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CONTENTS

SUBJECTS PAGE

1.0 Introduction 2

2.0 Objective 2

3.0 Violation Of Human Rights 3

4.0 The Types Violation In Human Rights 4

5.0 Factors Of Violation In Human Rights 7

6.0 Impacts Of Violation In Human Rights 9

6.1 Demonstrate apathy towards government policies 9

6.2 Leads to national debt 12

6.3 Retards the development of the nation 13

6.4 Leads to loss of life 15

7.0 Overcome Human Rights Violation 17

8.0 Issues On Human Right Violation 20

9.0 Conclusions 24

References 25

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1.0 Introduction

What are your human rights? Lets start with some basic human rights definitions:

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 is the rights you have simply because you are human. If you were to ask
people in the street, What are human rights? you would get many different answers. They
would tell you the rights they know about, but very few people know all their rights. As covered
in the definitions above, a right is a freedom of some kind. It is something to which you are
entitled by virtue of being human. Human rights are based on the principle of respect for the
individual. Their fundamental assumption is that each 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 or specialized groups enjoy specific rights that apply only to them,
human rights are the rights to which everyone is entitledno matter who they are or where
they livesimply because they are alive.

Yet many people, when asked to name their rights, will list only freedom of speech and
belief and perhaps one or two others. There is no question these are important rights, but the
full scope of human rights is very broad. They mean choice and opportunity. They mean the
freedom to obtain a job, adopt a career, select a partner of ones choice and raise children.
They include the right to travel widely and the right to work gainfully without harassment,
abuse and threat of arbitrary dismissal. They even embrace the right to leisure. In ages past,
there were no human rights. Then the idea emerged that people should have certain
freedoms. And that idea, in the wake of World War II, resulted finally in the document called
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the thirty rights to which all people are entitled.

2.0 Objectives

To understand the right definition of human rights globally.


To identify the violation of human rights
To know the impacts of violation of human rights.

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3.0 Violation of Human Rights

There is now near-universal consensus that all individuals are entitled to certain
basic rights under any circumstances. These include certain civil liberties and political rights,
the most fundamental of which is the right to life and physical safety. Human rights are the
articulation of the need for justice, tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity in all of our
activity. Speaking of rights allows us to express the idea that all individuals are part of the
scope of morality and justice.

To protect human rights is to ensure that people receive some degree of decent, humane
treatment. To violate the most basic human rights, on the other hand, is to deny individuals
their fundamental moral entitlements. It is, in a sense, to treat them as if they are less than
human and undeserving of respect and dignity. Examples are acts typically deemed "crimes
against humanity," including genocide, torture, slavery, rape, enforced sterilization or medical
experimentation, and deliberate starvation. Because these policies are sometimes
implemented by governments, limiting the unrestrained power of the state is an important part
of international law. Underlying laws that prohibit the various "crimes against humanity" is the
principle of nondiscrimination and the notion that certain basic rights apply universally.

Human rights imply that everyone should have them. People do not enjoy them as the
member of a particular nation or of a community, rather as the member of the human society.
So human rights are universally applicable to all without any discrimination on the grounds of
caste, class, color, sex, religion etc. Human rights, as a comprehensive whole, include socio-
economic, civil, political, cultural rights which are deemed to be essential for the human beings
to lead a life of dignity.

Human rights are justiciable. They cover legal rights protected by the law of the state.
They also cover fundamental rights as incorporated in the constitution of the land and they
enjoy judicial enforcement. Human rights are not absolute. Like all rights, they may also be
restricted in the interest of public peace, social decency, political security and the like. Human
beings cannot stay without the enjoyment of human rights. All of them possess these rights
as the members of the human society. Since some people are ignorant of these rights, they
must be taught about these opportunities. They only can lead a life of peace, security and
dignity with the growing consciousness of these rights.

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4.0 The Types Violation of Human Rights

The number of deaths related to combat and the collateral damage caused by warfare are
only a small part of the tremendous amount of suffering and devastation caused by conflicts.
Over the course of protracted conflict, assaults on political rights and the fundamental right to
life are typically widespread. Some of the gravest violations of the right to life are massacres,
the starvation of entire populations, and genocide. Genocide is commonly understood as the
intentional extermination of a single ethnic, racial, or religious group. Killing group members,
causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing measures to prevent birth, or forcibly
transferring children are all ways to bring about the destruction of a group. Genocide is often
regarded as the most offensive crime against humanity.

