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Does the universal declaration of human rights apply to north Korea?
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How do you apply the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at school?
i dont no y u asking me
How does the declaration of human rights apply to us?
without the declaration, we wouldn't have some rights we have today. we would also not have rules to lead our country. our government would be so different. America would deffinately not be the same.
When do children get human rights?
As soon as they are born that is when human rights i apply to you
Do you have to be a citizen to have the Bill of Rights apply to you?
No. The Bill of Rights applies to all.
Do civil rights apply in school?
No
The Supreme court's decision in Miranda v Arizona was based mainly on?
the incorporation of due process rights in the Bill of Rights so as to make them apply to the states
What are the strengths and weaknesses with the UDHR?
THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION: A REPORT CARDThe last observation invites, fifty years on, a report card on the general achievements of the Universal Declaration.First, let me acknowledge some weaknesses of the Declarationwhich we should candidly admit: 1. The Declaration fell short of providing an enforceable Bill of Rights for the United Nations. Although Mr Gorbachev, at the 40th anniversary celebrations, suggested enlarging the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to deal with serious human rights infractions, this has not happened. The Universal Declaration, as such, does not have the force of a binding treaty. The Charter of the United Nations does not contain a statement of universal goals as the price of membership of the world organisation.2. No actual remedies are provided by the Universal Declaration. There is no right of petition and no entitlement for victims to give content to their aspirations by forcing offenders before a global court or committee. There are no economic sanctions for those who persistently abuse or ignore the obligation, for example, to ensure the right to basic medical care for all.3. There are still nagging doubts as to whether all of the rights contained in the Declaration can apply in societies with pitifully small resources. Even in those with resources, there remain impediments of culture, politics and religion which undermine the effectiveness of the concepts which the Declaration expresses. The Declaration now appears, in some respects, a little out of date, reflecting, as it does, the controversies of 1948 rather than 1998. For example, in many Western countries, at least, the notion that it is necessary to provide for equal social protection for children "whether born in or out of wedlock" is so self-evident that it scarcely need mention. Not so in every society. The "right to marry" incorporated in the Declaration would, in today's world, in many Western countries, invite consideration of marriage or marriage-like relationships for homosexual citizens - an issue upon which the Declaration is totally silent.4. The Declaration does not recognise the right of downtrodden people to rise against tyrannous or neglectful national governments. Doubtless this is because, to be accepted, it needed the vote of not a few such governments. Governments which voted for the Declaration and propose its virtues today are often the worst offenders against human rights.5. The Declaration did not foresee the many new problems for human rights which have come along in the past fifty years: such as the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, the huge problems of health and poverty associated with world's great population increase, the staggering debt burdens of most countries of the Third World and so on.6. The mechanisms established to implement the right to health are not only absent from the Declaration. They are distinctly weak in the equivalent provisions of the Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant. That right, as expressed, is truly one of imperfect obligation.7. The dichotomy between East and West may have been partly resolved in the past decade. The drafters of the Declarationmay have included leaders of the world community as it then stood. But necessarily, this was before decolonisation and the huge expansion of the United Nations from 58 member countries, in 1948, to more than 180 now. Perhaps the priorities of the 180 might include some which would be distinct from those of the victorious Allies in the rather different world after the Second World War.8. The misuse of human rights, including those enshrined in the Universal Declaration, continues when it suits nation states. The appeal of the Soviet Union to the protection of workers rights to justify its invasion of Hungary and the appeal of the United States to democratic rights to justify its incursions in Vietnam illustrate the fact that the power equations, which all nations recognise, lie all too often in the rhetoric of human rights. In practice rights can quite easily be neglected.9. In particular fields such as health rights, the relevant United Nations agency: the World Health Organisation (WHO) has historically demonstrated an ambivalence about defining health in terms of a human right. On the other hand, other agencies such as UNESCO, UNDP and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have been active in the pursuit of human rights within the fields of their competence. There is evidence of a new commitment of WHO to this endeavour with lessons learnt from HIV/AIDS. But human rights should permeate the United Nations organisation and influence its activities.Conceding all the failings and weaknesses of the Universal Declaration, as viewed with the perspective of half a century, it is still entirely appropriate to celebrate its anniversary. It remains a lodestar for humanity after a particularly dark age:So what are its strengths? 1. The Declaration speaks in down-to-earth unexcited language of 1948 about the aspirations of all the people of the earth. Mrs Roosevelt has been proved right in her prediction that it would become "the Magna Carta of mankind".2. The fact that the Declaration aspires to collect the fundamental human rights of all people is itself a contribution to the unification of humanity. The main point of bringing human rights into the international community is to permit criticism of nation states when they fall short of the attainment of the established principles. Criticism by members of their own community. Criticism by other states. And, ever so cautiously, criticism by the United Nations itself.3. One of the great values for the Universal Declarationis as it attempts the reconciliation of different philosophies and the goals of people of different cultures. The need for adherence of the United Nations to these ideals arises from the recognition that they are necessity if the objectives of true peace and security are to be attained.4. Ideas have power. The Universal Declaration is nothing if not a political instrument. It has influenced the regional human rights conventions which grew up around it to give teeth to the objectives stated in it. It has, in turn, given birth to many special treaties which are binding in international law and which have an increasingly effective network of enforcement mechanisms. It has influenced the post-war constitutions of newly independent nations everywhere. There is a tension between individual human rights and the international legal order as it has hitherto been understood. But it is a mighty achievement of the past fifty years that the ramparts of that international order have been stormed and human rights are now well and truly established within. The Universal Declaration set in train a movement to establish norms by which the legitimacy of states within the international order may be measured and their protestations judged.5. The Universal Declaration has given birth to something more. Out of its ideals have grown a vast array of non-governmental organisations, and civil society bodies, committed, in very practical ways, to upholding universal rights at home and abroad. These bodies, in turn, stimulate national governments, regional bodies and international agencies to respond to the cases of abuse, measured against the Universal Declaration, now brought to light by the global media. Within the United Nations, the work of bodies such as WHO and the network of Special Rapporteurs and Special Representatives of the Secretary-General give substance to these aspirations. They constantly do so by reference to the principles of the Universal Declaration and the Covenants which grew from it.6. During the period immediately following the adoption of the Universal Declaration, it gave a special stimulus to the movement for decolonisation and the end of apartheid. It also gave goals and aspirations for the emerging new nations. They have often fallen down, as we all have, in the attainment of the objectives of the Universal Declaration. But only one of them has ever rejected the Universal Declaration. All of the rest accept it, at least in words, as the statement of goals to be attained.7. The Universal Declaration has also encouraged a culture of human rights. It has given rise to an unending effort to expand and recreate the boundaries of human rights. It has stimulated the movement for gender equality, multicultural diversity, an end to sexual oppression, the defence of the environment and the attainment of the self-determination of peoples. Once ideas such as those collected in the Universal Declaration were set loose, they were unlikely to remain captive to the words adopted fifty years ago.
How can one apply for an AT T Universal credit card?
One can apply for an AT&T Universal Card at the official website. At the website one needs to enter their personal information as well as their employment and financial information.
What does the Center for Universal Design offer?
The Center for Universal Design offers a wide collection of online resources for educators. These resources help educators apply Universal Design to their lectures.
Why are some rights unalienable?
Some of these rights are unalienable because no matter who you are these rights apply to you. No matter the circumstances.
What does the law of universal gravitation apply to?
Everything. That's why it's the law of universalgravitation.
The Declaration of Independence talks about all men being created equal and having certain protected rights. Some colonists believed that this idea didn’t apply to whom?
Many colonists didn't believe this idea applied to slaves
