Human Rights
Human rights might be one of the most important things in the world.
Without them we will not be able to live in peace and harmony with each other.
Human rights belong to every person, whatever, language, race, sex, religion,
origin or political beliefs. Humans are receiving more rights during the time
in every part of the world. However, there are many places that the lack of
human rights is still present,
for example, Syria, Iraq, Congo, China, North Korea and many more. In the
following essay I am going to write about three world´s issues, such as, right
to freedom and education and human trafficking.
First picture shows people marching about the freedom rights of
thought, conscience and religion. They are fighting for Snowden´s freedom. The
picture shows how the freedom of speech is important. Freedom of speech is a
right to express your own opinion and views. Every person should have a right to
speak and think about what she or he wants to. However, some countries do not
follow it and they are making the nation´s freedom less than it should be.
Importance of freedom of speech is that it allows spreading the truth about
something. Also, the free society is
more dynamic than a closed one, by this the nation becomes both stronger
economically and in value. Moreover, the free country is developed. Almost
one-third of the world´s population, 2,6 billion people live in the places
where repressions and corruption occurs and human rights are violated everyday.
The worst situation is in Syria, Tibet and Somalia- according to the report of
Freedom House. However, a bad situation in countries, such as United Arab
Emirates, has surprised me. They have scored only 20 points and have been declared
as a not free nation. The thing that has astonished me was that why in such a
modernistic country with futuristic cities, the situation is worse than in
Congo (25 points) or Algeria (35 points). It is very weird that in the Emirates,
flogging and stoning is legal as a punishment or apostasy (abandoning of
religion by a person) is a crime punishable by death. (“Apostasy,” 2016) (“Human rights in the United Arab
Emirates,” 2016)
The message of the first photo is quite
good to show how strong people are to fight for themselves and freedom. It
shows that everyone should be able to speak, think and leave without any fear
of her/his life. Moreover, the picture shows that by the determination of
people, they can reach everything. It also shows that we should never give up
and be afraid to reach the target.
The picture conveys the message quite
effectively because it shows that by fighting we can reach something that we want
and need. As I wrote above it shows that we should never give up and be afraid
to reach the target.
Second picture shows the children
begging for the right for education at schools. The pictures may show the daily
situation at school in Africa or Asia. By the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (article 26) everyone has a right to get education, but more than 72 million children
are not in school and 759 million adults are illiterate, despite that the access
to education is better than before. (“The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights | United Nations,” n.d., para. 26) (“Right to Education :
Situation around the world | Humanium – Together for Children’s Rights,” n.d.)The worst situation is in Somalia where only 10% of children are going to primary school.
Eritrea, Haiti, Comoros and Ethiopia are next countries with bad education
situation. (Shepherd & correspondent, 2010) The right to education is very important. The main reason of it is that
education is the key to our future. In addition, by education we get the knowledge that we need and we develop our skills. The education has an effect on our whole life. It
affects on who we will be in the future. Moreover, without any of education, children
in the poorest countries in the world may not have such a good life in the
future. They will be more exposed to poverty, hunger. Also, they will not have
chance to study and then get a better life somewhere else. Nonetheless, the
worst result of the lack of education is human trafficking.
The message of the pictures is strong
because it shows us the children in help. The children are showing one of the
darkest side of living in their homeland. They are showing that everyone has a
right to education and should get it.
The picture conveys the
message very effectively because it shows the desire of the children to get the
education. It shows us theirs demand for education and better live afterwards. It
may also try to create a sense of repentance.
Third picture shows the human trafficking.
People trafficking is one of the cruelest human
rights violations. It is the trade of humans (sexual slavery, forced labor or
commercial sexual exploitation). It is so bad that it still occurs in some
parts of the world mostly in Africa and Asia, for example in Ghana, Bangladesh,
China or India. (“Top 10 Countries Infamous for Human
Trafficking,” 2013) Although, it can also occur in Europe in countries like Albania,
Bulgaria, Romania or Macedonia or even in Scandinavia. (“Human trafficking in
Europe,” 2015) Every person has a
right to live in peace, freedom and safety. Still, a lot of people may feel fear even if the declaration of human rights is saying that they can live freely
without fear. Many women in countries, such as the aforementioned ,are sexually abused or sent abroad to work. Also, children become domestic servants. How can people do such
a cruel thing for money or own satisfaction. Losing of human rights is atrocious. They are treated like a commodity. How they can feel in
situation like that? The main reasons of human trafficking are poverty,
unemployment, lack of education and discrimination. (“Human trafficking,” 2016)
Third picture shows the situation which happens mostly in Africa and Asia. It shows one of the worst human rights violations. The message of this picture is to show the people's fear and helplessness that can they experience every day in their home country. It shows that human trafficking is still present these days and that we should not close our eyes in this case.
The picture conveys the message very effective because it shows us the
feeling of people that live in fear of human trafficking or may have
experienced that. It shows the real world of people who are treated like that, and their pain about this case that many people can live peacefully and they do
not.
Unfortunately, in our times, violations and non-compliance of human
rights occur in different regions of the world. The problem on the national
scale was, is and will be. The
fact is that compliance or non-compliance of human rights is not only a purely
internal issue of the one country but it is a problem of the whole world.
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