‘El Aguante’ (in English Resilience) is a song written and sung by the Puerto Rican duet Calle 13, which is formed by Rene Perez and Eduardo Cabra, who call themselves Residente and Visitante, respectively. This band started their musical career singing reggaeton, but over time developed a new urban and alternative style in accordance with their political and social postures, messages and critics, both in their songs and concerts, as well as gained a considerable popularity, mainly in Latin America. Calle 13 is recognized as an extremely socially and politically conscious band, sometimes very controversial, that includes sensible topics in their songs such as migration in the United States, lack of education, media manipulation (information …show more content…
- Agent Orange and pesticides.
- Wars: Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Hundred Years’ War, the War of the Six Days.
- Famine.
- Discrimination based on skin color. All these situations that Calle 13 expose in “El Aguante” involves the violation of a lot of human rights, recognized in international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). These violations of human rights involve crimes against humanity, war crimes, and also violate: - Right to life (Art. 3 UDHR, Art. 6.1 ICCPR)
- Right to fair trial (Arts. 8, 9, 10, 11 UDHR, Art. 8 ICCPR)
- Right to an adequate standard of living, food and shelter (Art. 25.1 UDHR, Art. 11 ICESCR)
- Right to equality and non-discrimination (Arts. 1, 2, 7 UDHR, Arts. 2.1, 4.1, 24.1, 25, 26 ICCPR, Arts. 2.2, 7, 10.3 ICESCR)
- Right to health (Art. 25.1 UDHR, Art. 12 ICESCR)
- Right of equal access to public service (Art. 21.2 UDHR, Art. 25.a, 25.c ICCPR)
- Right to have periodic and genuine elections (Art. 21.3 UDHR, Art. 25.b
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That is the case of Pinochet (Chile), Videla (Argentine), Franco (Spain), Mao (China), Hitler (Germany), Rios Montt (Guatemala), Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Idi Amin (Uganda), Stalin (Soviet Union), G. W. Bush (USA), Truman (USA), Ariel Sharon (Israel) and Hussein (Iraq). For example in the case of Pinochet and Videla, the enforced disappearances, the tortures of people that was against their politics and ideas (professors, political and human rights leaders, journalists), and the targeted assassinations were the daily bread. In addition, because of the dictatorship, some political rights like the right of equal access to public service and the right to have periodic and genuine elections were
Latin American identity, something so simple yet so powerful, an idea that has caused numerous countries great political, cultural, and economical problems. Something that has been lost at times and forced back into play, an ongoing dream that has taken its toll on an entire continent. In Calle 13’s song “Latinoamerica”, the idea of Latin American identity is portrayed through the thoughts of an actual Latin American. In this piece, Calle 13 brings up numerous issues occurring in todays Latin America. It is a manifest against great economic instability in Latin America, ongoing political issues, and what true Latin American identity means. Calle 13 brings these points up with great precision, for example “Soy una fábrica de humo, mano de obra
The dictatorship also manages to keep its subjects in line through brainwashing. As Prometheus writes, "Everything which comes from the many is good. Everything which comes from the one is evil. Thus have we been taught with our first breath." Also, as children, the ruled are forced to recite, "By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers," meaning that the only moral justification they have for living is service. By imbuing each subject with the moral premise that the "many" is always good and the "one" is always bad, the dictatorship manages to virtually eliminate any thought of opposition. In opposing the dictatorship, one is opposing the will of all people with one's singular will, and thus is evil. The moral creed that the dictatorship inculcates gives it a moral s...
equal rights to all and promoting the good of the public. To the right of freedom of speech and
There have been many humanitarians that strive to help countries suffering with human right abuses. People think that the help from IGOs and NGOs will be enough to stop human rights violations. However, it hasn’t been effective. Every day, more and more human rights violations happen. The problem is escalating. People, including children, are still being forced to work to death, innocent civilians are still suffering the consequences of war, and families are struggling to stay firm together. Despite the efforts from the people, IGOs, and NGOs, In the year 2100, human rights abuse will not end.
