Essays on Human Rights

Introduction “We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war,” Jimmy Carter during his presidency explains his goal of humility. He always fought for what is right, whether it would be in war zones,…

Introduction After the abolition of slavery, discrimination and hate crimes continued to occur, eventually leading to Jim Crow laws and later the civil rights movement. Combined, these past events formed the current dilemma we have today, which is the constant feeling of inferiority, and the…

Introduction I’m able to speak Spanish because my parents are from Mexico, so I feel a connection to the Spanish language and culture in Mexico. I speak the language every single day to communicate with my parents, and I’m very proud of the identity they…

Mahatma Gandhi once said: An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. The death penalty is a “to kill” and “be killed” system. It is a symptom of the culture of violence, not the solution to it. Committing murder in the name of…

Whenever the words, “freedom of speech” are spoken, they bring about much debate. Under Article 10 of the UK’s Human Rights Act of 1998, “everyone has the freedom of expression”. However, it is not as absolute as one would believe it to be as this…

Arguably one of the most controversial aspects of prisons around the world, the death penalty poses an interesting question to society; is it morally permissible to take a life as punishment for a crime? In my opinion, capital punishment is not good fit for modern…

Feminist criticism examines whether the political, economic, social and psychological oppression of women have been enhanced or undermined. Based on the play “Trifles” written by Susan Glaspell, she had criticised the treatment of women in the patriarchal society as one of the earliest feminist critics…

In the Epic of Gilgamesh and Perspolis, there are many similarities, the respective society oppresses women in different ways in each story. In both stories, the strong female characters display their strength and perseverance through sexual expression as a means of surviving in this environment…

On December 1st 1955, Rosa parks went through a difficult incident that stood up for freedom and racial rights in America. After a tiring day of hard work, Rosa decided to get on the bus. She sat down, and eventually the bus got full. A…

Most of the western country’s population don’t often know about the punishments used around the world and in most cases just assume that punishments and sentences are the same or similar given out in their states, but that can’t be further from the truth. Occasionally,…