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    Chinese government has caused for decades. Human Rights Abuse in China has caused millions of deaths and permanent injuries. In 1979, the One Child Policy was created and ever since then the abuse has escalated into being a normal part of lives. On June 4 1989, the government took the abuse to a whole other level. This fateful day was called the Tiananmen Square crackdown. This was the day of millions of deaths. China's government truly takes human rights violations to an extreme and has caused fear among

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    Problem: Human Rights Violations in Sino-Africa Cooperation China’s increasing presence in Africa has been exposed to international critiques for human rights violations. Rampant land grabbing by Chinese companies, labor abuses in Chinese factories and farms, and China’s close bonds with authoritarian governments are three major problems that have become protuberant, impeding the progress of China’s “Going-Abroad” strategy in Africa. Take China’s footprint in the African agricultural sector

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    how Australia should respond to human rights violations in the Philippines, considering: The need to formally condemn the dramatic rise in extrajudicial killings in the Philippines; The need for Australia to maintain strong political, economic and social ties with the Philippines; The need for Australia to play a leadership role in promoting human rights within the Asia-Pacific region to promote regional stability; Australia’s bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for the period of 2018

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    Human Trafficking- The Escalating Global Violation of Human Rights Human Trafficking is a serious Global matter that violates a multitude of the Human Rights articles outline in The Universal Declarations of Human Rights. Thousands of individuals are subjects of Human Trafficking every year; the perpetrators of this crime do not discriminate, targeting men, women, the young and the old all over the world. Human Trafficking is indeed a Global issue, occurring in nearly every country on the planet

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    When a human rights violation occurs, the violated individual is deprived of his or her basic freedoms—the right to life, liberty, and security. When individuals experience human rights violations it is not of their own volition. An individual does not choose to partake in the wrongdoing and thus did not give explicit permission or consent to the practice. While the concept of consent is a fundamental principle in western societies, all communities and people are vulnerable to human rights violations

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    Introduction Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is originally a naval base that was once used to house detention facilities for Haitian and Cuban refugees fleeing to the United States. It was also used as a refueling station for Navy ships. It was then converted into a high level detention facility to house enemy troops captured in the War on Terror campaign by Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfield. It has three main camps that house the prisoners. These prisoners of war were later referred to as enemy combatants

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    Isabella Piergiovanni Modern Global Studies Period 4 Ms. Radovic 17 May 2016 Child Labor: Insight on the Human Rights Violation Today Worldwide child labor originated during the Industrial Revolution first in England then the U.S.; many families sent their children to work or else they could not survive because they were poor and many hazardous jobs at the time were considered appropriate for children, even though now many people (but not enough) know better. Everyone had the belief that children

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    The Human Right Violations at Abu Ghraib In 1949, the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was created to prohibit immoral, cruel and degrading punishment toward prisoners during wartime. The United States ratified this covenant and became a member of the Geneva Conventions. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a series of human abuses occurred from October through December of 2003 where American military personnel have conducted acts of brutality and immoral behavior toward

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    War on drugs or a war on people ? A comparative analysis of human rights violation in Latin America Ever since the "War on Drugs" campaign began there has been a more complex relationship between the U.S and Latin America. While the media portrays the U.S as providing aid to Latin America to combat such issues, the U.S is also seen as a victim in the war on drugs. Over the course of the war on drugs numerous human rights violations have been reported. In some Latin American countries, such as

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    bottlers accused of human rights violations is a tricky question. On one hand, there is a definite history of horrific crimes taking place in some of the plants with which they are affiliated. The findings which were determined by the Cal-Safety Workplace Assessment Colombia (CSCC), was quite telling, since the workers did not appear to be fearful in any way. The CSCC also reported that they did have a few serious concerns. If these concerns do not correlate with human rights violations or any more critical

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