Hands Up United: Protecting Afro-American Community from Human Rights Violations

Running Head: HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights
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Executive Summary:
The Western world, particularly the USA has seen a rise in atrocities and crimes against people
of the African-American community. Racist attitudes and hate crimes against people of this
community have affected the minds of people across the nation and the world. Schools,
Universities and public authorities are slowly becoming breeding grounds for racist sentiments,
causing rampant human rights violations. This assignment discusses how Hands Up United, an
American social activist organisation is raising its voice and working to ensure the protection of
the Afro-American community and combat repression.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary:....................................................................................................................1
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Description:......................................................................................................................................4
The Issue:.....................................................................................................................................4
Current Human Rights Regime:..................................................................................................5
The Organisation:........................................................................................................................6
Books and Breakfast:...............................................................................................................7
Freedom Flix:...........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction:
Human Rights are a set of universal laws set down by the United Nations that describe and
enforce the fundamental freedoms of all individuals or groups throughout the world. The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an extremely significant document
containing these laws, drafted by different by representatives of cultural backgrounds from all
regions of the world. These rights ensure the freedom and full rights of all people without any
distinction of colour, race, sex or any other form of distinction. Everyone is assured the right to
life, liberty and security and everyone is protected, under the law, from subject to torture,
inhuman and degrading treatment (Glickhouse, 2019). Furthermore everyone is protected from
being subjected to arbitrary arrest and all are equal under the protection of the law without any
discrimination on any grounds.
Despite so many fundamental laws, hate crimes against communities and races have been on a
rise in several western countries, especially in the USA. According to reports from the US’s
Department of Justice, 7175 hate crimes were reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) in 2017, out of which 4131 alone were directed against the race or ethnicity of the victim.
Hands Up United is an American non-governmental social activist organization that was formed
after the notorious shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year old African-American, by a white
police officer. The organization is working to ensure the protection of the Afro-American
community.