Human Rights Watch

The Human Rights Watch and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) “Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the monetary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what’s on the brochure they sent you”. (Arrillaga-Andreessen) Today, millions of nonprofit organizations advocate for human rights, education reforms, healthcare reforms and countless cases free of cost. The Human

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an International Non-Governmental Organization that works on behalf of human rights issues. The Human Rights Watch organization was established in 1978 and uses the media and skilled reporters to achieve their goals in investigating and exposing human rights violations. The mission statement of Human Rights Watch is as follows: Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide. We scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure

The Human Rights Watch is an independent organization that is working to defend and protect human right. Our mission statement is to “scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. Human Rights Watch is an independent, international organization that works as part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all.” (“Human Rights Watch,” 2014). We have been investigating the

clothing made in sweatshops overseas by under aged laborers fills the newspapers and protest are seen worldwide on the issue, but the truth of the matter is that the United States have a child labor issue right here in our own backyard and a simple internet video, Veggies Gone Wild!!! by the Human Rights Watch organization on YouTube led to research a scenario that is not usually considered as middle class families sit down for their nightly dinners. Creating videos to share on the internet is becoming

Under that circumstances, the Human Right Watch has raised serious concerns on the Gacaca Court’s ability to try the perpetrators of genocide with fairness. The Human Right Watch has criticised the capacity of the Gacaca Court to conduct fair trials for the Hutu genocidaires without state impunity in particular (Tiemessen, 2004). Before the Tutsi-dominated government in Kigali, many human rights experts have raised fundamental concerns on the ability of the Gacaca Court to guarantee fair trials

often decided by private probation companies which have a clear conflict of interest. “Many of these probation companies are not really acting like probation officers at all but debt collectors,” says Chris Albin-Lackey, Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch. Someone can easily be thrown back in jail if they simply get behind on those payments, fail a drug test, miss a parole appointment, or fail to maintain employment. Two thirds of parolees in the year 2000 were sent back to prison from those

Ex-offenders have been severely limited to their most basic opportunities for employment, education and housing. These penalties are also known as “collateral consequences” for ex-offenders, which systematically deprive them of their individual rights and privileges. Professor Gabriel “jack” chin has classified this socioeconomic phenomenon as the “New Civil Death” (Silva, R. L. 2015). Housing exclusion is based on federal policy. Restrictive Federal Housing

armed conflicts since time immemorial. Today the world sees this issue as immoral and reprehensible. However, the use of children in armed conflicts continues. Statistics produced by various organizations including the United Nations human rights, Human Rights Watch and Peace Direct suggests that anywhere from 200,000 to 300,000 children under the age of 18 are serving as child soldiers in 50 different conflicts across 33 different countries. These young people are often kidnapped or forced into

Also, many of these child soldiers come from places with wrecked schools.The poor environment averts child soldiers from getting the education they need. So, it may be implied that without these schools, without education, a child won’t know what is right and wrong.“Most children have never been in a classroom or played in a park” (“Armed and Underage” by Jeffrey Gettleman).Child soldiers aren’t exposed to learning environments like schools; all they’ve ever known and adapted to, are battlefields. Children

There should be stronger enforcement of the human trafficking policies in the United States. Human trafficking is modern day slavery that consists of men, women, children being forced into sex or labor work. Some think that human trafficking policies shouldn’t be enforced because it brings in money and sometimes the victims choose to be in the business. Human trafficking victims suffer from many health deficits as the result of being trafficked and the cost to help pay for these health deficits are