Human rights are meaningless words in United States. U.S. Violates Its Citizens Human Rights - From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. USA violating hundreds of human rights categories inside of the United States. That is according to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, which has released a report highlighting serious violations taking place inside of the USA, from torture, to kidnapping, to police brutality, to immigration terror and violation of children’s rights. We will be taking a look at the country, the United States, which claims to be the leader of safeguarding human rights around the world, being accused of not even adhering to basic rights to major segments of its own population.
Human rights in the United States comprise a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States, including the amendments, state constitutions, conferred by treaty, and enacted legislatively through Congress, state legislatures, and state referenda and citizen's initiatives. Federal courts in the United States have jurisdiction over international human rights lawsas a federal question, arising under international law, which is part of the law of the United States.
The Constitution recognizes a number of inalienable human rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a fair trialby jury.The human rights record of the United States of America is a complicated matter; first and foremost the Federal Government of the United States has, through a ratified constitutionand amendments thereof, guaranteed unalienablerights to citizens of the country, and also to some degree, non-citizens.
However, the historical evolution of these rights must be considered as well, as the periphery of the population of the United States who had access to these rights has expanded over time, and in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rightshas not fully expanded complete rights to all human beings within its borders as compared to the international standard set by the United Nations General Assembly, because of social and political issues that stem from the history of the United States.
America has long been the self appointed global leader on human rights pointing out the shortcomings of others. But now the tables have turned. According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, incidents of injustice are taking place on US soil.The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights.The United States cannot say they stand for human rights and then be seen as not ‘standing for human rights’. But again, we see the US calling out another country for their abuse of human rights while we fail to address our own abuse of human rights. Last I checked, that position is one of hypocrisy.
The United States was recently slammed over its human rights record at the United Nations. The Human Rights Council’s member nations strongly criticized the U.S. for rampant and virtually unchecked police brutality and clear, documented racial discrimination.The United States’ second universal periodic review (UPR) focused on issues of rampant racism and injustice, largely carried out by the police on American streets. U.S. can do much more to stop this epidemic of police brutality and racism that has been going on but now exposed by social media.
Institutional racism is a known and proven reason why African Americans are disproportionally affected by poverty and all the social ills associated with it. Of course there are other factors, two of which have been outlined in a report by the Urban Institute. According to the Urban Institute, two primary reasons why African American families do not accumulate nearly as much wealth as their White counterparts is that they have higher student debt and a very significantly lower likelihood of getting large amounts of money from family members.
Little change in US’s record of racism,police brutality and human rights violations. Join FPA-Foundation and learn to educate yourself and take action as human rights defenders. Here are steps that you can take to fight and protect Human rights.
Know your rights
The first way to prevent human rights violation is adequate knowledge of human rights. As we all know, information and knowledge, they say is power. What do we mean by know your rights? it simply means that, you have to possess the knowledge of human rights and equally know what to do and where to go to seek redress if your rights are violated.
Educate the violator
If people are allowed to do the wrong thing unchallenged over and over again, they later see such act as being a right. This means that, once violating others becomes part and parcel of people, their ability to see it as something wrong dies naturally. Therefore, when you encounter a prospective violator or a confirmed violator, educate them. When you educate a violator, you are indirectly appealing to his or her raw emotions and raising their dead conscience. This is in addition to the fact that you will always insist on your rights and never give in to being violated.
Never let go when you are violated
When you are violated by whoever,never let go. write letters,short notes on social media, talk to the media, approach the authority to complain and seek redress. If need be, engage the service of a lawyer or meet human rights organizations for assistance. Note that, If you are violated once, you are likely to be violated over and over again,but accepting such violation is like accepting failure, never accept failure. Continue to challenge it until you defeat it and get justice.
Expose the culprit and publish your encounter
It is always good to take pictures,audio or video record of violation. Everyone want to be seen as good, that is why people protect their images at whatever cost. Families encourage their children to conduct themselves well in public and never to soil the good name of their family.When you expose the culprit of violation, such individual tries to deny or correct the act. When people know they will be exposed and subjected to public criticism,they commit less violation. If people identify you as a human right defender, nobody want to toy with you.
Protect the right of others
Therefore, if someone is being violated, it is our responsibility to come to their aid and join in the pursuit of justice. If you see any violation, call those you know who can assist, if you don't know anyone, share the story with the media or online or any other medium and get people to be aware. If you don't have access to any of the above, you are a vital element yourself. Show concern, solidarity with the victims, approach the authority on their behave or help confront the violator. When you do this for others, be rest assured, many would do the same for you.
Educate everyone around you.
As soon as we all know our rights, know where and how to seek redress when violated,know who and where to report violations, certainly, we can live a life devoid of extreme human right violations.
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