Protection and Humanity
Intervention in an independent state
Sadly, human rights violation persists in this modern era. This is clearly the case in third world countries run by operators. The states are all independent for that matter; there comes a point when third party must intervene for saving the humanity at large.
When massive portions of population are being wiped off, efforts must be taken to avert the killings. The violations of human rights are a concrete reason to intervene in an otherwise independent state.
There are a number of factors which affect the present dilemma. By proposing that human rights are being violated means that the issue at hand is being handled too loosely. This paper will profess to highlight the value of human rights violation. Then situations will be examined where it was imperative to intervene, considering the ins and outs each party carry. The justification of the parties to intervene will also be taken under consideration. Last but not the least, the methods for intervening must be looked upon in some cases.
Human rights violations occur on a daily basis. It can range from racist employers to selecting one candidate over a talented one due to racial differences, to copying another author's work to murder and raping. The United Nations is always under scrutiny when human rights violation is discussed. The United Nations is the supreme force in the world with total authority. It accounts for all nations spread across the globe. For instance, the Canadian Charter for Rights and Freedom can't cater to every race and ethnicity, because not every race is Canadian (Ghandi, p210).
United Nations is the only organization where human rights and its violations are addressed. The norms and ground rules for human rights and its violations were established only after United Nations created it. The ground rules for United Nations and promotions, violation and humanitarian group rights are found in United Nations Charter (Economist, p38).
Along this charter, United Nations created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which highlights human rights first and foremost. It is now fifty five years old. It was adopted in late 1948 on a wintery December. It has been acknowledged worldwide. It was through the efforts made by United Nations that human rights came into existence (Chronicle, p94).
Thirty articles on human rights exist in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. The examples given below are excerpts from the real five articles of the Human Rights Declaration.
Article no 1
Human beings are all born free and equal in rights and respect. They are empowered with conscience and reason. Thus they should act in the kindled spirit of brotherhood.
Article no 2
The humanity is given all kinds of freedom and rights in this declaration with no regard to race, language, color, political, sex and religious differences, national, property, birth and social status and others.
No segregation will be made on the race, creed, political, social status, jurisdictional condition of a particular state and territory an individual belongs to. No matter, if the state is independent, non-self-governing and under independency stipulations.
Article no 3
Every person has the right to safety, life and liberty.
Article no 4
No individual will be held in for slavery and service. Slavery has been barred in all conditions.
Article no 5
No human being shall be put through human torture, human degrading and deplorable punishment (Ofuatey-Kodjoe, p320).
These points give a brief insight into Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While discussing violations and interventions, there are disagreements about the human rights infringements as ambiguity persists regarding issues (Soares, p26).
The trouble with the human rights violation charter is that each nation interprets it according to their ideologies. That is also true for one person to another. United Nations created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and it is the only charter that the global community agrees to. It has relevance and significance. United Nations has 191 member states now and it's the most respected organization in the world. It can hold and honor the Charter of Human Rights itself. It can even impose and enforce these human rights violations when necessary. Unfortunately, it has been a complete failure in withholding its own charter (Ghandi, p233).
The declaration is wide open to different interpretations; a committee of eighteen members of human rights is present to iron out the contentions in the document (Chronicle, p94).
While ironing out the details, United Nations needs to decide when to take evasive action and when to avert forceful action....
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