Examples of human rights in the following topics:
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- National security practices impact privacy rights for the well-being and domestic security of the United States.
- In the United States, the controversial USA Patriot Act has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?
- The measures adopted to maintain national security in the face of threats to society has led to ongoing dialectic, particularly in liberal democracies, on the appropriate scale and role of authority in matters of civil and human rights.
- Tension exists between preservation of rights and freedoms of individuals.
- In the United States, the politically controversial USA Patriot Act and other government action has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?
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- The delegates argued for an end to slavery based on the often brutal conditions of slavery, as well as the ways in which slavery violated christian principals and basic human right to equality.
- Women involved in the early abolitionists movement also began to connect demands for equal right to their own lives and experiences, advocating for expanded education, employment and political rights including suffrage.
- A more progressive and radical strain of abolition maintained that rights and moral standing were universal, and that whether people were of African or European decent, men or women they were all due to equal treatment and rights.
- While women did not gain the right to vote in all sates until 1920, there were still some victories won for women's rights in the period leading up to the Civil War.
- One of the most notable was New York State granting property rights to married women.
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- For example, The European Convention on Human Rights permits restrictions "in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or the rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary. " Similarly, the Constitution of India allows "reasonable" restrictions upon free speech to serve "public order, security of State, decency or morality. "
- The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees Americans the right to a free press.
- The US Bill of Rights drew many of its First Amendment provisions from other countries' bill of rights, such as the English Bill of Rights.
- However, the US Bill of Rights established more liberties than the English Bill of Rights.
- Compare and contrast civil rights with civil liberties with respect to the First Amendment
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- The First Amendment establishes the right to assembly and the right to petition the government.
- The right to freedom of association is recognized as a human and political right, and a civil liberty.
- The right of assembly was originally distinguished from the right to petition.
- The right to assembly protects citizens' rights to gather together to peacefully protest.
- This right was frequently exercised during the Civil Rights Movement (depicted here).
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- The Bill of Rights is a series of limitations on the power of the U.S. government, protecting the natural rights of liberty and property.
- Thus, the Bill addressed the concerns of some of the Constitution's influential opponents, who argued that the Constitution should not be ratified because it failed to protect the fundamental principles of human liberty.
- Unlike Thomas Hobbes, Locke believed that human nature is characterized by reason and tolerance.
- Like Hobbes, Locke believed that human nature allowed men to be selfish.
- This piece was influential in the creation of the Bill of Rights.