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The World is made up of a variety of people. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, every person has basic rights that they are entitled to from birth simply because they are a human being. These human rights are universal. In other words, these rights apply to everyone throughout the world regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and age. It is country’s government that is responsible for upholding and implementing these rights. However, although these rights are to be ensured from birth, there are many cases in which countries have violated them. The right to water is a human right, which many people are denied. Arguments have been made about the challenges of providing clean water to those who do not have access. Scholars and activist recognize the implementation of these challenges linked with politics and governments. In relation to human rights, Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus (2012) state that these ideas are seen to “neglect the economic injustices that permit the continued violation of people’s basic dignity.” These authors are referring to the lack of attention this water crisis is receiving and what an insignificant amount of action is being taken. Human rights to clean water have been disregarded and ignored recently in the multiple parts of the world including Zimbabwe. The right to safe water is a basic necessity that should be recognized. The water shortage in Zimbabwe has affected many people, especially women and children. The non-governmental organization Charity: Water (2013) states “clean water means health, income, and education.” According to Water.org (2013), the water crisis is “personal” for women because it affects them directly. In the video Water Changes Everything by... ... middle of paper ... ...://www.lexisnexis.com.libgate.library.nuigalway.ie/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T18659779883&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T18659779887&cisb=22_T18659779886&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8320&docNo=17 [Accessed: 14 Nov 2013]. Moyo, H. 2013. Zimbabwe: UZ Slams City Council, GNU Over Water Crisis. Zimbabwe Independent, [online] 18th October. Available at: http://allafrica.com/stories/201310181133.html [Accessed: 14 Nov 2013]. Ohchr.org. 2013. DisplayNews. [online] Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=8369&LangID=E [Accessed: 14 Nov 2013]. Sultana, F. and Loftus, A. 2012. The right to water. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Earthscan/Routledge. Water.org. 2013. Water Facts: Water. [online] Available at: http://water.org/water- crisis/water-facts/water/ [Accessed: 14 Nov 2013].
Maude Barlow’s “Water Incorporated: The Commodification of the World’s Water” gives a voice to a very real, but vastly unknown, issue: the privatization of water. I refer to it as vastly unknown because it wasn’t until this article that I was even aware such a power struggle existed. Barlow first introduces startling statistics, meant to grab the attention of its readers. Once she has your attention, she introduces the “new generation of trade and investment agreements.” (306)
“Last Call at the Oasis” is a documentary about our world’s water crisis. The film discusses how many large cities in America are getting closer to use up their available water, how many areas across the globe do not have access to drinking water and are forced to drink contaminated water, how water shortages are causing acts of violence and are causing stress to agricultural communities, and a possible solution of using recycle water to stop us from wasting so much water. The film goes around the globe to talk to scientists who are studying contaminated water, people who have become very sick due to this water, and to the agricultural community in Australia where, unfortunately, some farmers have take their own lives due to water shortages.
...ch have too much heat and too little water (xxxi). A simple distiller that consists of a steel and glass pot can transform salt water into fresh, drinkable water (xxxii). It is stated that a distiller can create 8-11 liters of water per day (xxxii). Since the first 1,000 day window of the life of a human being is most important in determining their growth, mothers should be given free therapeutic foods prior labor in order to be able to breastfeed their children. With the help of NGOs and local volunteers, accessible toilets should be constructed. There are countless programs that seek to make developing countries more sustainable and healthier; these include Action Against Hunger, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and The Water Project. The rivers of the nation should be kept as clean as possible and regulated so that toxic waste is not dumped into them.
“Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don’t like as those we do”, said Trevor Phillips, a British writer, broadcaster and former politician. Since the day of human civilization and human rights are found. No one can argue against the idea that God created us equal, but this idea have been well understood and known after the appearance of many associations that fight for human rights as The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that showed up in 1948. Human rights are those rights that every person, without exceptions, is born with. They are the most important human basic needs because no one can live a decent appropriate life without having those rights as a human. In fact, these rights
Water is essential to life. By being so important it is crucial to keep it maintained and preserved. Our water supply is affected by environmental, economic, and legal issues. In Oklahoma water is very sacred to its people especially to Native Americans. Both Choctaw and Chickasaw nations are suing the state of Oklahoma for the regulatory authority over Sardis Lake and the water resources it holds. The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations deserve the rights over Sardis Lake because it is their main water supply and they own the rights through the treaty of the Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830.
