostitutes, and often subjected to a revolving door of arrests while their traffickers went free (U.S Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2009). The 13th amendment

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