...Jan Dröge GLS 312 – International Organizations Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international, non-government organization that focuses on human rights. Founded in 1978, it is headquartered in the Empire State Building in New York City with offices in many other cities worldwide, including Amsterdam, Beirut, Brussels, Geneva, Moscow, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. HRW was originally founded as a private US-based NGO under the name “Helsinki Watch”, created to monitor the former Soviet Union’s compliance with the Helsinki Accords – an act that was aimed at improving the relations between the Communist bloc around the Soviet Union, and the West. Purpose and Mission According to HRW’s website, its mission is “to become a voice of Justice” and to “defend Human Rights worldwide”. The organization states that it is independent and international, and works as “part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all.” Corresponding to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, HRW opposes violations of what is considered basic human rights, which include capital punishment and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Furthermore, HRW advocates freedom in connection with what it calls fundamental human rights, such as freedom of religion, speech and press. The organization adopted a methodology of drawing international attention to these issues by publicly “naming and shaming” abusive governments through media...
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...First article Human Rights Watch 2015: The 5 Biggest Issues Facing Australia " The evolution of the human rights movement clearly illustrates humanity's ongoing struggle toward creating a better world." Robert Alan Silverstein. Australia seems to be in the wrong spotlight for violating human rights and making life impossible for her citizens. This text describes clearly how the press is denied freedom, violation of asylums, mistreatment of the disabled people and even how the marriage equality rule has often been misinterpreted. The writer uses a very bold headline, which captures the audience. By merely looking at the headline, the reader gets interested in finding out what is ailing his country. Looking at the bold headline it is easy to notice the full colon used which, in essence, explains further, why the human rights are interested in Australia as a country. There is a substantial use of quotes, which helps to emphasize the situation in Australia. The text is also dissected into different subheadings, and this makes it so much easier for the reader to concentrate on the text. Looking at the first subtopic for instance on the “Treatment of asylum seekers” what this headline does is to evoke feelings of curiosity so that the reader wonders, what is this text really about. The headline is leading, and it is impossible to avoid reading the paragraph and understanding the message the writer wanted to put across. The leading word used in the text also depicts Australia...
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...VOTES ON CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS Taking the voting season spirit, I would like to share my opinion toward 3 propositions which appeal me most as follows: 1) Proposition 30: a. What is Prop 30? i. Sponsors / Proponents: The prop 30 is sponsored by Gov. Jerry Brown; California Federation of Teachers; and California Teachers Association ii. Effect on taxes: 1. Prop 30 would increase rates on taxable incomes above US$500,000; 2. Prop 30 would increase sales tax rate by a quarter-cent. iii. Impact on state budget and implications for school funding: 1. Raise on taxes would result in gain of revenues. These revenues would be deposited into a newly created Education Protection Account within the State’s General Fund 2. Revenues would also increase funding for K – 12 schools and community colleges b. My stance on this proposition: as a college student, I would be absolutely voting YES because of the following reasons: i. Stop another $6 billion in cuts to our schools this year. ii. Prevent steep tuition hikes for college students and their families. iii. Invest in our schools and colleges so we can prepare the next generation for the jobs of the future. In conclusion, if this prop does not pass, our classes will become enormous, our teachers will be removed and stripped of their livelihoods, and our education will suffer immensely. 2) Proposition 34: a. What is Prop 34? This initiative shall be known and may be cited as “The Savings, Accountability, and Full Enforcement for California...
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...Do women stereotypes have a good impact on Women Empowerment? Blablalel There is no coincidence if the recent bestseller pointing the worldwide yet hardly visible issue of women around the world, borrows the Chinese express that women hold up half the sky. In such a context where the global position of women makes them 21st-century slaves, the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, contributes in emphasizing that the freedom and independence of the world’ s women is the contemporary most crucial moral challenge. It is true that women around the world tend to hold positions of lower status and authority and are less likely to be employed in the paid work force (Eagly, 735). Women have historically been constrained by deep-rooted stereotypes that fuel a traditional perception of their place in society. Indeed, gender expectations regarding women’s roles participate in maintaining a majority of them in a subordinate position within the society and within the family - as housekeepers. Generally characterized as intellectually, but more particularly physically weaker than men, women’s agency is diminished by gender prejudices and women have to continuously, and in a larger extent than for their male counterparts, impose themselves to belong to society as full citizens. However, all these conventional images on women’s status are not vain and shore up women’s willpower to fight and be part of politics, culture and history as equal to men....