The term "war crime" refers to a violation of the rules of jus in bello (justice in war) by any
individual, whether military or civilian. The laws of armed conflict prohibit attacks on civilians
and the use of weapons that cause unnecessary suffering or long-term environmental
damage. Other war crimes include taking hostages, firing on localities that are undefended
and without military significance, such as hospitals or schools, inhuman treatment of
prisoners, including biological experiments, and the pillage or purposeless destruction of
property. Although clearly outlawed by international law, such war crimes are common.
According to Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, it is increasingly true that
"the main aim is the destruction not of armies but of civilians and entire ethnic groups.

Women and girls are often raped by soldiers or forced into prostitution. For a long time,
the international community has failed to address the problem of sexual violence during armed
conflict. However, sexual assaults, which often involve sexual mutilation, sexual humiliation,
and forced pregnancy, are quite common. Such crimes are motivated in part by the long-held
view that women are the "spoils" of war to which soldiers are entitled. Trafficking in women is
a form of sexual slavery in which women are transported across national borders and
marketed for prostitution. These so-called "comfort women" are another example of
institutionalized sexual violence against women during wartime. Sexual violence is sometimes
viewed as a way to destroy male and community pride or humiliate men who cannot "protect"
their women. It is also used to silence women who are politically active, or simply inflict terror
upon the population at large. Mass rapes may also form part of a genocidal strategy, designed
to impose conditions that lead to the destruction of an entire group of people. For example,

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during the 1990s, the media reported that "rape and other sexual atrocities were a deliberate
and systematic part of the Bosnian Serb campaign for victory in the war" in the former
Yugoslavia.

Rather than simply killing off whole populations, government forces may carry out
programs of torture. Torture can be either physical or psychological, and aims at the
"humiliation or annihilation of the dignity of the person. Physical torture might include
mutilation, beatings, and electric shocks to lips, gums, and genitals. In psychological torture,
detainees are sometimes deprived of food and water for long periods, kept standing upright
for hours, deprived of sleep, or tormented by high-level noise. Torture is used in some cases
as a way to carry out interrogations and extract confessions or information. Today, it is
increasingly used as a means of suppressing political and ideological dissent, or for punishing
political opponents who do not share the ideology of the ruling group.

In addition to torture, tens of thousands of people detained in connection with conflicts


"disappear" each year, and are usually killed and buried in secret. Government forces "take
people into custody, hold them in secret, and then refuse to acknowledge responsibility for
their whereabouts or fate. This abduction of persons is typically intended to secure information
and spread terror. In most cases, interrogations involve threats and torture, and those who
are arrested are subsequently killed. Corpses are buried in unmarked graves or left at
dumpsites in an attempt to conceal acts of torture and summary execution of those in custody.
Because people disappear without any trace, families do not know whether their loved ones
are alive or dead.

Various lesser forms of political oppression are often enacted as well. Individuals who
pose a threat to those in power or do not share their political views may be arbitrarily
imprisoned, and either never brought to trial or subject to grossly unfair trial procedures. Mass
groups of people may be denied the right to vote or excluded from all forms of political
participation. Or, measures restricting people's freedom of movement may be enforced. These
include forcible relocations, mass expulsions, and denials of the right to seek asylum or return
to one's home. Political oppression may also take the form of discrimination. When this
occurs, basic rights may be denied on the basis of religion, ethnicity, race, or gender.
Apartheid, which denies political rights on the basis of race, is perhaps one of the most severe
forms of discrimination. The system of apartheid in South Africa institutionalized extreme racial

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segregation that involved laws against interracial marriage or sexual relations and
requirements for the races to live in different territorial areas. Certain individuals were held to
be inferior by definition, and not regarded as full human beings under the law.[18] The laws
established under this system aimed at social control, and brought about a society divided
along racial lines and characterized by a systematic disregard for human rights.

In addition, women are uniquely vulnerable to certain types of human rights abuses -- in
addition to the sexual abuse mentioned above, entrenched discrimination against women is
prevalent in many parts of the world and leads to various forms of political and social
oppression. This includes strict dress codes and harsh punishments for sexual
"transgressions," which impose severe limitations on women's basic liberties. In addition,
women in some regions (Africa , for example) suffer greater poverty than men and are denied
political influence, education, and job training.

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5.0 Factors Of Violation of Human Rights

The level of corruption in governance systems makes people lose confidence in the
judicial systems and so are not able to run to these courts to win their rights back. The first
factor would be weak civilian review. Citizen review agencies, tasked with monitoring and, in
some cases, investigating cases of excessive force, are under-funded by city officials,
undermined by police officers who refuse to cooperate with them, under attack by police
unions and others, and under-utilized by the public. External citizen review should be an
integral part of police oversight and policy formulation, but instead has been sidelined in most
cities examined.

