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Public Services Assignment 2 unit 7
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Thomas EarpASSIGNMENT 2 – INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
TASK ONE
The Geneva Convention was set up in 1851
with 12 nations. There were four parts of the
whole Geneva Convention. This was created
to set a guideline of laws.
The first and second Geneva Convention was
set up to help the military personnel as the
Red Cross was involved. They were there to
get out the wounded and ill out of the war zone
first. The Red Cross had another aim of identifying the dead quickly, and they should
all be collected quickly. The Red Cross were there to help and should not be
attacked.
The third Geneva Convention was the prisoners of war. The prisoners did not have
to give any information apart from their name, number and Red Cross know that you
are allowed to keep your human rights
The Fourth Geneva Convention had a set of treaties to protect civilians from being
arrested when they haven’t committed the crime, to protect civilians from being
raped or assaulted also force into prostitution also to accept everyone even if their
race, religion and gender is different and allow people to have a family. They are
attempting to keep the wounded or dead well looked after during battles and make
sure people have their rights. The Geneva Convention was an international
discussion to help all the dead or injured soldiers along with helping the civilians
during wartime.
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights 1948
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights 1948 is a
document of the human rights. This is still a foundation for
the human rights in present day. This was taken upon by
the “general assembly of United Nations” in Paris on the 10 th
December. This lays out human rights in over international
countries, which apply, to everyone. These are things like
the right to live, learn and more. This is here to attempt to
keep everyone protected by having rights such as the right to live, right to believe,
right to education and more.
, Thomas Earp
European Convention on Human Rights
The European convention on human rights is treaty
that was created in 1950. There are many different
articles in the treaty that protects each section of the
human rights. This allows everyone to have their own
rights, even if it’s different to others. There are over
47 states along with the UK that signed up to this
treaty. This means the UK commits to making sure that the convention rights are
being followed. This treaty is trying to attempt to upload the human rights and make
sure that everyone feels accepted and equal.
Human Rights Act 1998
The human right act was a law set up in 1998. This meant
that individuals could defend their “rights in the UK courts
or even in public organisations”. The human rights act is
there to make sure that everyone is treated equally, with
respect and fairness even if they are different. The treaty
is here to uphold the rights of everyone even if their
religion or skin colour is different.
TASK TWO
TORTURE – Torture goes against the human rights act that was put in place
because it is a way of punishment to someone to gather certain information from that
individual or torture is also uses to correct any disobedience that has been shown.
An example of is CIA waterboarding. This is where an individual is held down, with a
cloth or rag covering their face, and then water is being poured over the person face
to simulate drowning. This makes that individual feel discomfort and have extreme
physical and mental stress. When Barack Obama became president in 2008 he put a
sanction on waterboarding to ban it for all the US government agencies.
EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS – This also goes against the human rights as it is
where any of the public services feel to go out and kill individuals without getting any
permission or approval to do this act. An example of could be in WW2 or in
Afghanistan where two marines killed some people. In WW2 the soldiers did not
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