The United Nations And Human Rights

Human Rights are rights every person has simply because they are human. Human rights are universal and un-discriminative. Human Rights have encountered recognition through the United Declaration of Human Rights which was espoused by the United nations general assembly in 1948. Universal human rights have also successfully gained recognition after the creation and establishment of the United Nations.. Both The United Nations and the universal declaration of Human Rights establishments rely on groups or things (governing bodies) such as the media, the international security council and state reporting to help promote and enforce Human Rights internationally. Although these groups are implemented in order to help promote and enforce human rights

The united nations have control over every feature of international concerns and affairs. The United Nations are the main route of which states internationally cooperate in helping to develop the world further as well as cooperating with each other. The United Nations currently has five main organs of which all withhold different human right responsibilities. They are the United Nations General Assembly which is the main congress for any international discussions, concerns relating to human rights as well as declarations and suggestions.. The Economic and Social Council is another organ that holds annual meetings in which 54 revolving members attend to discuss ways in which they can encourage international economic and social issues in order to develop them and create ways to help them succeed. The United Nations Secretariat is an organ that is one of the main functioning bodies of the United Nations. It provides resources, Jobs and all the information that the United Nations need. The international court of justice is a judicial organ which helps to settle international disputes as well as give advice and suggest opinions that have to do with international laws that are given by the United Nations General Assembly as well as other worldwide organs. The United Nations Security Council is another organ of the United Nations and is

It can also give permission for military action as well as peacekeeping functions and sanctions. The United Nations Security Council has five members from different states who are able to make decisions. These members are the United States, The United Kingdom, China, Russia, and France. Along with these members The Security Council also has 10 members who unlike the five states are not permanent and each last two year terms. It has been argued over the years that the United Nation Security Council has the right and power to intervene on serious Human Rights abuse within the states under the United Nations. Although the unfortunate occurrence of the Rawanda Genocide proved not to be the case. The Rawanda Genocide happened in 1994 and resulted in the mass killing of 800,000 Rawandan people in the time span of 100 days from April through to June. It was recorded that the majority of people killed were from the Tutis Rawandan group and the people who killed them were from the Hutus group. Both these ethnic group have had a long time disagreement with one another and after the president of Rawanda who was part of the Hutus group came into power the genocide occurred. An official report produced by Secretary-General Kofi Annan revealed that an inadequate commission for a United Nation peacekeeping mission in Rawanda was bound to fail and was later discarded as the United Nation Security