Leadership failure is the second factor that contribute to violation human right
abuse. Police administrators, the officials most responsible for addressing the problem of
police abuse, are not yet taking this issue seriously enough. Notably, in Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, and New Orleans, among other cities, high-profile cases and unflattering media
attention have been required to produce overdue and necessary reforms. The leadership gap
is evident in the poor performance of police departments' internal affairs divisions around the
country, which too often conduct sloppy and incomplete investigations that tend to be biased
in favor of fellow officers. Early warning systems to identify and manage "problem officers" are
not fully operational in most cities we examined - despite findings by oversight commissions
and journalistic investigations that a small percentage of officers are responsible for a large
percentage of abuses. Disciplinary actions against officers responsible for abusive treatment
are lax, while internal review activities remain shrouded in secrecy.

Ineffectual civil remedies is in the part too because police often are not held responsible
for their actions through administrative or criminal procedures, many police abuse victims or
their families rely solely on civil remedies for redress. In practice, civil lawsuits usually allow
police departments to continue to ignore abuses committed by officers. Some victims have
succeeded in obtaining compensation, and a small percentage of civil lawsuits have forced
police departments to accept liability for abuses, leading to reforms in training or flawed
policies. Still, most police departments we examined do not have to pay plaintiffs; the
payments come instead from the city's general budget. And, though an officer's behavior has
cost a city hundreds of thousands, or millions, of dollars in payments to victims, there is often
no linkage to that officer's performance evaluations - even when the lawsuit alleges serious

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violations. In the end, taxpayers are paying at least twice for bad officers - once for their
salaries and again to pay victims of their abuse.

Passivity on criminal prosecutions is the last factor where local criminal prosecution of
officers who commit human rights violations is far too rare, with many local prosecutors
unwilling to prosecute vigorously officers who normally help them in criminal cases. Federal
prosecutors, who can prosecute officers under criminal civil rights statutes, almost never
pursue even strong cases, due in part to the high legal threshold required to win such cases
and a shortage of resources. Of the thousands of complaints the Justice Department receives
annually, it prosecutes only a handful. And, though federal prosecutors claim they should play
a "backstop" role in prosecuting officers who commit human rights violations, they rarely do
so even when local prosecutors decline prosecution or do a poor job in presenting a case.

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6.0 Impacts Of Violation of Human Rights

Although the concept of human rights is abstract, how it is applied has a direct and
enormous impact on daily life worldwide. Millions have suffered crimes against humanity.
Millions more toil in bonded labor. In the last decade alone, authoritarian rule has denied civil
and political liberties to billions. The idea of human rights has a long history, but only in the
past century has the international community sought to galvanize a regime to promote and
guard them. Particularly, since the United Nations (UN) was established in 1945, world leaders
have cooperated to codify human rights in a universally recognized regime of treaties,
institutions, and norms.

An elaborate global system is being developed. Governments are striving to promote


human rights domestically and abroad, and are partnering with multilateral institutions to do
so. A particularly dynamic and decentralized network of civil-society actors is also involved in
the effort. But there are the impacts and effects to other aspects due to the abuse of human
rights.

6.1 People tend to demonstrate apathy towards government policies.

A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of


people in favour of a political or other cause, it normally consists of walking in a mass march
formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear
speakers. Actions such as blockades and sit-ins may also be referred to as demonstrations.
Demonstrations can be nonviolent or violent (usually referred to by participants as "militant"),
or can begin as nonviolent and turn violent dependent on circumstances. Sometimes riot
police or other forms of law enforcement become involved. In some cases this may be in order
to try to prevent the protest from taking place at all. In other cases it may be to prevent clashes
between rival groups, or to prevent a demonstration from spreading and turning into a riot.

Demonstration is a protest movement carried out by a group of people sake.


Demonstration happened to declare feeling, opinion or express their thoughts openly, in other
words demonstration means tunjuk perasaan or protest in Malaysian society.
Demonstrations can be used to show a viewpoint (either positive or negative) regarding a
public issue, especially relating to a perceived grievance or social injustice. A demonstration

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is usually considered more successful if more people participate. There are many types of
demonstrations, including a variety of elements. These may include:

Marches, in which a parade demonstrate while moving along a set route.


Rallies, in which people gather to listen to speakers or musicians.
Picketing, in which people surround an area (normally an employer).
Sit-ins, in which demonstrators occupy an area, sometimes for a stated period but
sometimes indefinitely, until they feel their issue has been addressed, or they are
otherwise convinced or forced to leave.
Nudity, in which they protest naked - here the antagonist may give in before the
demonstration happens to avoid embarrassment.

