Human Rights, War and Terrorism

Human Rights, War and Terrorism

After every war come the peace talks; after millions of people had

been killed. After the terrorist attacks comes the investigation,

reason, or counter-terrorism; after lives had been wasted. There is

time for the nations of the world to come together to understand one

another in order to avoid war and terrorism and that time is now. War

is as old as man. It is a reign of terror when people are always on

the run, always hungry, always cold, and homeless and killed in

hundreds, thousands, and sometimes in millions. War and terrorism are

almost synonymous since the result of both is the loss of lives. It is

said that when lessons are not learnt from historical event, they will

repeat themselves. The horrors of the World War 1 and 2 still live

within us. The wound of the 9/11 attacks is still fresh. The

occupation of the United States of America in Iraq and Afghanistan is

a continuous infringement of their rights to life, peace,

self-determination, just to mention a few. The United Nations Charter

provides in its Article 2(4) that "all members shall retrain in their

international relations from the threat or use of force against the

territorial integrity or political independence of any state…" No

country should invade another country or overthrow their government.

No country should position itself as the police of the world. There

must be full representation of all nations in all the affairs of the

United Nations Organisation. Acts of War is usually a conflict between

two heads of states or more and not a conflict between the peoples of

those two countries or more. The Western World must not utilize hum...

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8. Right to information: The right to information too is very

fundamental. The citizens of a country should have access to the

affairs of its country and what goes on in its public service. For

example, Americans have a right to know about the investigation

carried out by its government over the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

9. The right to expression: Freedom of speech and expression could

have negative or positive results whether upheld or violated but of

importance is its credibility and authenticity. The freedom of speech

and expression should be given to everybody without discrimination of

any form.

10. The right to freedom of movement: Freedom of movement especially

in respect to immigrants is usually subjected to municipal laws.

However, the right to emigrate should not be curtailed by municipal

laws.