Essays on Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The loss of civil rights is consistently linked with the loss of human rights contradicting their apparent inalienability – this occurrence for refugees, suggests the inherent failure of the United Nations in protecting human rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. The question...

“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion […]” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, article 2). Human Rights are equal, inalienable – nobody can stop someone...

According to United Nation Human rights are based on the principle of individual respect. The basic assumption is that every person is a moral and rational being who deserves to be treated with dignity. They are called human rights because they are universal, Whereas nations...

Human rights are basic needs for standard survival in the everyday world. With globalization, human rights are categorized and implemented using different methods, such as treaties, non-government organizations, laws/policies etc. These different methods allow countries around the world to come together to enforce basic human...

This essay focuses on domestic violence as a human rights issue and also focuses on the role of the state against this type of violence. In recent years, ECHR has started to use article 3, article 8 and article 14 more frequently in cases of...

In the words of Benito Mussolini “democracy is beautiful in theory, but in practice it is a fallacy”. The word democracy was derived from a Greek word demos, which means ‘people’ and kratos, which means ‘rule’. In essence it means the rule by the people....

Human rights are inalienable basic rights to which an individual is essentially entitled just because that person is a human being. The UDHR is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is an international agreement to define and protect. This agreement was to create a...

The basic human rights explanations would be, Human a member of the Homo sapiens species; a man, woman or child; a person. Rights things to which you are entitled or allowed; freedoms that are guaranteed. Human Rights the rights you have simply because you are...

This essay attempts to give an overview, briefly, about human rights and how these rights have been violated in the given scenario. Particular context will be given to women and children. The reader’s attention will be drawn to the human rights instruments which are in...