human rights

Examples of human rights in the following topics:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• The Promotion of Global Human Rights

  • The inclusion of Human Rights in U.S.
  • The inclusion of Human Rights in U.S.
  • Foreign Policy towards the inclusion of Human Rights concerns.
  • Derian as Coordinator for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and in August 1977, had the post elevated to that of Assistant Secretary of State.
  • Contrast the differing stances of the Executive and Congressional branch on the promotion of human rights in foreign policy in the 1970s.

• China

  • Three issues of particular importance in Chinese-American relations are economic trade, the contested status of Taiwan, and human rights.
  • -China relations, three issues of particular importance stand out: economic trade, the status of Taiwan, and human rights.
  • The Chinese government's policy toward human rights is another source of controversy.
  • International human rights organizations have identified a number of potential violations in China, including the use of capital punishment, the application of the one child policy, the denial of independence to Tibet, the absence of a free press, the absence of an independent judiciary with due process, the absence of labor rights, and the absence of religious freedom.

• Détente and Human Rights

  • The Helsinki Accord were developed by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, a wide ranging series of agreements on economic, political, and human rights issues.
  • Among other issues, one of the most prevalent and discussed after the conference was the human rights violations in the Soviet Union.
  • This prompted intense discussion of whether or not other nations may interfere if basic human rights are being violated, such as freedom of speech and religion.
  • Furthermore, the Soviet Union proceeded to defend their internal policies on human rights by attacking American support of countries like South Africa and Chile, which were known to violate many of the same human rights issues.
  • Explain the significance of the Helsinki Accords for the history of human rights in the 20th century and define the doctrine of Détente and its use by the United States during the Cold War

• International Humanitarian Policies and Foreign Aid

  • Humanitarian policies are ostensibly intended to help other countries, and include human rights policies, aid, and interventions.
  • For example, human rights and human rights laws seek to protect essential rights and fight for justice if these rights are violated.
  • Humanitarian intervention is a state's use of "military force against another state when the chief publicly declared aim of that military action is ending human-rights violations being perpetrated by the state against which it is directed. "
  • Moreover, it has sparked debates over its legality, the ethics of using military force to respond to human rights violations, when it should occur, who should intervene, and whether it is effective.
  • The United States' record on human rights is mixed.

• Privacy Rights and Sexuality

  • Rights to sexuality allow people in the United States to express sexual orientation without discrimination.
  • The right to sexuality incorporates the right to express one's sexuality, and to be free from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
  • The right to sexuality, and to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, is based on the universality of human rights belonging to every person by virtue of being human.
  • The right to sexuality does not exist explicitly in international human rights law; rather, it is found in a number of international human rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in the United States have evolved over time and vary on a state-by-state basis.

• A Brief Definition

  • The right to collectively bargain is recognized through international human rights conventions.
  • Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights identifies the ability to organize trade unions as a fundamental human right.
  • Item 2(a) of the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work defines the "freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining" as an essential right of workers.
  • The right-to-manage model, developed by the British school during the 1980s (Nickell), views the labor union and the firm bargaining over the wage rate according to a typical Nash Bargaining Maximin.
  • Define the monopoly union model, the right-to-manage model, and the efficient bargaining model as theories of collective bargaining

• The Rights of the Accused

  • The rights of the accused include the right to a fair trial; due process; and the right to privacy.
  • First-generation human rights, often called "blue" rights, deal essentially with liberty and participation in political life.
  • Civil and political rights form the original and main part of international human rights.
  • They comprise the first portion of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (with economic, social and cultural rights comprising the second portion).
  • The theory of three generations of human rights considers this group of rights to be "first-generation rights", and the theory of negative and positive rights considers them to be generally negative rights.

• Natural Rights

  • Legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system (i.e., rights that can be modified, repealed, and restrained by human laws).
  • Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government, and are therefore universal and inalienable (i.e., rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws).
  • The idea of natural rights is also closely related to that of human rights: some acknowledge no difference between the two, while others choose to keep the terms separate to eliminate association with some features traditionally associated with natural rights. 
  • He argued that the essential natural (human) right was "to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own Nature; that is to say, of his own Life."
  • Another 17th-century Englishman, John Lilburne (known as Freeborn John) argued for level human basic rights he called "freeborn rights" which he defined as being rights that every human being is born with, as opposed to rights bestowed by government or by human law.

• Human Resource Planning

  • Human resource planning is a process that identifies current and future human resource needs for an organization, based on the goals and objectives set by upper management.
  • Human resource planning serves as a link between human resource management and the overall strategic plan of an organization.
  • This is typically accomplished by defining competencies that are required by workers to achieve business goals, matching people with these competencies to the right tasks, and assessing the overall process for progress and improvement.
  • Corrections are then made as needed to the broader human resource planning process.
  • It is a constantly evolving planning process for human resource professionals.