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...nsibility/ http://www.ecoinstitution.com/green-news/bp-from-social-responsibility-to-environmental-catastrophe/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10194335 http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=98&contentId=7067682 http://www.uow.edu.au/~sharonb/bp.html http://www.bp.com/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=41&contentId=7067505 http://thetruthaboutbusiness.blogspot.com/2010/05/fall-of-british-petroleums-ethics.html http://www.ethicalcorp.com/communications-reporting/beyond-petroleum-why-csr-community-collaborated-creating-bp-oil-disaster Unethical BP operation in Colombia – BP paid state forces to protect its operation against local gorillas who have declared war against oil companies. However, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuse the Colombian Military of human rights abuses. BP Gulf of Mexico spill- was described as the worst environmental disaster in US history. The spill caused the death of 11 people, affected wildlife, and tourism industry. In 2006, BP was charged with misconduct after 201,000 gallons of oil leaked into Alaskan Tundra, it cost the company $200million in criminal penalty Between the years 1997 and 1998 it was recorded that the company was responsible for 104 oil spills in the Arctic alone Ethical Bp completely rebranded itself 2000 to try to position itself as being a greener fossil fuel producer, to seem more environmentally friendly they initiated a new campaign and changed its logo to green,white and yellow sunburst. The company also developed...
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...[pic] |Course Syllabus College of Social Sciences BSHS/302 Version 6 Introduction to Human Services | |Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides a broad overview of the human services discipline using practice settings and social problems as lenses so that the role and function of the human service provider, as well as the clients with whom they work can be understood in context. The course begins with a brief overview of what a human service provider is, and what services these professionals provide. A history of social welfare is provided so that students can gain a historical perspective of how poor and marginalized populations have been cared for in the United States. Generalist practice skills and intervention strategies are introduced generally, but a more in-depth exploration of intervention strategies are discussed in later chapters as they apply to particular social problems and practice settings. The course concludes with an exploration of macro practice where change is affected on a broader scale, both domestically and abroad. Students should leave this class having a good idea of what a human service worker is, what they do, who they work with, as well as the gaining a deeper understanding of the mission, values and goals embraced by the human service profession. Students will gain knowledge of skills needed to do critical thinking, make oral presentations, function in learning...
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...Human-Sex Trafficking In China; Human Rights Being a male is more significant than being a female in Chinese culture. Needless to say, women are less valued than men; therefore, human trafficking, where Chinese women get sold to become sex slaves, is very common. China has become the sex and labor trafficking capital of the world, according to U.S. Representative Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican. This is a highly controversial topic because it’s not brought up often, that’s why people are not that familiar with this appalling situation. Thus, this paper’s main purpose is to inform about human trafficking in China and how it operates: China’s human rights and law policies, who are the audiences involved, how they get picked, women’s education regarding diseases, where and why it happens, the dangers that are involved, how money plays a big issue in bribery, and lastly, what’s being done by Chinese government about it. Bringing about the adoption of the One Child Policy law, and the preference for having male babies led the impact of having more men than women in China by tens of million. The consequences of this matter have created men in China not able to seek women to marry. This ordeal has not led to an increase in the human trafficking of women, but also to an increase in the number of prostitutes and the amount of men who seek them out for their services (Quan, I.) On the basis of who gets picked, predominately, these sex workers are girls that are internal migrants...