For the reason that citizens are not available to pay the high rates that those water corporations are billing the citizens with high rates that some people cannot afford to pay for their water service, such is the case of Detroit managed by emergency manager Kevyn Orr to streamline Detroit’s water operations. At the beginning, the corporations tell the state, they will not increase the water rates but after several months, Orr saw the shut off of water service for nearly 20,000 households for failure to pay. In the other hand is that corporations do not care about the poor people that they cannot even afford the food nevertheless cannot afford to pay for water service such as the true really in some African countries. For example, a 45-year old mechanism Oscar Olivera says, “families with monthly incomes of around $100 have seen their water bills jump to $20 per month more than they spend on food. I’d like to invite Mr. Wolfensohn to come to Cochabamba and see the reality he apparently can’t see from his office in Washington, DC.” and he also states, “I’d like to meet Mr. Wolfensohn to educate him on how privatization has been a direct attack on Bolivia’s poor people.”(155) Besides water is our right to get for free not to pay to those evil corporations that during the servicing progress not only destroy the environment but make the poor people be poorest and fight for their lives because of
“How can you buy or sell the sky-the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Yet we do not own the freshness of air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? We will decide in our time” (Chief Seattle: 1855). In the Documentary “Flow – for the love of water” it visualizes the global crisis we face on Mother’s Earth as it pertains to the diminishing of fresh water. The Documentary portrays along with the help of experts that this global crises is affecting each and every one of us in today’s society including animals. The film shows us that water is constantly being wasted, polluted, and privatized by big co operations. Prime examples of these greedy companies were mentioned in the film such as Nestle, Thames, Suez, Vivendi, Coca Cola and Pepsi.
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Introduction on Water It covers 70% of our planet, makes up 75% of our body, it is necessary for survival and it is declining at a rapid rate (http://www.sscwd.org). It is water. Unfortunately, clean water is rare, almost 1 billion people in developing countries do not have access to water everyday. “Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles” (The Water Project). Use of earth’s natural resources should be seen as prosperity, although it is taken for granted, every aspect of daily life revolves around the environment, forcing water conservation to be necessary for future on this planet.
Proponents of human rights argue that the concept’s universality rests in its non-discriminatory character- human rights are meant for every human being- rich and poor, white and black, men and women, young and old, leaders and followers, elites and illiterate, etc- and are all treated equally.
The doctrine of human rights were created to protect every single human regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and other differences. It is based on human dignity and the belief that no one has the right to take this away from another human being. The doctrine states that every ‘man’ has inalienable rights of equality, but is this true? Are human rights universal? Whether human rights are universal has been debated for decades. There have been individuals and even countries that oppose the idea that human rights are for everybody. This argument shall be investigated in this essay, by: exploring definitions and history on human rights, debating on whether it is universal while providing examples and background information while supporting my hypothesis that human rights should be based on particular cultural values and finally drawing a conclusion.
Every 15 seconds a child dies from a water related illness. There are countries all around the world that do not have access to food, clean water, and shelter. I believe that everywhere in the world should be provided with the supplies they need. There should be a law made in every country to ensure that people get the support they need to live with relative comfort. They need to be able to have enough food to at least have three meals a day. In some places around the world, people are lucky to get one meal a day. They also need to supply those people with fresh water if needed. Some of the water that people drink will cause diseases because it is contaminated with bacteria. Nine million people die a year due to lack of access to clean water. Too many people have either a nonfunctional shelter or no shelter at all. Whatever it takes, the access of food, clean water, and shelter should be supplied to anyone who needs it. There is a problem, however, that occurs. Some countries are poorer than others, so there are more people with these needs in those countries. This causes the help from other countries, and for charities to be formed to help those in need.
The universal declaration of human rights declared that all people have equal rights, regardless of race, gender, religion, language, culture, birth status, national origin, or opinion. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups. (ohchr.org) The universality of human rights is a concept that allows everyone to have the same basic human rights no matter where the location. If that concept is true then why are people being tortured and ostracized. Why are people still afraid of going against their leaders, fearing that they will be found and killed. It is because some leaders
Water is the most priceless resource on our planet. Billions of gallons flow through our rivers and lakes. Millions of gallons are consumed by humans each day. Our world’s surface is seventy percent water. With so much water around us, how can 1.1 billion people still lack access to clean water (Cooper, Water Shortages)? People are already using fifty four percent of all the freshwater available on this planet (Cooper, Water Shortages). We cannot afford to neglect something so essential to our very survival. We must defend our most important natural resource—water.
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