Human Rights Issue

Running Head: Human Rights Issue
HUMAN RIGHTS
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REFUGEE CRISIS
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Human Rights Issue
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Human Rights.............................................................................................................................2
Human Rights: International Law..............................................................................................2
Refugee Crises...........................................................................................................................3
Syria........................................................................................................................................3
India........................................................................................................................................4
Afghanistan.............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................8
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Human Rights Issue
Introduction
There are more than 190 countries in the world and people are treated with different
laws and regulations. One thing is common for everyone no matter where they live or reside,
Human Rights. Everyone acquires Human Rights when they are born irrespective of
ethnicity, gender, race, religion or nationality. Human rights consist of rights related to life,
education, work, liberty and freedom of expression and speech, freedom from slavery and
many more (Human Rights, 2019). Human Rights at global level provides the
responsibilities and duties of the government to act in a particular way to promote and
safeguard basic human rights and freedoms of a person or society. The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights is main and common framework to safeguard basic Human Rights. People
of every part of the world drafted it. In 1948, United Nations General Assembly enforced it as
General Assembly resolution 217 A as common rights, rules and regulation for people of
every nation (History of the Document, 2019). As it can be seen in recent time that the
main human right issue is Refugee Crises and violation of their rights (Zavallis, 2019).
Human Rights
Person inherits human rights when he is born and enjoys them until he/she die.
Everyone in spite the person’s native, belief or religion acquires these rights. These rights can
be limited sometimes but cannot be forfeited (What are human rights?, 2019).
Protection of Human Rights was first mention in Magna Carta in 1215 (Whipps, 2012).
Human Rights: International Law
When we see the origin of human rights at international level then we can see the base
in Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In 1948, it was adopted. As a result of
UDHR, various international treaties were formed. It is the foundation of human rights
treaties. UDHR represents basic rights and freedoms which are recognised at international
level. The centre of human rights originally set out in the UDHR. United Nations’ signatory
parties have adopted global Human Rights in their domestic law.
Refugee Crises
Refugee Convention of 1951 defines refugee as “a person who is compelled to leave
his or her home and country due to violence, war or persecution because if his or her race,
gender, nationality, political opinion”. The main reasons for the refugee crises are war, tribal
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