Here some example of demonstration and protest that happen in this world to against human
rights violation:

I. Peru (August, 2016)

Over the past century Peru has suffered a series of autocratic governments and a
civil war in which nearly 70,000 people died. Many of the country's ongoing political
and social problems are a legacy of its somewhat turbulent past. Perus indigenous
and peasant communities continue to suffer political marginalisation and
discrimination. Insufficient consultation with such groups over political and
developmental decisions has fostered feelings of disenfranchisement and led to
elevated levels of social conflict.

#NiUnaMenos was a demonstration that took in place in Peru on August 13, 2016. It
was a protest against femicides and violence against women in a country, and has
been characterized as the largest demonstration in Peruvian history.

According to Peru's National Statistics Institute latest survey (2014), 32.3% of


Peruvian women had at some point experienced physical violence from a spouse or
partner, and 11.9% had experienced such in the previous 12 months. The country's
national human rights ombudsman's office has estimated that every month 10 women
are killed by their partners. A 2015 study by the same office revealed that from January

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2009 to October 2015, 795 femicides were committed, but the courts had issued only
84 sentences between 2012 and 2015. In 81% of the cases of attempted femicide no
measures were taken by authorities to protect the survivor, and 24% of women who
turned to the justice system for help were later murdered by the very men from whom
they had sought protection.

The protest was called as a show


of indignation following the
freeing of Adriano Pozo Arias
from jail. In July 2015 Pozo had
been captured on video attacking
Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista
in a hotel in the city of Ayacucho,
and dragging her by the hair. On
22 July 2016 a three-judge panel issued Pozo a 1-year suspended prison sentence
and ordered him released from jail.

The demonstration was called with the hashtags "#NiUnaMenos" and "#A13", and
the slogan "If they lay a hand on one of us, they lay a hand on all of us" (Si tocan a
una, tocan a todas).

II. Zimbabwe (July, 2016)

The 2016 Zimbabwe protests began in Zimbabwe on 6 July 2016. Thousands of


Zimbabweans protested government repression, poor public services, high
unemployment, widespread corruption and delays in civil servants receiving their
salaries. A national strike, named "stay-away day," began on 6 July and subsequent
protests took place across the country and diaspora. The Zimbabwean government
blamed Western governments for the protests and has been accused of blocking
social media such as WhatsApp from 9am until 11am on 6 July 2016 to prevent people
from gathering to protest.

On 6 July 2016, national "stay-away" protests, organized over the Internet via
WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook social messaging platforms, using mainly the

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#ZimShutDown2016, #Tajamuka and #ThisFlag hashtags, took place in Zimbabwe,
following fears of an economic collapse amid calls for President Robert Mugabe's
resignation. These were organised by the #ThisFlag movement, the
Tajamuka/Sesjikile campaign and other groups. On 7 July 2016, Zimbabwean
authorities arrested dozens of protesters as anti-government protests spread across
the country. In the capital, Harare, the protests forced the closure of banks and shops.

According to the BBC, the protestors have five demands which is pay civil servants
on time, reduce roadblocks and stop officers harassing people for cash, President
Robert Mugabe should fire and prosecute corrupt officials, abandon plans to introduce
bond notes, and lastly remove a recent ban on imported goods.

6.1.1 Effects Of Demonstration And Protest

There have a negative and positive impact when we do demonstration and protest.
Assessing protest outcomes is notoriously difficult. Here focus on street demonstrations and
conceptualize their political impact as the effect they have on political agendas, i.e. whether
or not issue-attention increases after a demonstration. Three mechanisms of influence are
important: disruption, facilitation and persuasion. Three players are important: political allies,
public opinion and media. Demonstrations affect political agendas directly through disruption,
and indirectly through players that mediate and/or amplify the influence of demonstrations on
political agendas. So that, using this demonstration civil can express their opinion and view to
improve their own country.

The most importance is the negative impact. As we know demonstration can dropping the
dignity and sovereignty of country. Many businesses were closed during the demonstration
and causes a lot of damage occurred. Next, demonstration can waste of time and public
money because we need to increase operating costs administration national security team.
At the end this will lead the decreases of economy in country.

6.2 Leads to national debt

If human rights violations are not controlled it will cause problems enforce the economic
downturn. As known human rights violations can lead to repression, war and hostility inside

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and outside the country. In case of war, the country had to invest a lot of money to tackle the
problem. And if this persists the country will suffer a great loss and can lead to high debt
burden due to lack of funds. This is what resulted in the destruction of a country and nation.
For example we can see in countries Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. They not only cannot afford
to fight even the people they had become refugees in other countries.

