These days, when people mention "CANADA" there are some words that instantly come to mind; equality, rights and freedom are defiantly some of the most common ones. Canada has earned a certain reputation for these rights and freedoms that sets it far above other countries. Many believe that Canada ha...
The UN Convention applies to "every human being" below the age of eighteen years, unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier". ... The preamble to the Convention asks us to "bear in mind" that "the child by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection" and recognise that "in all countries of the world there are children living in difficult conditions and such children need special consideration." It recognises also "the importance of international cooperation for improving the living c...
The term national security conveys a more general meaning which include the safety of individuals of a nation from violence/crimes, financial measures to sustain a certain level/standard of living and also religious peace of mind (Baldwin 1997). ... Today, there are many nations around the world, wherein the per capita income of each of the individual is below $2 per day. ... There are many socio-economic needs of such individuals, which need to be served as to improve the living conditions of the people of a given nation....
Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishing the right to protection from gender violence as a core dimension of women's human rights. This is another example of the process described in Chapter 2, in which a social movement defines a problem and generates support from legal institutions and states. After describing how gender viol...