The issue of human rights has arisen only in the post-cold war whereby it was addressed by an international institution that is the United Nation. In the United Nation’s preamble stated that human rights are given to all humans and that there is equality for everyone. There will not be any sovereign states to diminish its people from taking these rights. The globalization of capitalism after the Cold War makes the issue of human rights seems admirable as there were sufferings in other parts of the world. This is because it is perceived that the western states are the champion of democracy which therefore provides a perfect body to carry out human rights activities. Such human sufferings occur in a sovereign state humanitarian intervention led by the international institution will be carried out to end the menace.
...2009): 8-9. United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review. Web. 8 Apr. 2014. .
This section is about the basic unalienable rights that every human should have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are some of the rights that are talked about in this section. It also talks about how some people have the right to overthrow an unjust government. It states that government should not be changed for light or unimportant reasons. An
The current century has witnessed immense improvement and re-conceptualization of standards and sovereignty of human rights in Latin America. With the endemic repression and violations of human rights throughout Latin American in the mid to late 20th century, the International human rights regime, an amalgam of international and intergovernmental organizations and bodies, expanded exponentially. By conducting investigations within certain countries, or simply monitoring overt violations of human rights, the international human rights regime stimulated global awareness of violations of human rights in different countries; soon to follow was change in domestic policy in response to international policy. This also led to increased opposition by domestic NGOs against repressive governments or dictatorships largely responsible for human rights violations. Just as well, a number of organizations and groups aided domestic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in their growing efforts to establish judicial practices that better protected human rights. Declarations, conventions, and charters, established a number of values that served as the credo for the organizations that constituted the international human rights regime. Over time, more and more countries were pressured and held accountable for these values, which developed into universal standards for human rights practices. Thus the International Human right regime and the pressure they imposed upon governments ultimately resulted in widespread positive changes in human rights.
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights, as amended) (ECHR), Art 5(1)(e)
Imagine yourself in a world where you are constantly having to fear not being able to ever be free from this cage that you've been wanting to get out of for so long. Now imagine that suddenly just being your real life and not just a world that was just imagined, it’s almost too unbearable to think about but this happens. The book “Before We Were Free is a good example of that. The books takes place in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century, when the Dictator at the time was Rafael Trujillo, or in other words El Jefe. Dictators are a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. Till this day there are countries that are still ruled by dictators, for example, North Korea However, having a dictator
The Darfur Genocide violates Article #3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article #3 states everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. First, the Janjaweed regime has violated article # 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by enforcing massive starvation on the Darfur citizens. For example, Halimalay said as she watched over her malnourished daughter, Zahra "They chased us from our home ...
This essay considers that the violation of human rights can indeed be address by extraterritorial jurisdiction throw the human rights legal framework, mainly throw treaties as showed jurisprudence.
Introduction Human rights are fundamental rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to regardless of nationality, gender, national or ethnic origin, religion, language, or other status. And these human rights violations are in some countries like Central African Republic, Syria, USA, Ireland, and etcetera. One example is Syria, where the people afraid live here. Therefore, article 3 of the Universal Human Rights Act is violated in Syria. This essay seeks to consider the human rights violations in Syria.
On December 10th in 1948, the general assembly adopted a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This declaration, although not legally binding, created “a common standard of achievement of all people and all nations…to promote respect for those rights and freedoms” (Goodhart, 379). However, many cultures assert that the human rights policies outlined in the declaration undermine cultural beliefs and practices. This assertion makes the search for universal human rights very difficult to achieve. I would like to focus on articles 3, 14 and 25 to address how these articles could be modified to incorporate cultural differences, without completely undermining the search for human rights practices.
In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human rights were devised (UDHR). Everyone has the right to liberty, life, freedom from fear and violence. The obligation to protect individuals and groups the States is required to shield them against human rights abuses (United Nations 2013) The Human Rights Act became effective in the UK in 2000. The purpose of the Human Rights Act is t...