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...CNBC nightly news the war crimes taking place in Syria. There have been over 180 Syrians killed and over 200 women and children kept as hostages. This is a war crime led by rebels teamed with the government. If it wasn’t for CNBC news I wouldn’t have known about this story. There are numerous different ways to hear about what’s going on in the world today. You can read magazines, watch TV, and get information from the internet. I personally like to stay up with the world news using the internet. Three foundations that I would like to focus on are “Human Rights Watch, NPR, and Alternet”. My first thoughts of these sites, I drew a blank, and didn’t really know what to expect from them. The one similarity that I recognized is how they are funded foundations through charities and donations. The” Human Rights Watch” and “NPR” are both funded with grants as well. To me that sounds like they are making a difference for people to give into it as much as they do. Another thing about these foundations is that they cover the same regions for news. The “Human Rights Watch” is rated high on the charity navigator. Its main charity is the BBB Accredited Charity. The “NPR” has a foundation that the Philanthropic community donates to via web,...
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...the five classifications with the highest injury rates (Sparks Companies, 1999). Now almost forty years later the industry is still considered one of the most dangerous. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that the meat and meat products industry had the nation’s highest industrial injury for the five consecutive years from 1980 to 1985 (U.S. Department of Labor, 1988). Much the same as it was in 1943 (Horowitz, 2008). It was into this arena that Human Rights Watch decided to step. On its website Human Rights Watch describes itself as an independent organization dedicated to protecting human rights by exposing violations and trying to end abuses (Human Rights Watch, N.D.). Their 2005 study of three American meat packing plants revealed what they claim to be unsafe working conditions; intimidation of union organizers; denial of worker’s compensation claims for on the job injuries; and the exploitation of worker’ immigrations status to prevent complaints (Gonzalez, 2005). As a result of their investigation Human Rights Watch (2005) arrived at...
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...“SOLD IN WAR: Women Trafficking and Armed Conflicts Introduction: A universal attribute of any society, tribe, or nation is its capacity and obvious willingness to wage wars. Whether or not to vanquish, to colonize, to protect, to develop, or to with ease set up a symbolic superiority, a nation’s use of military actions performs an primary function within the definition of that nation’s identification. Whatever the marketed purpose of a war, nonetheless, it is finally a social occasion that regularly allows for the dying and suffering of each warring parties and civilians and for the exploitation of thousands of men and women, children and adults on a grand scale. The chaos and turmoil of wartime seems to carry out the worst qualities in human beings. In an article published in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal it highlights that a major tenet of the laws of war is that “civilians, and women and children in particular, are to be protected from the trials and suffering of war to the fullest extent possible”. Therefore, it is ultimately the task of each military and its members to make sure their behaviors are consistent with the specifications in International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Even though the complete avoidance of civilian deaths and suffering is not realistic, it is the responsibility of an armed force to not intentionally target civilians and to consider operations in terms of the concepts of distinction, military necessity and proportionality. By their very nature...
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...Is there a reality of workers human rights in the Zambian copper mining industry? And if so, what is the challenges non- governmental organisations face in upholding these rights? With the rapid increase in the globalisation of developing countries, the growing relationship between China and African development has been debated. ‘China is either seen as benign or malign to African development efforts’ but there is question as to whether focus should be on Chinese firms , the governments within these nations or non-governmental organisations. Some would argue that multinational enterprises (MNE’s) must adhere to some sort of “corporate responsibility”, but who do they answer to? Or do we look for accountability in a CEO of a Zambian mining company who believes that; ‘the idea of wealth in the ground anywhere in the world belonging to all citizens is a bit mushy for hardnosed business men’? In this dilemma a legitimate source of governance is required, however the challenge we face in legitimacy is ‘the participation of civil society in some fashion as well as the state’. This factor measures whether non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) can function within the global community and more importantly to this proposal, whether those NGO’s active in Zambia can be held accountable for the rights of workers in the country’s copper mining industry. Human rights watch recorded the plea of a drill operator ‘who would just have to do [his] job no matter how unsafe’ or threats of sacking...