For example, we can see at U.S economy. The national debt is almost $20 trillion. It
exceeded $19 trillion on January 29, 2016. It's greater than the economic output of the entire
country. It occurred despite Congressional attempts to cut government spending. These
included threats to not raise the debt ceiling and the U.S. debt crisis in 2011. That's when the
U.S. headed toward a debt default. It continued with the fiscal cliff crisis in 2012 and a
government shutdown in 2013. There are other events that can increase the national debt.
For example, the U.S. debt grew after the 9/11 attacks as the country increased military
spending to launch the War on Terror. Between years 2001-2017, it cost $1.9 trillion. This
included increases to the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration.

6.3 Retards the development of the nation

Abuse of human rights can slow down the progress of the country in all aspects such as
politics, economics and technologies. When the country is not stable due to politic issues
where the human rights of individuals where misused. For example, In Burma, while incidents
of violence and other abuse have severe impacts on the individual targeted, the negative
effects of human rights violations go beyond the immediate cost to the individual. Military
abuse against both children and adults has compounding consequences at the individual,
household and community levels.

One of the most common forms of abuse in Burma has been forced labour, which has
direct consequences for families and communities; when parents are forced to work for the
military, children are required to compensate for their parents loss of work. Sometimes
children have even taken their parents place in forced labour duties to ensure that their
parents could continue to work on their own farms (see KHRG, 2008, pp. 4-5). When regular
demands for forced labour have been combined with land and property confiscation as well
as arbitrary taxation and restrictions on trade and movement, civilian livelihoods have severely

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been hampered resulting in deep-seated poverty. Living in poverty, many children in Burma
have had to take on labour themselves and are unable to go to school.

Emotional scars of abuse also have far-reaching consequences. Victims of torture for
example, carry emotional scars of their experiences that last a lifetime. They commonly
experience depression and difficulties in finding employment or restarting their education
(KHRG, 2008). While all survivors of torture experience some level of psychological harm from
their experience (for further discussion, see ND-Burma, 2012a), exposure to torture also has
consequences on the levels of family and community. Family members of the tortured victim
must deal with their loved ones traumatic experience and often feel resentment and mistrust
toward the authorities responsible for the abuse. They also experience feelings of guilt and
helplessness for being unable to protect or help their family member. These feelings of
resentment can affect multiple generations of family members, who may try to cope with this
sense of loss of control through self-defeating means such as substance abuse.

It is thought that one of the main reasons for the Burmese authorities use of torture and
other repeated abuse was to instil fear in the population and to divide communities by creating
distrust and suspicion among neighbours, making it difficult for people to form meaningful
relationships (ND-Burma, 2012a). Furthermore, singling out village chiefs for torture and other
abuse led to a breakdown in social structure as men became unwilling to serve as chiefs and
women were increasingly asked to take on these roles (KWO, 2010). This role reversal has
seen a recent change in the Karen State where a ceasefire signed in 2012 has led to less
direct attacks on civilians, and men have begun to reclaim their roles as village heads (KHRG,
2016a).

Some ethnic nationality communities have experienced human rights abuse for so long
that they have developed specific strategies to reduce the effect of violations (see e.g. Davis,
Gittleman, Sollom, Richards & Beyrer, 2012; KWO, 2010). Before the 2012 ceasefire in the
Karen State, village chiefs regularly negotiated with army units to reduce demands for forced
labour, food or other supplies from the villages. Villages also developed early warning systems
so they could hide food and evacuate when Burma Army troops were approaching. Children
also learned early the meaning of abuse and how to avoid it, as evidenced by their responses:
If the SPDC comes, we will run and shelter in Thailand and ask the Karen soldiers to go and

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shoot them and if the SPDC comes we will run to Thailand (interviews between June and
July 2007, with children aged 9-12 in the Karen State; KHRG, 2008, p. 138).

As pointed out by ND-Burma (2012a), the long-term effects of systematic and widespread
torture and other human rights violations also pose a serious challenge to true national
reconciliation. Survivors of torture and other state abuse, the victims families, and
communities are all mistrustful of authority figures, have deep-seated feelings of resentment
against officials, and fear that abuse will continue. Any administration attempting to develop
national unity must deal with Burmas legacy of human rights abuse if it wishes to ensure a
society where there is Rule of Law and respect for State institutions. These issues and
incidents shows how abuse of human rights can stop the development of a country.

6.4 Leads to loss of life

From rampant violence and sexual abuse against women, to the commission of crimes
against humanity by dictators, 2013 was a year filled with pervasive human rights violations
worldwide. Government response to the atrocities was disappointing, marked by lack of
transparency and accountability, blatant malevolence and a disregard for human life. Yet,
international human rights advocates remained tenacious, inciting massive protests and
public condemnation in an effort to demand an end to the culture of impunity. Here are some
of most outrageous travesties of justice that captured our attention and had us up in arms this
year.

