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    To what extent is law enforcement-led approach to the War on Drugs a human rights violation? Introduction A multibillion dollar industry, with a consumer population of about 125 to 203 million people; the drug industry affects lives of all racial, ethnic, economic , social background, including participants in the drug industry, addicts, teenagers, parents, families, and officers of the law. Many people have encountered an experience with drugs and or drug education; the shared experience regarding

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    Introduction Strolling down the street right next to you is someone just like you. Someone raised in the same town, similar age and loves ice cream as much as the next person. However, judging more on the surface this person has a arabic name, features and attire,this person is a muslim,. Your body boils into a bright alert red. This person is nothing like you. This person is most likely affiliated with a terrorist organization scouting buildings to bomb next. This person despises America and only

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    North Korea has a reputation for violations of human rights with their communist regime originating with Kim Il-Sung to present day Kim Jong-un. Kim Il-Sung violations of human rights were at an extreme due to policies that were unchallenged but have started to lessen with time as an increase of information becomes available to North Korean civilians. However, North Korea is still the lowest ranking country in both the Freedom in the World Index and Freedom of Press Index. Kim-Il Sung created the

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    Human history has been plagued by violations of human rights on the premise of superiority and entitlement. From the earliest cases 10,000 years ago between Kenyan hunter gatherer tribes in Nataruk resulting in mass murder to more recent cases involving the Rohingya and Myanmar nationalists edging towards genocide, the continuing difficulty to resolve human rights violations highlights its relevance and importance. Despite the atrocities that have filled human history records, human rights have seen

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    much of human history, certain issues have stayed unresolved for the longest time. Some are political, some are societal, and still, some are religious, but only modern day sees the conclusions to these affairs. Particularly, a human rights violation occurs when a government or other authority goes against any basic right that all humans are born with. Some of these rights include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Furthermore, only in the modern-day is a violation such as

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    Several human right violations have occurred in the poverty-stricken country of Somalia. Somalia’s human rights have constantly been violated and are on a downfall. With a such a low percentage of 1.2% on health expenditures, the basic needs of health for the civilians are not met, this contradicts the Canadian Charter of Rights as it states “continued access to quality health care without financial or other barriers will be critical to maintaining and improving the health and well-being of Canadians”

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    Universal human rights are guaranteed to all humans, regardless of their gender, religion, ethnicity, or background. They also apply to prisoners. Detailing human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, The United States Department of State explains, “The following significant human rights problems were reported: no right to change the government peacefully; torture and physical abuse; poor prison and detention center conditions; arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention; denial of fair and public

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    People that live in Panama and that go in and out of Panama are getting their Human Rights Violated. The Government has caused many of these incidents such as people being tortured in prisons just because the officers have the authority to. Although all of these problems happened because Panama doesn’t have a president. They have a dictator and the dictator just uses the army to stop the Panamanian people to revolt against their leader. The dictator of Panama has allowed members of the army to go

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    regions in conflict with the purpose of creating conditions of lasting peace. They are mostly stationed in areas of Africa and the Middle East, but they are also stationed in Haiti and in Europe. Some of the conflicts they try to remedy include human rights violations, environmental damage, and child abuse. For the most part, peacekeepers are a huge help in stabilizing a country or region in conflict and are beneficial to the public. However, some peacekeepers abuse their power as a result of minimal supervision

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    Police brutality is one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States and it occurs everywhere. The reason why I chose this topic is because police brutality happens all the time in the United States and still remains unrecognized by many. Additionally, the public should be knowledgeable about this topic because of how serious this crime can be and the serious outcomes that police brutality can have on other police officers and the public. The job of police officers is to maintain

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