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...is a foodservice manager at a casual dining restaurant. Bob is responsible for supervising and managing all employees in the back of the house. Employees working in the back of the house range in age from 16 years old to 55 years old. In addition, the employees come from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. For many, English is not their primary language. Bob is Serve Safe certified and tries his best to keep up with food safety issues in the kitchen but he admits it’s not easy. Employees receive “on the job training” about food safety basics (for example, appropriate hygiene and handwashing, time/temperature, and cleaning and sanitizing). But with high turnover of employees, training is often rushed and some new employees are put right into the job without training if it is a busy day. Eventually, most employees get some kind of food safety training. The owners of the restaurant are supportive of Bob in his food safety efforts because they know if a food safety outbreak were ever linked to their restaurant; it would likely put them out of business. Still, the owners note there are additional costs for training and making sure food is handled safely. One day Bob comes to work and is rather upset even before he steps into the restaurant. Things haven’t been going well at home and he was lucky to rummage through some of the dirty laundry and...
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...Overcrowding in Prisons By Wendy Michaud PRES111 ~ Unit 2 IP American InterContinental University April 1, 2012 Abstract I think we are somewhat aware of the overcrowding in jails and prisons. There are more people incarcerated than we have room for in the United States. Although some states are far worse off than others this is a serious problem none the less. There are plans to fix this problem but not at the speed people would like. Topic: Overcrowded prisons are a problem for many different reasons. Most people are already aware of this problem, either they read it in a newspaper or saw it somewhere on the television. This is not just a local problem, it is almost everywhere. Are there reasons why this continues to happen, and has this situation improved through out the years? Are there things us as a society can do to change overcrowding in prisons? These are questions we should ask ourselves considering tax payers are the people that pay the most for food, shelter, and medical care for all the prisoners that are incarcerated. In the United States prisons the recidivism rate is amazingly high. In 1994, the biggest study of prisoner recidivism that has been ever been completed in the United States proved that, of nearly 300,000 adult prisoners who were released in 15 different states, 67.5 percent were arrested again within...
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...be taken by schools and parents to help these youths live a normal and happy life. Therefore, my target audience is the school system as well as the parents of LGBT youths. Suicide is the leading cause of death among gay and lesbian youths. Gay and lesbian youths are 2 to 6 times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual youth. Over 30% of all reported teen suicides each year are committed by gay and lesbian youths. . . . Gays and lesbians are at much higher risk than the heterosexual population for alcohol and drug abuse. Approximately 30% of both the lesbian and gay male populations have problems with alcohol. Gay and lesbian youth are at greater risk for school failure than heterosexual children. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1989, as cited in “Today’s Gay Youth,” n.d., n.p.) Substantially higher proportions of homosexual people use alcohol, marijuana or cocaine than is the case in the general population. (McKirnan & Peterson, 1989, as cited in “Today’s Gay Youth,” n.d., n.p.) Approximately 28% of gay and lesbian youths drop out of...
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...Human rights NGO is a non-governmental organization that works to protect human rights and end human rights violations. The topic of “human rights” encompasses a wide range of issues, including freedom of expression, right to due process, gender equality, and freedom from poverty and violence. Many NGOs turn to the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights in order to fully outline organizational goals. Human rights NGOs vary in their approach. Some NGOs perform extensive research in order to document human rights abuses. These organizations serve as “watchdogs,” monitoring the potentially abusive actions of governments. Many human rights NGOs work to bring public attention to human rights abuses through information campaigns, NGO member updates, and coordination with the press. By garnering public support of an issue, human rights NGOs can put intense pressure on perpetrators to end human rights abuses. Human rights NGOs work at the local, national and international level and may focus their efforts on government advocacy or grassroots organizing. Major Human Rights NGOs Amnesty International is recognized as one of the most influential human rights NGOs, with over 3 million members in 150 countries. Amnesty International conducts research, raises public awareness of human rights violations, and generates grassroots action. Amnesty International aims to ensure all people enjoy the rights outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The work of Amnesty International...
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