Example of incidents that leads to loss of lives, in Bangladesh where unsafe labor
conditions led to worlds worst garment industry tragedy as thousands died in horrific building
collapse. On April 24, the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed six
factories that produce clothing for Western brands, collapsed, killing over 1000 factory workers
and injuring over 2500 people. While the owners of the factory came under fire for ignoring
previous warnings of cracks in the wall, many pointed the blame at global corporations like
Walmart and the Gap for exploiting workers for cheap labor and failing to provide adequate
fire and building safeguards in factories where their products are made. Worldwide protests
ensued with a view to putting pressure on major retailers to sign a legally binding accord
aimed at improving labor conditions in Bangladesh, which to date has 100 signatories.

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Besides that, Egypts epidemic of violence and sexual abuse resulted in more than 600
deaths and 91 women assaulted in four days of riots at Tahrir Square. On the first anniversary
of the election of President Mohamed Morsi on June 30, thousands of Egyptians took to the
streets in Tahrir Square in Cairo demanding the dictators resignation. During the four days of
protests, at least 91 women were attacked and sexually assaulted by mobs, while government
leaders and police stood by and failed to intervene. Some women required extensive medical
surgery after being subjected to brutal gang rapes and sexual assault with sharp objects. After
the protests, survivors came forward to tell their stories and demand better protections for
women. While the protests led to the end of Morsis presidency, the government downplayed
the violence, prompting international calls to improve law enforcement and bring perpetrators
to justice. These actions proved fruitless, as security forces again came under fire in August
for using live ammunition against citizens resulting in 638 deaths.

Furthermore, a chemical weapons attack in Syria. Syrias ongoing civil war, which in
almost three years has claimed the lives of approximately 100,000 people, continued full,
force and throttle. In August, Syrian government forces under ruthless leader Bashar al-Assad
were suspected of launching chemical weapon attacks on two Damascus suburbs, killing
hundreds of civilians including children. Following the attack, an influx of disturbing and
emotionally wrenching video footage infiltrated social media. In September, Russia and the
United States announced an agreement that would lead to the abolition of Syrias chemical
weapons. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was subsequently
tasked with ensuring all chemical weapons and equipment in Syria be destroyed by mid-2014,
though many remain skeptical about Assads compliance with the order.

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7.0 Overcome Human Rights Violation

1. Know your rights

The first way to prevent human rights violation is adequate knowledge of human rights.
As we all know, information and knowledge, they say is power. What do we mean by know
your rights is it simply means that, you have to possess the knowledge of human rights and
equally know what to do and where to go to seek redress if your rights are violated.

2. Never give bribe

One of the easiest ways to get violated is giving bribes. It would interest you to know that,
if you give bribe once to get favour, you are likely to give bribe over and over again to get
anything done even if you are not required or demanded to do so. Therefore, if you have
given bribe once and for any reason, you refused to give bribe another time due to whatever
reason, you are likely to be violated by your previous collaborators.

3. Educate the violator

If people are allowed to do the wrong thing unchallenged over and over again, they later
see such act as being a right. This means that, once violating others becomes part and parcel
of people, their ability to see it as something wrong dies naturally. Therefore, when you
encounter a prospective violator or a confirmed violator, educate them. When you educate a
violator, you are indirectly appealing to his or her raw emotions and raising their dead
conscience. This is in addition to the fact that you will always insist on your rights and never
give in to being violated.

4. Never let go when you are violated

When you are violated by whoever, never let go. You can write letters, short notes on
social media, talk to the media, approach the authority to complain and seek redress. If need
be, engage the service of a lawyer or meet human rights organizations for assistance. Note
that, if you are violated once, you are likely to be violated over and over again, but accepting

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such violation is like accepting failure, never accept failure. Continue to challenge it until you
defeat it and get justice.

5. Expose the culprit and publish your encounter

It is always good to take pictures, audio or video record of violation. Everyone want to be
seen as good, that why people protect their images at whatever cost. Families encourage
their children to conduct themselves well in public and never to soil the good name of their
family. When you expose the culprit of violation, such individual tries to deny or correct the
act. When people know they will be exposed and subjected to public criticism, they commit
less violation. If people identify you as a human right defender, nobody want to toy with you.

Let use the example of what happened in Edo state between Edo state Governor, Adams
Oshiomole and the widow trader recently which led to the ''go and die'' saga. If Adams
Oshiomole know he has being recorded, he would never violate the widow. At first, when the
news of the governor violating the widow broke out, he denied. But when the video came out,
there is no place to hide. The governor was forced to apologize and compensate the widow.
It is worth to note that, Governor Oshiomole didn't apologize or compensate the widow
because he was sorry, he did so because of the exposition and ridicule that may follow from
the public. Even today, if Governor Oshiomole his certain that nobody is watching, he his
likely to violate other people again. Who knows, he may have done over 1000 of such
violation before he was exposed.

