A further ethical issue regarding human rights is the justification of intervention and the international community's 'Responsibility to Protect', and the impact of this intervention, such as that seen in Libya, on state sovereignty. ... Thus human rights are culturally relative and are certainly not universal in many states which have opposing views to the West, despite being international law. ... This has recently been exemplified in a report by human rights group China Labour Watch, which revealed that Pegatron, a Taiwanese company which assembles Apple products, is forcin...

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Section 15 of the Charter sets the basis for labor rights by asserting that individuals have the right to equality before and under the law. ... Further, the provision allows for laws, such as affirmative action programs, that would attempt to compensate for systemic disadvantages that prevent protected groups from receiving equality before the law. ... Adams argues strongly for the adaptation of labor laws to be in accordance with the human rights laws, as he does not believe that the way they are practiced currently are in accordance with certain statutes (62). ... As Adams notes, "the ...

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Modern human rights discourse and language, as well as its implementation and applicability within international law was borne out of the 'Western' response to the atrocity and trauma experienced within humanity not only by the Nazi and other Fascist, totalitarian regimes during World War II but within the wider 'West' too. ... The creation and application of international human rights instruments did not however propose how human rights can be appreciated in light of differences in economic, political, social and cultural character of countries (Plantilla and Raj, 1997)....

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