United Equality: The Failures of the United Nation's Humans Rights Laws

After World War I, the victorious Allied nations made many changes in the world. In addition to the punishments Germany received, a peace-keeping organization called the League of Nations was created. Unfortunately, the League failed. Then, after World War II, the Allies created a new organization called the United Nations. The United Nations or UN, for short, by and large was successful and is still in operation today. The UN has a set of guidelines meant to be applied in every area of the world; one of which is the policy of human rights, created in 1948. The United Nations’ set of human rights values should be in place in every nation in the world. Unfortunately, women in Islamic countries such as Iran and Indonesia are violations of the human rights laws set down by the UN. The violation of equal rights and dignity in the Islamic countries is a concern to people in the western world. Equality in government is also another worry, as not everyone has an influence on the impact of the government. The last United Nations violation is the issue of unfair social treatment. Peace-keeping welfare organizations have a positive impact on the world when functional.

The human rights article one says that all people are free, especially in the areas of self-respect and civil liberties (Human Rights 2). No one should have to fight for rights entitled to them by common sense and the United Nations civil law. Many women in Islamic countries such as Iran have to put up with the dangerous, life-threatening situations and disrespect due to being rejected by their culture for a simple “fault” in not wearing the hijab (Wall). Unfortunately, women in Islamic countries such as Iran and Indonesia are obligated to don the hijab and not to expose th...

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... situation similar to the totalitarian states and the holocaust of World War II. The Islamic state is oppressive and murderous both through physical and emotional destruction.

Despite the fact that the United Nations considers the situations in Indonesia and Iran desperate, Turkey is the opposite situation, to an extreme level.

“. . . In Turkey today the tensions between religion and state are all too apparent” which is almost a dire situation to the farthest extent (Hardy 1). Despite residents of Turkey being typically Islamic, there is controversy due to the disagreements between fundamentalists and religious groups in the area of the hijab and modesty in general. The government has taken such a radical point of view on this whole issue that many citizens are becoming very critical and wary of the praise for the success of their liberal state (2-3).