6. Protect the right of others

Like the south African popular saying "Ubuntu", which means, i am because we are. The
violation of one, is the violation of all. Therefore, if someone is being violated, it is our
responsibility to come to their aid and join in the pursuit of justice. If you see any violation,
call those you know who can assist, if you don't know anyone, share the story with the media
or online or any other medium and get people to be aware. If you don't have access to any
of the above, you are a vital element yourself. Show concern, solidarity with the victims,
approach the authority on their behave or help confront the violator. When you do this for
others, be rest assured, many would do the same for you.

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7. Never violate others

You can't be a violator and not be violated, this is a natural law. Human rights itself means,
do not violate and don't be violated. If you violate others, it is likely that you will be violated
with no one coming to your aid. Some people violate others where they are powerful, and cry
for being violated in another way. This is not right. We are expected to protect people and
not to violate them in whatever capacity we are, just as we expect not to be violated. Knowing
how hard we feel when we are violated, we should also try to avoid the temptation of making
others go through what we don't want to go through.

8. Educate everyone around you.

A Yoruba proverb says, ''olowo kan laa rin olosi mefa, olosi ni ohun na'', meaning that, a
rich man among 6 poor people is also a poor man. This means that, an educated fellow in
the midst of ignorant people is also an ignorant person. This can only change if he or she
tries to educate those around him. It is important that we educate everyone around us about
human rights, just as we know, let them also know so we can compliments each other. As
soon as we all know our rights, know where and how to seek redress when violated, know
who and where to report violations, certainly, we can live a life devoid of extreme human right
violations.

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8.0 Issues On Human Rights Violation

1. Right to Life, Freedom and Personal Safety

Shootings In Primary Schools Connecticut, United States

On December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot 20


children between six and seven years and six adult staff. Before driving to school, Lanza
shot and killed his mother at their home. Upon arriving at the scene, Lanza shoot teachers
and children before committing suicide by shooting himself in the head. The incident was
the deadliest shooting at a high school or primary school in US history and the third
deadliest of the gunman in US history. The incident prompted a debate about gun control
in the United States including proposals to make the system a web background of the
universal and the law of firearms federal and state recently banned the sale and
manufacture of various types of firearms and ammunition semi-automatic in excess of ten
items ammunition. The report issued by this Connecticut State Attorney's Office in
November 2013 concluded that Lanza acted alone and plan his actions, but no evidence
was collected to give any indication of why he did so, or why she targeted schools.

2. Freedom from slavery

Human Trafficking In The United States

United States known as the country of destination for cross-border smuggling network
that brings foreigners (defined by the Department of Homeland Security as "a person who
is not a citizen or national of the United States") to the country for the purposes of both
sexual and labor exploitation. Foreign trafficking victims in the United States are mostly
from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa. The case involved workers who
have and do not have the document, and it can occur in both the legal industry and even
dark. Victims of human trafficking in the United States as well as US citizens and the
residents are trafficked within borders. Just like the majority of other countries affected by
trafficking. The United States has a component in human trafficking and sexual
exploitation of domestic workers are great.

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The results of the US Justice Department report in 2011, Characteristics of Suspected
Human Trafficking Incidents 2008-2010 include:

From 2008 to 2010, a task force of federal anti-trafficking opened 2,515 suspected
cases of human trafficking.
82% of the incidents were classified as suspected of sex trafficking and nearly half
of the victims under the age of 18.
About 10% of the incidents were classified as labor trafficking.
83% of the victims in the incident confirmed sex-trafficking has been identified as a
citizen of the United States, while workers confirmed trafficking victims were
identified as illegal immigrants (67%) or illegal immigrants (28%).
25% of the victims confirmed the "T visa," part of a federal program designed to help
victims of trafficking.

Although the invention is the government's best estimate, the authors caution that the
data described in this report reflect the information entered by the agencies of law
enforcement and state and local data system is still set up and that may not record all
events.

3. Freedom from discrimination

Racist Hate Notice On A Milk Store In Melbourne, Australia

A notice was placed in


the milk bar in Melbourne
has been widespread for all
the wrong reasons. The
notice stated that relegates
black teenager always steal
things and without any
evidence of this fact, they
are prohibited from entering
the store. A notice posted in front of the mirror causes the milk shop social media users
annoyed by the attitude of the store owner and said that he was a racist. A resident in the

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area notice the pictures of her on social networking sites and sparked controversy among
social users.

How to notice that the message is very demeaning. He said, "Prohibiting blacks and dog
into the shop." The issue of racism has created a big stir in the social media and has
caused some people are trying to ruin the store. According to a report by news.com.au,
Victoria Police said that they are aware of such notice. A police spokesman told the news
website, "Victoria Police does not support the language of the notice and the message as
something inappropriate." Seven News reports have said the notice was lifted after a
closed-circuit camera capture capturing a group of at least nine youths stormed the shop,
the shop owner and stole scary. The shop owner also added that those who commit acts
often are black people, young children after playing football.

4. The right of peaceful assembly and connection

As A Result Of The Loss Of 43 Mexican Students Protest

In September 2014, 43 students were arrested by local police and taken into custody
for protesting a conference led by the wife of the mayor of Iguala in Guerrero state, Mexico.
According to the Mexican government, the students were handed over to the Guerreros
Unidos criminal syndicate and later killed. As a result of the loss of students, residents of
Mexico to the streets to demand an answer. Mexican authorities believe that the mayor
(Jos Luis Abarca Velazquez) and his wife (Maria de Los Angeles Pineda Villa) is
responsible for the kidnapping. Both fled after the loss but was arrested last October in
the capital.

5. No One Shall Be Subjected To Torture Or Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment


Or Punishment

Torture And Murder Of Gay Men Or Bisexual In Chechnya, Russia

Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, reported that police have arrested more than 100
suspected homosexuals and at least three of them have been killed in Chechnya.
International organizations demanded Russia investigate the abduction, detention and
murder of gay and bisexual men in the country's southern republic. Human rights experts

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United Nations called on the Russian authorities to stop the persecution of people
perceived as gay or bisexual in Chechenia Republic living in an atmosphere of fear as a
result of homophobic remarks by local authorities. They said that it was a serious matter
that the reports of kidnapping, illegal detention, torture, beatings and murder case is seen
as a gay man or bisexual have to be thoroughly investigated.

However, the authorities of Chechnya have denied these reports. Meanwhile, a


spokesman for the leader, Ramzan Kadyrov insists there are no gay people in Chechnya.
The newspaper also reported that in the same month, the authorities of Chechnya run
secret prisons, known as a "concentration camp" in the town of Argun where suspected
gay men were arrested and tortured.

6. The Right To Be Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Allegations Over Kidnapping And Murder Of Children In 1957 In Illinois, United


States

USA - Jack Daniel McCullough filed a lawsuit in federal court convicted Rockford, Illinois,
accusing police and prosecutors engaged in "pervasive misconduct" that traps him in a
kidnapping and murder of children was 7 years old in 1957. Jack and his lawyers are now
looking for the mastermind responsible for fabricating the allegations. Among the alleged
official misconduct:

Falsifying evidence, including writing false police report


Forging a timeline that is not supported by any evidence
Create and forgery image of an unreliable leading to false identification
Resist or conceal evidence that the accused is innocent
Ask for false testimony from informants by promising rewards and ordered them to
lie about any promises

After four years in prison and more than seven years of struggle and hardship as a result
of the misconduct of the defendant, the plaintiff was acquitted of the charge is false.
Although acquitted, he must now try to continue his life from the horrors he experienced
while imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.

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9.0 Conclusion

Human rights exist, as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the
entire body of international human rights law. They are recognizedat least in principleby
most nations and form the heart of many national constitutions. Yet the actual situation in the
world is far distant from the ideals envisioned in the Declaration. To some, the full realization
of human rights is a remote and unattainable goal. Even international human rights laws are
difficult to enforce and pursuing a complaint can take years and a great deal of money. These
international laws serve as a restraining function but are insufficient to provide adequate
human rights protection, as evidenced by the stark reality of abuses perpetrated daily.

Discrimination is rampant throughout the world. Thousands are in prison for speaking their
minds. Torture and politically motivated imprisonment, often without trial, are commonplace,
condoned and practicedeven in some democratic countries. There are many solutions out
there to prevent the abuse of human rights. Through education and the media people can be
aware of the numerous human rights violations taking place in the world today and gain some
knowledge of what's going on in the world. Organizations have erupted in an effort to protect
the rights of those that have been violated. One organization that does this is a group called
Doctors for Borders. An organization created by doctors to help those in nearly 60 countries
threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, principally due to a conflict, epidemics,
a malnutrition, an exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

These organizations reflect the impact of the Declaration of Human Rights. The
declaration has paved the way for people to realize the potential threats of human rights
abuse. I believe that the world and the people residing have had enough time to see what has
occurred in the past. We need to learn from our mistakes in the past and never let such
atrocities to happen again. Countries are more educated now and all should take a stand. We
are all one people living under the same roof and human rights of all individuals should be
protected.

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